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w itli lateral hair tufts. The ciuhtli sciiiueiit lii'ars the lateral 

 scales; thesi" are eoiiiposed or six or seven single scales arranged 

 in a regular curved nw. The iiulividual scale (Figure 0, .')) has 

 a very long and strong apical spine and a number of small, hair- 

 like ones fringe the sides, the one near the ajueal spine ludng much 

 the largest. The anal siphon (Figtire 9, 0) is a little over three 

 times as long as broad and tapers evenly toward the ajiex. The 

 double ]ieeten is composed of twelve to fifteen spines, the single 

 s])ine with two to five teeth on the liasal ]>ortion. nsmtlly the fewer 

 the number the larger their size as shown in Figure !•, 7. The 

 anal segincnt is a little broader than long and t'utirely encircled by 

 the chitinous ring. The double dorsal tuft and dorsal lirush are 

 normal and the anal gills are longer than the ninth segment and 

 somcAvhat pointed. 



Ciih'.v (ririffd.fus was obtained in some nund)ers bv Mr. IJrehme 

 in the Orange mountains Jtine Tith, in a pool with a large brood 

 of Culex stjJrcsiris. Though almost full grown they proved hard 

 to rear and only six adults, three of each sex, were sectired. A 

 few other lar\-:e were taken at Millbui'ii, also with sijlvesins. on 

 Jtnie -Ith. 



Culex pretaais occurred again as larvie in great nmnbers in 

 early spring in the Great Piece meadows, replacing ('. cana- 

 densis in that place. Though absolutely no additional larva^ were 

 taken subsequent to April 30th, adnlts were fonnd on the wing as 

 late as September l:Uli. Specinu'iis taken at that ti]ue were caged 

 and fed on banana and Imnian blood, but all died in a few days 

 without (n-i])osiring. Fxamination of the specimens showed no 

 egiis wirhiu the body and it is more than likely that the eggs had 

 already been laid. 



Citlex aurifcr. usually taken by ^fr. TJrakeley. pfovt^l rather rare. 

 Only two larva^ Avere sent in by him, April :?-_M. and another was 

 collected in the Great Piece meadows on Ai)ril lUst. Adults were 

 found in annoying numbers July 5th, in a ]>atch of woodland on 

 th.e east side of J.ake Hopatcong. 



CuJcx irsfKons was more abundant than in 1!>04 and l!iO,">. It 

 occurred quite generally in my breeding j)ails. appearing a little 

 after the beginning of duly, and was obtained from roadside pud- 

 dle- as late as the KUh of Ocrol)er. To it. in coniimctiou with 



