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and mid tibiae, and the anterior part of the hind tibiae ahnost 

 \vholl_y with yellow scales. The first tarsal joint with many 

 yellow scales to about one-third from the apex, then wholly 

 black; remaining tarsal joints white banded basally, becoming 

 narrower toward the apex, the last one often entirely black. 



The claws of the male are alike in the anterior and mid tarsal 

 joints, each having one long claw with a median and basal tooth 

 and a shorter one with a singde tooth near the base. The long- 

 est claw of the mid tarsal joint is not curved as much as in the 

 anterior one. The posterior claws are small, simple, of equal 

 length and very much curved toward the base. The claws of the 

 female are alike on all feet, being the same as the posterior ones 

 of the male. 



The wings are hyaline, with the scales on the veins collected 

 into white and black portions as follows : costa, black centrally ; 

 sub-costa, black, the outer two-thirds divided twice with a white- 

 portion ; radius i, basal half white, the black beginning before the 

 fork with radius 2, and extending to wing margin ; radius 2, black 

 at basal third, also black at fork with radius 3 ; radius 3, black at 

 basal and apical third; radius 4 and 5. black at apical two-thirds; 

 media i and 2. black, beginning a short distance from base and 

 extending to cross vein, black again a little on each side of fork 

 with media 3, and again at margin ; media 3, black at both ends ; 

 cubitus I, black, beginning a short distance from base and extend- 

 ing to fork with cubitus 2, white for a short distance, then black 

 to cross vein, and again at the margin; cubitus 2, slightly black 

 at tip and anal vein black at apical fourth. The black at the 

 forks, radius 2 and radius 3, and media i and 2 and media 3 are 

 so close together that they appear as distinct spots ; others are not 

 so obvious. 



The abdomen is apically banded with yellowish white, the 

 bands prolonged forward in the middle and intersected irregu- 

 lajly with the dark brown of the basal part; in some specimens 

 this intersection is carried further, so that the brown predomi- 

 nates, giving the abdomen a mottled appearance. Sometimes the 

 brown is carried across the base of the segment almost dividing 

 the band in two. Beneath it is whitish in the most central part 

 which merges into the brown of the sides. 



We know nothing of the habits of this mosquito nor whether it 

 bites. The adult has never been taken by any of the collectors, 

 and from the practical standpoint it need not be considered at all, 

 in New Jersey. 



