The Mosquitoes of Canada hi 



Onadian Records. 



Ottawa, Ontario, May 6, 1900 (J, Fletcher). 

 Chelsea, Quebec, May 17, 1902 (A. Gibson). 

 Aweme, Manitoba, June 3, 1904 (N. Criddle). 

 Kalso, British Columbia, June 25, 1903 (H. G. Dyar). 



Group Nearcticus. 

 Aedes (Heteronycha) nearcticus Dyar, 



Aedes nearcticus Dyar, Rep. Can. Arctic Exp., iii, pt. C, 32, 1919. 



A rather large black mosquito, with long hairy vestiture, especially 

 conspicuous on under side of thorax. Mesonotum uniformly dark brown 

 scaled, a little lighter on the margins; setae long. Abdomen black, with 

 broad basal segmental white bands; venter whitish scaled. Legs black, 

 the femora pale beneath. Wing-scales black. 



The larvae develop in ground pools in the arctic regions. The habits 

 of the males are unknown. 



The species is closely allied to inniiitiis Dyar & Knab of Greenland 

 and alpiniis Linnaeus { = nigripes Zetterstedt) of Scandanavia. The 

 three may prove to be one species; but the genitalia of the European 

 form are undescribed. 



Distribution: Arctic coast of Northwest Territory and Alaska. 



Canadian Records. 



Bernard Harbour, Northwest Territories, July 9, 1915 (F. Johansen). 

 Dolphin and Union Strait, Northwest Territories, July 14, 19 16 (F. 



Johansen). 

 Young Point, Northwest Territories, July 18, 19 16 (F. Johansen). 

 Cape Bathurst, Northwest Territories, July 26, 1916 (F. Johansen). 

 Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, July 26, 19 16 (F. Johansen). 



Subgenus Taeniorhynchus Lynch Arribalzaga. 

 Aedes (Taeniorchynchus) atropalpus Coquillett. 



Culex atropalpus Coquillett, Can. Ent., xxxiv, 292, 1902. 



A small blackish mosquito. Mesonotum silvery gray on the sides; a 

 dark brown median band, joining the short posterior lateral bands. 

 Abdomen black, with even basal segmental white bands; venter white- 

 scaled with black bands at the apices of the segments. Legs black, the 

 femora whitish beneath; tips of femora and tibiae and tarsal joints at 

 bases and apices narrowly white, the last hind tarsal all white. Wing 

 scales all blackish. 



