MOSQUITOS OR CULICIDAE OP NEW YORK STATE 



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rope, between the head and the respiratory tube and considerably 

 below the surface of the water. 



Distribution. This species has been listed from Jamaica by its 

 describer, is abundant in Mississippi according to Professor Her- 

 rick, was obtained by Dr Dyar in a mud pool of rain water at 

 Oabin John Md., has been sent to this office in the larval state from 

 Staten Island, and taken by Dr Smith in New Jersey. 



Culex taeniorhynchus Wied. 



Small salt marsJi mosquito 



PI. 4, 5, 18, 33, 42, 53, fig. 5 ; 1; 2, 3 ; 1 ; 1 ; 1 respectively 



This coast species occurs in the same situation as the salt 

 marsh mosquito, and on account of its banded proboscis [fig. 43], 



Fig. 43 Head and appendages of Culex tae- 

 niorhynchus showing white band on the beak 



may be confused with it. This form more frequently haunts 

 patches of woodland and may be recognized by the absence of the 

 yellow stripe inC. sollicitans, while the basal bands of the 

 abdominal segments are clear-cut^ of a more uniform width and 

 nearly or quite white. 



