NO. 1822 NKW SPECIES OF AMERICAN MOSQUITOES 



CULEX ABOMINATOR, new species 



With the general characters of C. pipicns Linn., but separable 

 from it by the broader ovate wing-scales and the distinct banding on 

 tjje under side of the abdomen. 



Ten specimens, Tutwiler, Mississippi, August 2, 1904 (H. S. Bar- 

 ber) ; Rives, Tennessee, July 27 (H. S. Barber) ; Como, Franklin 

 Parish, Louisiana, August 20 (G. E. Beyer) ; Victoria, Texas, July 

 28, 1904 (E. G. Hinds) ; Piano, Texas, September (E. S. Tucker). 



Type no. 12103, U. S. N. M. 



CULEX REDUCTOR, new name 



We propose this name to replace Mochlostyrax jamaicensis Grab- 

 ham, since w^hen Mochlostyrax is placed as a synonym of Ciilex, as 

 we find necessary, Dr. Grabham's name becomes preoccupied by 

 Culex jamaicensis Theobald. Theobald's species was later placed 

 by him in the genus Grabhamia, and by us in Aedes, but the name 

 Culex jamaicensis cannot again be used. 



vJULEX DECEPTOR, new species 



Legs dark-scaled. Proboscis swollen at the tip. Occiput dark- 

 scaled, the eyes margined with whitish. Venter of the abdomen 

 black and white-banded, the upper surface dull black without dorsal 

 bands, but with pale lateral spots ; forks of the second vein with long 

 ligulate scales. 



Three specimens, Fort White, Florida (H. Byrd). 



Type no. 12104, U. S. N. M. 



CULEX INCRIMINATOR, new species 



Entirely similar to Culex deceptor 'Dyd.r and Knab, except in the 

 scaling of the veins. The scales of the present form are elliptical on 

 the forks of the second vein. 



Three specimens. Agricultural College, Mississippi (W. V. Reed) ; 

 sent to us under the name Melanoconion atratus by Prof. Glenn W. 

 Herrick. 



Type no. 12105, U. S. N. M. 



CULEX FALSIFICATOR, new species 



Proboscis black, enlarged towards the apex. Occiput clothed with 

 broad, flat, bronzy black scales, a small area of narrow curved ones 

 behind. Abdomen dull black above with transverse, basal, seg- 



