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Fig. III. Adult of Culex salinarius. S shows the scutellum. 



moderate width ; hair covering of proboscis brown and pale be- 

 neath; darker toward the tip; scutellum with a tuft of golden 

 brown bristles on each lobe (see Fig. Ill) : The House or Rain 

 Barrel Mosquito; Culex pipiens Linn. 



(3) A slightly darker longer-legged species with abdominal 

 bands narrower and always yellowish; hair-covering of beak 



