MOSQUITOS OR OULIOIDAE OV NEW YORK STATE 391c 



abserratus Felt & Youngs d u p r e e i Coq., and probably 

 squamiger Coq., f i t c li i i Felt & Young and abfitchii 

 Felt. :_, 



Ecculex n. gen. Petiole of anterior fork cell of female wing 

 about one half its length. Posterior cross vein more than its 

 length from mid cross vein. Lateral scales long, well separated 

 from the closelj' appressed, broad vein scales. Terminal clasp seg- 

 ment of male genitalia with subapical spine. Claspette a rather 

 conspicuous basal lobe. Harpes broad, with recurved, terminal 

 spine; harpagones terminated by three long, recurved spines. 

 Larva with well developed air tube, comb scales with spatulate 

 base and stout, terminal spine. Type^ sylvestris Theo., 

 species, melanurus Coq. 



Culicella n. gen. Petiole of anterior fork cell of female wing 

 about two thirds its length. Posterior cross vein about its own 

 length from mid cross vein. Lateral vein scales well defined. 

 Petiole of anterior fork cell in male equal or longer than its cell, 

 posterior cross vein less than its ow^n length from mid cross vein. 

 Terminal clasp segment of male genitalia slender, slightly curved, 

 with small apical spine. Claspette a large basal lobe with promi- 

 nent chitinous spine. Larva with very long air tube and with a 

 large comb consisting of linear, ciliated scales. Type, dya*ri 

 Coq. 



Culiseta n. gen. Petiole of anterior fork cell of female wing 

 about one half its length. Posterior cross vein less than its own 

 length from mid cross vein. Scales very large, lateral ones 

 slender, linear; vein scales closely appressed, frequently elon- 

 gated. Male wing with petiole of first fork C3ll one half to two 

 thirds the length of the cell and the posterior cross vein about its 

 own length from mid cross vein. Basal clasp segment of male 

 genitalia triangular, apical segment slender, nearly straight. 

 Claspette represented by a conspicuous basal lobe with one or 

 more large, chitinous spines. Harpagones recurved^ with several 

 apical teeth. Larvae with pecten prolonged into setae and with 

 stout, spined comb scales. Type^ absobrinus Felt, species, 

 magnipennis Felt and probably i n c i d e n s Thom. 



Taeniorhynchus. Petiole of first fork cell of female wing about 

 two thirds the length of the cell. Posterior cross vein several 

 times its length from mid cross vein. Wings thickly clothed with 



