DISEASE-BEARING AMERICAN MOSQUITOES 



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house mosquitoes, fresh-water sylvan mosquitoes and salt- 

 marsh mosquitoes. 



Fig. 39. — Adult of Culex restuans. (After John B. Smith, New Jersey Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Stations.) 

 1, adult female; 2, appendage to tip of clasper; 3, clasper of male genitalia: 

 4, anterior claws of female; 5, mentum of larva; G and 7, antennae of same. All 

 are greatly enlarged. 



HOUSE GROUP 



Probably one of the most annoying mosquitoes of this group 

 is Culex pipiens, Linn., a close relative of C. fatiga?is. This 



