16 THE MOSQUITOES OF NEW JERSEY 



(hindmost) vein white with black ends : The Mottled Wing 



Anopheles; Anopheles punctipennis Say. 

 4b Wings with four distinct brown spots; last (hindmost) vein 



wholly dark brown: The Four-spotted Anopheles; Anopheles 



quadrimaculatus Say. 

 5a Wing with many dark spots but hindmost vein with three black 



spots: The Daylight Anopheles; Anopheles crucians Wied. 

 5b Wing with only four dark spots as in Anopheles quadrimaculatus 



Say. 



Walker's Anopheles; Anopheles walkeri Theob. 

 6a Tarsi white- or yellowish-banded: 7 



6b Tarsi uniform in color; not in any way marked or banded: 12 



6c Tarsal segments narrowly banded at both ends; except on hind 



legs where joints between first and second and between second 



and third segments have broader white bands ; distal tip of femora 



and tibiae white: The White-Lined Mosquito; Orthopodomyia sig- 



nifera Coq. 

 7a Beak with black at each end and broadly pale yellow between; 



a small species : The Mottled Mosquito ; Psorophora discolor Coq. 

 7b Beak with a more or less distinct white band or ring near its 



middle : 8 



7c Beak without band or ring; uniform in color: 11 



8a Abdomen with a distinct yellowish stripe down its dorsal aspect; 



sides of thorax white below a black edging: The White-Banded 



Salt Marsh Mosquito; A'edes sollicitans Walk. 

 8b Abdomen without yellowish stripe; sides of thorax not white: 9 



9a Black species; wing not heavily covered with scales: 10 



9b A large brown species with a lighter band near tip of the posterior 



tibia; tibia not spotted; wings very heavily covered with scales: 



The Irritating Mosquito ; Mansonia perturbans Walk. 

 10a A small blackish species with spotted markings on femur or tibia: 



Small Salt Marsh Mosquito; A'edes taeniorhynchus Wied. 

 10b A large blackish species with a narrow white band near tip of 



femur; tibiae white-spotted: Spotted-Legged Mosquito; Psoroph- 

 ora columhiae D. & K. 

 11a Segments of the tarsi banded or ringed at base only: 



( 1 ) An extremely large, brownish black species, not showing 

 a bluish tinge ; the legs fringed with erect black scales : The 

 Fringed-Legged Mosquito; Psorophora ciliata Fabr. 



(2) A large species with very scaly wings; the sides of the 

 thorax and the abdomen and tarsi banded with white: The 

 Scaly-Winged Mosquito; A'edes grossbecki D. & K. 



(3) Wings thickly clothed with mixed yellow and brown scales; 

 thorax with broad brown central stripe; first tarsal segment of 

 anterior legs not banded: The Brown-Striped Woods Mosquito; 

 A'edes excrucians Walk. 



(4) A small dark species with lightly scaled wings; the white 

 bands of the feet narrow ; the white bands running transversely 



