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CLASSIFICATION OF MOSQUITOES. 
Genus LEPIDOPLATYS Coquillett. 
(a) TABLE OF THE SPECIES. 
Scales of the wings mixed brown and white; feet with broad white bands at the bases 
of some of the joints, tibize not distinctly banded ..--.--.--------- squamiger Coq. 
(6) List oF THE SPECIES AND SYNONYMY. 
squamiger Coq. 
deniedmannii Ludlow. 
Genus AEDES Wiedemann.“ 
Upper side of the thorax golden-yellow scaled; abdomen black-scaled and with a 
band of yellow scales at the bases of the segments; feet unicolorous black. 
fuscus O. S. 
(A. smithii belongs to Wyeomyia. ) 
Genus OCHLEROTATUS Arribalzaga. 
(Synonyms: Culicada Felt, Culicelsa Felt, Ecculex Felt, Protoculex Felt, Pseudoculex 
Dyar. ) 
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(a) TABLE OF THE SPECIES. 
Ground color of the thorax bright yellow; the scales and bristles of the head 
andsthoraxwiholily velo ws. + sone pee ae =e ee ee ee ee 2 
Groundcolor ot the thorax brownuor Dlackeme sess oe see ee 3 
With an ovate black spot above the insertion of each wing; feet not distinctly 
two-colored, claws of the hind ones simple...........------ bimaculatus Coq. 
Without such a spot; feet dark colored and with white bands at the bases of 
Somes Otetihebomiisaes (MiiddlesAmentcas) assess ae knabi Coq. 
Reet. darkacolored and sewath white bandas) se) sesso eeee eee eee eee 19 
Feet not distinctly banded, proboscis unbanded --.....--.------------------ 4 
Seales of the abdomen black, sometimes a crossband or pair of spots of light- 
colored scales on some or all of the segments....-.......-..----------.---- 5 
Scales of the abdomen yellow, except a pair of spots of black ones on some of 
the segments; claws toothed on all of the feet in the female. ..spenceri Theob. 
Light-colored scales of the abdomen forming crossbands situated at the bases of 
bherseoments. 22sec eee ee DSS asc oe ass eee here See ee aoe 6 
Light-colored scales, when present, forming spots on the sides of some of the 
SEM EMU oe cel apse re cme SSeS Sr IS ec tare oyS e ree ae el eee rere ee eee 14 
Upper side of the thorax vellow-scaled and with three stripes of brown scales; 
scales of the wings wholly brown; all the claws of the female toothed. 
trivittatus Coq. 
Wippersidejot the thorax notmankedslike thisyas === eee ee 7 
Thorax with a brown-scaled stripe along the sides and with a wider space of 
white scales in the middle; scales of the wings wholly brown; all of the claws 
toothedsin: the female. +2 52202 coe cere eee ee een ees dupreei Coq. 
MU OOVE BS TKO NH IONENALCESL TOL WawIS) MENON eae cso cess coon esenbas Sessascessse- 8 
Sides broadly and the front end of the thorax whitish-scaled; back part of the 
head also whitish-sealed; all claws toothed in the female ..--...--.-------- 9 
Sides and front end of the thorax yellow or brown scaled _...-.-.---------- 10 
Middle of the thorax with a broad stripe of brown scales ---.---- pretans Grossb. 
Middle of the thorax haying the scales yellow and whitish... cinereoborealis Felt. 
he had not seen a specimen and that both the name and description had been fur- 
nished to him by Wiedemann. 
