176 THE MOSQUITOES OF NEW JERSEY 



linear, densest apically ; a slight tufting at base of third vein. Halteres 

 pale, with blackish knobs. 



Fig. lx. Adult of Dyar's mosquito. Theobaldia morsitans Coq. (After John 

 B. Smith.) 



"Legs long and slender ; vestiture blackish ; femora whitish beneath 

 to near apices, broadly so at base, knees yellowish white ; tibiae black, 

 with yellowish apices, a narrow ill defined pale line ventrally on median 

 pair; tarsi blackish with bluish and bronzy reflections, the joints with 

 minute basal yellowish white rings or spots, last joint of hind tarsi 

 entirely black. Claw formula, 0.0-0.0-0.0. 



"Length : Body about 5 mm. ; wing 5.5 mm. 



"Male. Proboscis straight, uniform. Palpi exceeding the proboscis 

 by more than the length of the last joint, slender, blunt at tips; last 

 two joints and end of long joint thickened and bearing many long 

 black and yellowish hairs ; vestiture of brownish scales, a patch of 



