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  REMARKABLE 
  MOSQUITO. 
  

  

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  them 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  triangular 
  chitinous 
  plate 
  inserted 
  between 
  the 
  cranium 
  and 
  the 
  

   gular 
  region 
  ; 
  on 
  this 
  plate 
  near 
  the 
  attachment 
  of 
  the 
  galea 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  spine 
  (fig. 
  17). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  17. 
  One 
  side 
  of 
  head 
  of 
  larva, 
  ventral 
  

   aspect, 
  showing 
  attachment 
  of 
  maxilla. 
  

  

  The 
  vestiture 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  cranium 
  is 
  shewn 
  in 
  this 
  diagram, 
  

   (fig. 
  18) 
  triangular, 
  its 
  margin 
  serrated. 
  

  

  Labium 
  

  

  Fig. 
  18. 
  Labium 
  of 
  larva. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  broadly 
  ovate, 
  produced 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  dorsum 
  are 
  two 
  transverse 
  sutures 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  each 
  side. 
  The 
  vestiture 
  

   arranged 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  accompanying 
  diagrams 
  (fig. 
  19). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  19. 
  One 
  side 
  of 
  thorax 
  of 
  larva 
  ; 
  

   a, 
  dorsal 
  aspect 
  ; 
  b, 
  ventral 
  aspect. 
  

  

  