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Culicada minuta Theobald, Mon. Culic, iv, 338, 1907. 

 Culex stenoetrus Theobald, Mon. Culic., iv, 395, 1907. 

 Culicada eriithrosops Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 229, 1910. 

 Ciilex pseudostenoetrus Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 343, 1910. 

 Culex hirsutum Ludlow (not Theobald), Psyche, xviii, 126, 191 1. 

 Aedes euochrus Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. No. & Cent. Am. & W. I., 

 iv, 716, 1917. 



A medium sized to small brown mosquito. Mesonotum brown,' a 

 little paler about antescutellar space. Abdomen black, with narrow 

 white basal segmental bands, tending to be notched on dorsal line; lateral 

 spots separated therefrom, quadrate and elongate; venter whitish-scaled, 

 with more or less distinct median blackish spots. Legs black, femora pale 

 below; tarsi with very narrow white rings at the bases of the joints. 

 Wing-scales wholly dark. 



The winter is passed in the egg state, the larvae hatching in early 

 ground pools, but also later in the season whenever the pools are filled 

 by rain or otherwise. However, there may not be more than one annual 

 generation. The females are severe biters in woods and thickets, not 

 frequenting the open. The males swarm after sunset, sometimes in very 

 large groups. 



Distribution: North America, from the Mexican plateau to Canada, 

 except on the Pacific coast and far north; Europe, northern Asia. 



Canadian Records. 



Younghall, New Brunswick, July 4, 1908 (A. Gibson). 



Ottawa, Ontario, June 18, 1906 (J. Fletcher). 



White River, Ontario, June 24, 1907 (F. Knab). 



Dryden, Ontario, June 27, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). 



Kenora, Ontario, July 2, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). 



Aweme, Manitoba, June 25, 1907 (N, Griddle). 



Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 22, 1907 (F. Knab). 



Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, July 4, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 



Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, August 24, 1906 (Dyar & Caudell). 



Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, August 10, 191 8 (H. G. Dyar). 



Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, August 14, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). 



Red Deer, Alberta, August i, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). 



L,Dchearn, Alberta, August 7, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 



Lamoral, Alberta, August 6, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 



Calgary, Alberta, July 28, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 



Lake Minnewanka, Alberta, July 22, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). 



Banfif, Alberta, July 7, 19 18 (H. G. Dyar). 



Kalso, British Columbia, June — , 1903 (H. G. D^^ar). 



