MOSQUITOS OR CULICIDAE OF NEW YORK STATE 337 



with 0. canadensis. They were present in one cranberry 

 bog, which was dry during the summer of 1902 and till so late 

 in the fall that all adult mosquito' life had gone into hibernation 

 or disappeared. The larvae were found so early as to lead 

 Dr Smith to conclude that they must have hibernated as eggs. 



Description. The larva has been described by Dr Smith as being 

 from 14 t=o about % inch in length, brownish black, tapering a 

 little. The transverse, elliptic head is almost as broad as 

 the thorax and is widest just behind the eyes. The white 

 antennae are tipped with black, almost half as long as the head, 

 thickest near the base and tapering slightly to about the middle, 

 then curving inwardly to a blunt point. The tuft of 6 to 10 

 hairs is just beyond the middle. The transverse thorax is angu- 

 lated, each segment marked by a tuft of long hairs arising from a 

 tubercle. The comb consists of patched of from 25 to 30 spatulate 

 spine-tipped scales bearing fine setae. The air tube is about three 

 and one half times as long as wide with double posterior pecten, 

 each consisting of from 14 to 20 small slender spines with two 

 to five serrations near the base. 



Culex melamirus Coq. 



PI. 46, 48, fig. 1, 6 respectively 



This species may be separated from those without abdominal 

 cross bands and prominent stripes on the thorax by the claws 

 being simple. 



The larva is stated by Dr Dyar to be very characteristic on 

 account of its dark infuscated tube and plates, and its peculiar 

 comb which 'resembles a grating, the spines appearing like 

 long bars in a single row. 



Distribution. This species has been taken at Center Harbor 

 N. H. and may be expected to occur in New York State. 



life history and habits. Dr Dyar states that the larva is slow 

 in development and very deliberate in all its motions, remaining 

 long at the bottom of the water. It inhabits permanent spring or 

 deep rock pools. The thin black shelled eggs are laid singly on 

 the surface of the water, and breeding is probably continuous, the 

 adult hibernating. 



