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them. Aedes tortilis tortilis Theobald inhabits Jamaica, and 

 gives its name to the species on account of having been de- 

 scribed first. There are slight differences traceable in the 

 mesonotal ornamentation in the specimens from the different 

 islands, as given in the monograph (vol. iv, 617, dichotomies 

 62 to 64 of the table) ; but these are far from constant. 



Aedes tortilis plutocraticus Dyar & Knab. 



Culex confirmatiis Coffin (not Lynch), in Shattuck, The Bahama 



lis., 283, 1905. 

 Aedes plutocraticus Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 



11, 1907. 

 Aedes plutocraticus Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 485, 1910. 

 Aedes plutocraticus Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. No. & Cent. 



Am. & W. I., iv, 804, 1917. 

 Aedes (Ochlerotatus) plutocraticus Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., vi, 77, 



1918. 

 Aedes (Heteronycha) plutocraticus Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., viii, 



105, 1920. 



This is the form inhabiting the Bahamas. We have only the 

 series collected by Dr. T. H. Coffin. The larva is still unde- 

 scribed. 



Aedes tortilis bracteatus Coquillett. 



Culex bracteatus Coquillett, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vii, 184, 1906. 

 Aedes habanicus Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 198, 



1906. 

 Ochlerotatus bracteatus Coquillett, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., 



Tech. Ser. 11, 19, 1906. 

 Aedes bracteatus Pazos, Anal. Acad. Cien. med., fis. y nat. de la 



Habana, xlv, 423, 1908. 

 Aedes bracteatus Pazos, San. y Ben., ii, 47, 320, 1909. 

 Culex bracteatus Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 612, 1910. 

 Aedes bracteatus Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. No. & Cent. Am. 



& W. I., iv, 802, 1917. 

 Aedes (Ochlerotatus) bracteatus Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., vi, 77, 1918. 

 Aedes (Heteronycha) bracteatus Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., viii, 105, 



1920. 



This is the form inhabiting Cuba. 



Aedes tortilis balteatus Dyar & Knab. 



Acdcs balteatus Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 9, 1907. 



