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AEDES (TAENIORHYNCHUS) SOLLICITANS Walker. 
Culex sollicitans WALKER, Ins. Saund., Dipt., p. 427, 1856. 
A medium-sized blackish mosquito with ringed legs. Mesonotum 
bronzy yellow, dark brown at the sides, the pleura white scaled. 
Abdomen black, with basal and median longitudinal bands of pale 
yeliow, the lateral spots, medianly on the segments, white; venter 
yellowish, with some black scales toward the tips of the segments. 
Proboscis with a white ring. Legs black, the femora yellowish be- 
low; knee spots white; tibiae with yellowish scales; tarsi black, the 
first tarsal with a yellowish central ring, the other joints white at 
base, broadly so on the hind pair. Wing scales black and white. 
evenly mixed. 
The larvae live in salt tidal pools on the coast. The winter is 
passed in the egg state, and there are as many generations in the 
year as conditions permit. The adults are locally abundant, and in 
such cases travel many miles inland. 
Distribution.—Coasts of Mexico, Gulf States, Antilles, Atlantic 
States to New England. 
United States Records. 
Texas: Sand Point, Matagorda Bay, July 30, 1901 (J. D. Mitchell). 
Galveston, April 1, 1905 (J. C. Crawford). 
Corpus Christi, March 22, 1905 (W. E. Hinds). 
Victoria, June 13, 1904 (EE. G. Hines). 
Smith Point, November 7, 1918 (H. S. Barber). 
LovuIsIANA: Johnson’s Bayou, July 26, 1906 (J. D. Mitchell). 
New Iberia, October 15, 1904 (E. S. G. Titus). 
Miss1ssipp1: Natchez, April, 1908 (A. Fleming). 
Ocean Springs, November 22, 1902 (G. W. Herrick). 
Froripa: St. Vincent Island, November 3, 1910 (W. L. McAtee). 
Ramrod Key, November 7, 1918 (M. Kisliuk, jr.). 
Palm Beach, March 14, 1905 (H. G. Dyar). 
Groreta: Savannah, October 20, 1920 (S. F. Hildebrand). 
SoutH Carorrna: McClellansville, October 11, 1906. 
NortH Carorina: Wilmington, July 22, 1918 (R. W. Leiby). 
VirGIniA: Paramore’s Island, July 15, 1914 (H. G. Dyar). 
MaryLANnpD: Piney Point, June 19, 1904 (T. Pergande). 
DELAWARE: Rehoboth Beach, August 21, 1921 (H. G. Dyar). 
New Jersey: Cape May County, September 1, 1900 (B. I. Paschall). 
PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Neck, July 9 (H. Hornig). 
New York: Bellport, August, 1901 (H. G. Dyar). 
Connecticut: East River, July 21, 1908 (C. R. Ely). 
RwHopE Istanp: Weekapaug, July 20, 1904 (H. G. Dyar). 
MassacHusetts: Beverly, September 15, 1871 (E. Burgess). 
New HAMPSHIRE: Durham, August 8 (H. G. Dyar). 
Marne: Lincolnville, August, 1908 (H. G. Dyar). 
