MOSQUITOS OR CULICIDAE OP NEW YORK STATE 281 



gg Antennae shorter, without a swelling near the base, spines 



and scales as above ; head maculate cantator, p.293 



fff Comb scales with 4^6 stout apical spines, somewhat spatu- 



late at base, about 60 in number lazarensis, p.309 



c Antennal tuft beyond the middle 



d Comb scales about SO in a triangular patch of 10 rows 



d y a r i , p.306 

 dd Comb scales fewer in number 

 c Pectan pale, 10-15, each tooth witli 3 or 4 long basal teeth ; comb 



scales about 50, in a triangular patch p i p i e n s , p.328 



ee Pecten small, 14-20, minutely toothed; comb scales 25-30 



a u r i f e r , p.336 



Culex squamiger Coq. 



This species was described from California, and as Dr Smith 

 has found it in New Jersey, there is a strong possibility of its 

 occurring in this State. 



Description. The original description follows : 



Head and its members black, middle of proboscis brownish, 

 scales of occiput mixed golden and pale yellow, many black ones 

 along the eyes, palpi black scaled, those at base, before the mid- 

 dle and at apex white ; body black, scales of middle of mesonotum 

 golden brown, those along the sides and on the pleura pale yellow, 

 bristly hairs of thorax m'ostly black, those of scutellum chiefly 

 yellow; scales of abdomen black, a large patch at base of each 

 segment and several scales scattered over the remainder pale 

 yellow, scales of venter pale yellow ; femora and tibiae brown, 

 the scales mixed black and yellow, not forming distinct bands, 

 posterior side of the femora yellow and yellow scaled; tarsi 

 black, the scales mixed black and yellow, a band of whitish scales 

 at bases of the last four joints, claws toothed; wings hyaline, 

 veins yellow, densely covered with rather broad mixed brown 

 and whitish scales and with many very narrow ones in the apical 

 third of. the wing, petiole of first submarginal cell about two 

 thirds as long as that cell, cross vein at apex of second basal cell 

 less than its length from the 'one above it; halteres yellow, the 

 knobs marked with brown; length, 5 mm. 



Culex fitchii Felt & Young 



PI. 2, 3, 15, 41, 48, fig. 4; 1; 3, 4; 2; 3 respectively 



This species was bred from a woodland pool at Karner N. Y., 

 larvae being oibtained May 10 and adults emerging May 16. 



Description. Female. Basal segment of antennae clothed inter- 

 iorly with broad white scales. Proboscis dark brown, long ; palpi 



