332 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



AEDES EUSCUS^ OSTEN-SACKEN. 



The l/ittle Smoky Mosquito. 



A small dark brown mosquito with black unbanded legs and 

 beak; the thorax is evenly brown, sometimes with faint longi- 



Figure 104. 



Aedes fuscus: i, female adult; 2, her palpus, 3, palpus of the male; 4, anterior; 5^ 

 middle, and, 6, posterior claws of the male: all much enlarged. (Original.) 



tudinal black lines, and the abdomen is black, usually with nar- 

 row bands at the base of the segments, broadest in the central 

 portion. 



