10 The Mosquitoes or Culicidae of Jamaica. 



CULICINAE. 

 Genus STEGOMYIA. 



Tarsi with basal white bands ; proboscis 



unbanded ; thorax with lateral curved 



silvery lines and two median yellow 



ones fasciata. Fabricius. 6 



Thorax with two median yellow lines . . . var. mosquito. R.-Desvoidy. GA 



Genus HOWAKDINA. 



Fore and mid legs unbanded ; hind with 

 basal white bands. Thorax with 

 lateral silvery- white areas Walkeri. Theobald. 7 



Genus CULEX. 



Legs with basal white bands ; proboscis 



banded; thorax unadorned taeniorhynchus. Wiedemann. 8 



Legs with narrow pale bands, mostly 

 basal on hind pair only 



Abdomen banded in $ secutor. Theobald. 9 



Abdomen unbanded in $ janitor. Theobald. 10 



Legs unbanded 

 Thorax adorned 



Thorax with median pale grey area. .. confirmatus. Arribalzaga. 11 

 Thorax .with golden scales and a 

 large dark patch on each side in 

 front, abdomen unbanded tortilis. Theobald. 12 



Thorax unadorned 



Thorax reddish-brown, with very 



minute dull golden-brown scales 



and a few black ones similis. Theobald. 13 



Thorax as above, but with larger 



narrow-curved scales, and two 



more or less distinct median bare 



lines fatigans. Wiedemann. 14 



Genus MELANOCONION. 



Small, black gnats ; legs unbanded ; 

 abdomen with basal white spots atratus. Theobald. 15 



Genus GRABHAMIA. 



Wing scales mottled ; fork-cells short ; 

 legs mottled and banded; abdomen 

 with apical pale triangular patches 

 of creamy scales ; wings with small 

 black spot in third long vein jamaicensis. Theobald. 16 



