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Wellington, British Columbia, August 8, 1906 (Dyar & Caudell). 

 Victoria, British Columbia, August 12, 1906 (H. G. Dyar). 

 Hope, British Columbia, May 20. 19 19 (E, Hearle). 

 Deroche, British Columbia, June 13, 1919 (E. Hearle). 

 Mission, British Columbia, July 14, 1920 (H. G. Dyar), 



Aedes (Taeniorhynchus) sollicitans Walker. 



Culex sollicitans Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt., 427, 1856. 



A medium sized blackish mosquito with ringed legs. Mesonotum 

 bronzy yellow, dark brown at the sides, the pleura white- scaled. Ab- 

 domen black with basal and median longitudinal bands of pale yellow, 

 the lateral spots, medianly on the segments, white; venter yellowish, 

 with some black scales toward the tips of the segments. Proboscis with 

 a white rmg. Legs black, the femora yellowish below; knee-spots white; 

 tibiae with yellowish scales; tarsi black, che first tarsal with a yellowish 

 central ring, the other joints white at base, broadly so on the hind pair. 

 Wing-scales black and white, evenly mixed. 



The larvae live in salt tidal pools on the coast. The winter is passed 

 in the egg state, and there are as many gen,erations in the year as con- 

 ditions permit. The adults are locally abundant, and in such cases 

 travel many miles inland. 



Distribution: Coasts of Mexico, Gulf States, Antilles, Atlantic States 

 to New England, probably in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 



Canadian Records. 

 None. 



Aedes (Taeniorhynchus) nigromaculis Ludlow. 



Grabhamia nigromaculis L,,udlow, Geo. Wash. Univ. Bull., v, 85, 1907. 

 Grabhamia grisea Ludlow, Can. Ent., xxxix, 130, 1907. 



A rather large blackish mosquito with ringed legs. Mesonotum 

 bronzy yellow, a median dark brown band and dark brown at the sides, 

 the pleura white-scaled. Abdomen black with basal and median longi- 

 tudinal bands of dull yellowish, the lateral spots prolonged and of about 

 the same shade as the dorsal markings; venter sparsely dull yellowish 

 scaled. Legs black, femora, tibiae and first tarsal with many yellowish 

 scales; femora sparsely black sprinkled below; tarsi black, with white 

 rings at the bases of the joints, rather broad in the hind legs; knee-spots 

 white. Proboscis with a white ring. Wing-scales black, a few whitish 

 ones intermixed along the costa. 



The winter is passed in the eggs state, the larvae developing in early 



