4 THE YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO. 
are broadly feathered, while those of the female are only slightly 
feathered. The actompanying illustrations (figs. 1-3) well indicate 
the general appearance of the insect. 
DIFFERENT NAMES BY WHICH IT HAS BEEN CALLED. 
Popularly the yellow-fever mosquito has been called in the Tropics 
the house mosquito, the day mosquito, the banded-legged mosquito, 
and is now generally 
Bt we known as the yellow- 
fever mosquito. Some- 
times also it is known 
popularly by one of 
its discarded scientific 
names, the Stegomyia 
mosquito. 
Scientifically this spe- 
cies was first known as 
Culex fasciatus Fabr. 
After the.publication of 
Theobald’s Monograph 
: of the Mosquitoes of the 
A World it was known 
as Stegomyia fasciata 
Fabr. Later, after 
Blanchard pointed out 
. ge y : ee that the name fasciata 
/ \ was preoccupied in the 
f same group, it was 
4 Ni known as Stegomyia 
f ’ calopus. Recent inves- 
4 ‘ tigations have shown 
Vs \ that Stegomyia is not 
a valid genus, and the 
insect is now known 
as Aedes calopus Meig. 
OTT a Tau. 
Fic, 2.—The yellow-fever mosquito: Adult male. Much 
enlarged. (Original.) 
DOMESTICITY OF THE SPECIES. 
The yellow-fever mosquito is mseparably associated with man in 
the Tropics. It is essentially a town mosquito, and normally it is 
never found at a great distance from habitations. It shows a very 
decided preference for human blood, and it must have blood for the 
development of its eggs. Both sexes inhabrt houses, and when there 
is a supply of water the entire life cycle takes place indoors. Its 
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