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pale yellowish beneath, very few yellow scales ; black meets on underside 

 near apex; knee spot small yellowish dot. Tibiae black, spotted with 

 yellow scales, either black or yellowish beneath. Tarsi black, anterior 

 and middle narrowly white-ringed at bases of first three joints, obsolete 

 or entirely absent in fourth ; fifth, paler, without band. Posterior tarsi 

 have pure white bands, about double width of anterior and middle, on 

 all but apical joint. Apical joint entirely white or white with black tip. 

 Claws of anterior and mid tarsal joints in male unequal in length, long 

 claw of anterior has median and basal teeth, shorter claw only single 

 tooth near base. In mid tarsus each claw has single tooth. Posterior 

 claws equal, simple, rather sharply curved toward apices. Claws of fe- 

 male equal on all feet, one-toothed in anterior and mid tarsal joints, 

 simple in hind pair as in male. 



Abdomen black, each segment with narrow basal band of white cross- 

 ing segments, with small lateral white spots beginning on second seg- 

 ment, becoming larger posteriorly. In apical two or three segments they 

 encroach well upon dorsal surface. Beneath, yellowish brown, apically 

 banded with black. 



HABITS OF THE ADULT 



In a general way, the habits of this species are like those of sollicitans, 

 but it is not nearly so abundant. It is strictly a marsh mosquito, and 

 has never been bred anywhere else, but it also migrates, though not so 

 generally and not so far. It reaches New Brunswick from the Raritan 

 meadows in small numbers, but it has never been sent in from Lahaway, 

 so that it is distinctly inferior in its spread to both sollicitans and 

 cantator. Nor is it equally abundant throughout its range. From the 

 sections north of Barnegat Bay, collections early in the season have 

 shown few or no specimens : later they become more abundant ; but from 

 two to ten per cent of the bred specimens was the best secured at any 

 time. At Atlantic City I found the species active and biting during the 

 day quite as abundantly as sollicitans. At Anglesea a series of porch 

 captures in August made during the later afternoon, showed both 

 species equally present. I have never observed taeniorhynchus crawl up 

 the legs of the marsh tramper as its ally does, but it may do so where it 

 is most abundant. Late in the season a lot of specimens attracted to the 

 electric lights were collected and found mostly gravid examples of 

 taeniorhynchus, sollicitans, salinarius, and crucians. Sollicitans is also 

 difficult to take when ready to oviposit, but it may be obtained by close 

 sweeping of the grass in the early evening. Taeniorhynchus apparently 

 refuses all invitations and hugs the ground until dark. Just why the 



