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MOSQUITOES 



ciUata is a very lai'S"o mosquito and is undoubtedly one 

 of the forms known in the South as <?alliuipiiers. It is 

 really yellowish in color, yet the general eft'ect when one 

 glances at it or sees it flying- is that it is vci-y dark — al- 



FiG. 38. — Females of Psorophora ciliata at rest on side wall ami eeiliuu ; 

 eiilargeil. (Author's illustration.) 



most black. The wings arc not really spotted or dusky 

 but the very numerous dark scales on the main veins 

 make them appear dark. When seen in certain lights 

 they are prismatic in their color eflect. I have said that 

 they arc large. The length of the body of the foniale is 

 about ten millimetres, but the length from the tip of the 

 beak to the tip of the hind legs is nearly twice this. 



