298 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



pectinated. The antennse, as well as could be seen, were very 

 much like those of C. sylvestris. The anal siphon (fig. 93, i) 

 is about three times as long- as broad, "^ with sixteen to twenty- 

 two spines in each of the lateral rows; the individual spines are 

 rather slender and with one or two teeth near the middle, as in 

 figure 93, 3, but in one larva the spines were. stouter and one 

 had as many as four teeth. The lateral patches are large, each 

 with about forty to forty-five scales, the single scale (fig. 93, 2) 

 with long, slender apical spines and shorter lateral ones. The 

 ninth segment is as broad as long, not quite ringed by the sad- 

 dle and with the double dorsal tuft and ventral brush moderate 

 in size, the latter with small tufts below the barred area. None 

 of the specimens retained the tracheal gills. 



Habits of the Early Stages. 



The larva was found once only, by Mr. Grossbeck in a wood- 

 land pool, on the Garrett Mountain, near Paterson, September 

 29, 1903. In 1904 the season was so dry that there were no 

 pools when collections were attempted, and circumstances pre- 

 vented collections late in the season. Nothing is therefore 

 known of the early stages other than has been already stated. 



CUIvEX AURIFER, COQ. 



The Golden Scaled Mosquito. 



This mosquito is characterized by its long, black, unhanded 

 legs, the femora yellow inwardly, unhanded beak and uniformly 

 colored abdomen. On the sides of the thorax are golden yellow 

 scales, leaving a black central band on the disc; the posterior 

 part of the disc also has yellow scales arranged in longitudinal 

 lines. 



Description of the Adult. 



This species is of medium size and not very robust. The body 

 is 5^ mm., or not quite one-quarter of an inch, in length; the 

 beak is about one-half the length of the body and the wings when 

 expanded measure 10 mm., or .40 of an inch across. The sides 

 of the head are taken up by the large black eyes which almost 



* The specimen drawn was under pressure and is, consequently, wider. 



