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CULKX CANTANS,, MHIG. 



The Brozun Woods Mosquito. 



This is a large brown mosquito which resembles Cnlex canta- 

 tor, but the bands of the legs and abdomen are broader and 

 whiter. The beak is unhanded and the wings unspotted. 



Figure 71. 



Culex cantans: i, female adult; 2, the anterior claws; 3, anterior; 4, middle, and 

 5, posterior claws of male: all enlarged. (Original.) 



Description of the Adult. 



This is one of the larger species of Cnlex occurring in New 

 Jersey, and at first glance looks like an oversized Culex cantator. 

 The body, exclusive of the beak, is 7-8 mm., = .28-32 of an 



