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Medium sized or small, tarsi narrowly white-ringed at base of joints ; 

 beak unbanded, wings unspotted. Abdominal segments have bands of 

 pure white at base, constricted in center and narrowed at sides. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE ADULT 



Medium or small, ranging from 4-5.5 mm. (.16-.22 inch) long, ex- 

 cluding beak, which is about half length of body. Head back of large 

 black eyes golden brown, small lateral patches of black and white scales ; 

 proboscis dark brown, black toward tip, without markings ; palpi in fe- 

 male normal, dark brown, white at apex, with very small fourth joint, 

 somewhat flattened and retracted. Male palpi similar to A. canadensis, 

 but stouter, blackish brown, with white band in center of basal joint and 

 another, rather broad white band at base of two terminal joints. Fan- 

 like tufts normal size; central joint extends one-third its length beyond 

 tip of beak. Antennae brown in both sexes, that of female yellow at 

 basal two or three joints. 



Fig. XXIV. Adult of swamp mosquito. A'edes vexans Meig. (After John B. 

 Smith.) 1, female adult; 2, anterior; 3, middle and 4, posterior claws of 

 male (all much enlarged). 



