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or four branched; preantennal head hair 7 multiple. Mentum with 
about 20 teeth; the apical tooth broader and longer than lateral 
teeth; subbasal lateral teeth longer than the other lateral teeth. 
Comb with many scales in a triangular patch. Siphonal index about 
8.0; four double or triple siphonal tufts beyond the pecten. Pecten 
with numerous teeth reaching beyond the basal fourth of the siphon. 
Anal segment completely ringed by the saddle. 
MATERIAL EXAMINED.— 1 welve male specimens and their associated 
terminalia from Puerto Rico, seven from the Antilles, and one from 
Peru. The lectotype male terminalia from Santo Domingo was 
also studied. 
DistTRIBUTION.—This species has been reported from the Dominican 
Republic (the type locality), Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, and 
Trinidad. The author has seen one specimen in the U.S. National 
Museum collection from Tinga Maria, Peru. 
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901 
Fiaures 18a, b 
Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald, 1901, p. 115. 
Culex (Culex) scholasticus Theobald, 1901, p. 120. 
Culex (Culex) extricator Dyar and Knab, 1906b, p. 211. 
SysTEMATICS.—This species is distinct from all other members of 
the subgenus due to the characteristic division of the apical lobe of the 
basistyle. 
SALIENT CHARACTERS.—Adult female: See table 1. 
Male terminalia: Basistyle conical, about two and a half times as 
long as the basal width; clothed with fine setae in addition to the nor- 
mal, long setal pattern. Apical lobe of the basistyle prominent; 
distinctly divided into two sections; the proximal section possesses 
three subequal, gently hooked rods; the distal section exhibits a 
large, obovate leaf and a long gently curved accessory seta. Disti- 
style somewhat longer and more narrow than normal. Tenth sternite 
crowned with a tuft of short, pointed spines apically and spatulate, 
scalelike spines on the lateral outer margins; basal arm moderate in 
length, gently curved; cercal setae absent. External process very 
broad, tapering to a point, and curved so as to be directed laterally; 
extending in length to about the ventral cornu. Ventral cornu denti- 
form, slightly larger than, and close to the teeth of the median process. 
Median process with about nine narrow, sharply pointed teeth. 
Basal process absent. | 
Larva: Antennal tuft located in a constriction near the outer third; — 
antennal shaft spiculate basally. Postclypeal head hair 4 short, 
single; upper frontal head hair 5 long, four branched; lower frontal | 
head hair 6 long, triple; preantennal head hair 7 multiple. Mentum | 
