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CuLiSETA (Culiseta) inornatus Willistoii. 

 Culex inornatus Williston, U.S. Dep. Agr., N. Am. Fauna, No. 7, 253, 



1893W 

 Culex magnipennis Felt, Bull. 79, N.Y. State Mus., 278, 1904. 



A very large brown mosquito. Proboscis and palpi brown. Meso- 

 notum with two pale brown, slightly impressed lines, the vestiture 

 crossing these, of pale yellowish and dark scales mixed. Abdomen dark 

 brown, with diffused pale yellow basal segmental bands, and scattering 

 scales over the rest ; venter sparsely pale yellow scaled. L«egs dark brown, 

 with scattering pale scales, the femora and tibiae pale below; tarsi 

 nearly black. Wings broad, the cross-veins somewhat approximated 

 but not very close, lon,g from the breadth of the wing and geneially with 

 a few scales ; wing-scales linear, all dark, not forming any spots. 



The male genitalia have the unci slender and creased; penultimate 

 segment without spines. 



The larvae live in permanent ground pools. They do not come in 

 artificial receptacles. The adults hibernate, and the eggs are laid in 

 elongate rafts on the surface of water. The adult is not troublesome, 

 probably attacking by preference the larger mammals. 



Distribution: North America, from Mexico to southern Canada, 

 exclusive of the northern forests. 



Canadian Records. 

 Aweme, Manitoba, May 17, 1904 (N. Criddle). 

 Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, July 9, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 

 Regina, Saskatchewan, October 2, 1900 (J. Fletcher). 

 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, August 10, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). 

 Maple Creek, Saskatchewan,, October 30, 1903 (T. N. Willing). 

 Carnduff, Saskatchewan, May 28, 1901 (T. N. Willing). 

 Olds, Saskatchewan, August 14, 1902 (T. N. Willing). 

 Kinistino, Saskatchewan, July 10, — — (J. Fletcher). 

 Shepard, Saskatchewan;, July 21, 1901 (T. N. Willing). 

 Medicine Hat, Alberta, August 23, 1906 (Dyar & Caudell). 

 Lpchearn, Alberta, AVigust 5, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 

 Lamoral, Alberta, A\igust 6, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 

 B^nff, Alberta, August i, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 

 Nicomen, British Columbia, July 2^, 19 19 (E. Hearle). 



Culiseta (Culiseta) incidens Thomson. 

 Culex incidens Thomson, Kongl. Sven. Freg. Eug. Resa, vi. Dipt., 443 



1868. 

 Culex particeps Adams, Kans. Univ. Bull., ii, 26, 1903. 



