MAR 20 1926 



Insecutor Inscitiae MeiiiStruus;' 



Vol. VIII APRIL-JUNE, 1920 Nos. 4-6 



NOTES ON EUROPEAN MOSQUITOES 



(Diptera, Culicidce) 

 By HARRISON G. DYAR 



The mosquito-fauna of continental Europe has not been 

 carefully worked over by modern methods, and many surprises 

 no doubt await us. Ficalbi's work in Italy is remarkably good 

 for its time, but his studies of the male genitalia were not 

 detailed enough. 



The following species is closely related to Aedes pullatus 

 Coquillett of the Northern Rocky Mountains to Alaska, and I 

 had no suspicion before that there was a representative in 

 Europe. 



Aedes metalepticus, new species. 



Head and mesonotum with sparse dull golden yellow scales 

 with an olivaceous tint, indistinctly defining two narrow bare 

 dorsal lines. Abdomen black, with rather narrow uniform 

 basal segmental white bands. Legs black, the femora pale be- 

 neath ; knee-spots white. Wing-scales dark. 



Genitalia : Clasp with long terminal spine ; side-pieces about 

 four times as long as wide, the tip rounded ; apical lobe long, 

 slender, equalling the tip of side-piece, with coarse normal 

 hairs on one side ; basal lobe represented by a long, very strong 

 spine and apart from that, two rather short curved spines ; not 

 contiguous, but arising from a common chitinized base. Stem 

 of harpago long, angled, the basal portion hirsute ; filament 

 angled, and rather broadly widening beyond the angulation. 

 Unci large, with recurved point at tip. Basal appendages with 

 five rather slender spines. 



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