18 THE MOSQUITOES OF NEW JERSEY 



12b Thorax without marks or bands : 14 



13a Species with longitudinal white or blue stripes: 



(1) Moderate sized blackish species with two longitudinal white 

 stripes on thorax: The Three-Striped Mosquito; Aedes trivit- 

 tatus Coq. 



(2) Species with well defined broad central white band; top of 

 head white: The Silver-Striped Mosquito'; Aides atlanticus 

 D. &K. 



(3) Very small blackish species with a diffuse white central 

 stripe: Dupree's Mosquito; Aedes dupreei Coq. 



(4) Small, dark brown species with a central stripe of metallic 

 blue: The Sapphire-Lined Mosquito; Uranotaenia sapphirina 

 O.S. 



13b Species with thorax yellowish, white or brown; with a blackish 

 central stripe or two, usually not sharply defined: 



(1) Species with yellowish thorax; abdomen brownish with 

 narrow white bands: The Brown-Striped Mosquito; Aedes 

 sticticus Theob, 



(2) Species with thorax yellow; abdomen almost black, with 

 broad white bands: The Red-Backed Mosquito; Aedes implaca- 

 bilis Walk. 



(8) Species with dark brown thorax; with two yellowish spots 

 in center; abdomen dark brown with whitish bands on apex of 

 the segments : The Little Black Mosquito ; Culex apicalis Adams 



(4) Species with thorax golden brown; abdomen not banded; 

 legs black: The Golden-Scaled Mosquito; Aedes aurifer Coq. 



(5) Species with thorax silvery white at sides not extending 

 much on the back, most of which is black: The Tree-Hole Mos- 

 quito; Aedes triseriatus Say 



13c Species with thorax showing small white dots on each side of the 

 middle and a "V"-shaped mark at base; abdomen banded: The 

 White-Dotted Mosquito; Culex territans Walk. 



13d Species with entire under-surface silvery, white or yellowish; 

 small species with upper surface of body black and with an ir- 

 regular stripe on thorax : The Pitcher Plant Mosquito ; Wyeomyia 

 smithii Coq. 



14a Species with abdomen having either no bands or with only the 

 merest indication of them; a uniformly dark brown species of 

 moderate size: The Black-tailed Mosquito; Theobaldia melanura 

 Coq. 



14b Species with segments of abdomen narrowly banded at their 

 bases: 



( 1 ) A small dark brown species with abdominal bands wider in 

 the middle than at the sides, except on the seventh segment, on 

 which the narrow band is of the same width throughout: The 

 Little Smoky Mosquito; Aides cinereus Meig. (was fuscus 

 O.S.) 



(2) A moderate sized brown species with abdominal bands of 



