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pool which yielded other species freely. He adds that in New 

 Hampshire larvae occurred in every suitable pool, and after the 

 middle of July they were the most abundant Culex larvae to be 

 found, being present throughout the summer. Dr Dyar obtained 

 some eggshells, which he believed to belong to this species, from a 

 pool full ofCterritans larvae. They were on the surface of 

 the water in little boats composed of three or four eggs, each ad- 

 bering by their flat sides, the mass floating sidewise on the water. 

 They were so minute that a lens was necessary to ascertain their 

 true character. He states that the life cycle occupies about three 

 weeks, and that breeding is continuous as with C. pipiens, 

 the winter probably being passed as adults. 



Dr Smith states that this little m'osquito is rarely troublesome 

 in the early part of the summer, but sometimes late in the season 

 it seems to become possessed with a furious desire for blood, xll 

 such times it forces its way through the netting of window screens, 

 endeavors to find openings around them, or works up between the 

 windows if they are imperfectly closed. This lasts for a short 

 time and then the mosquitos suddenly leave. It is somewhat 

 of a puzzle to account for their appearance in such numbers. This 

 form is seldom recognized in house captures, since when collected 

 in alcohol it has proved almost impossible to separate it from C. 

 pipiens. 



Culex lazarensis Felt & Young 



PI. 6, 20, 35, 43, 51, fig. 4, 5 ; 2, 3 ; 2 ; 3 respectively 



Pupae of this well marked, beautiful species were taken in a 

 deep, cold mountain pool at Elizabethtown N. Y., June 9, adults 

 emerging the 10th. Larvae occu-rred at Karner N. Y., May 3. 



Description. Occiput and thorax thickly clothed with golden 

 jellow scales except for a narrow median dark brown line and on 

 the thorax a broad submedian brown line on each side, all inter- 

 rupted at the posterior fourth. More laterally and near the pos- 

 terior end of the submedian stripes there is on each side a short, 

 broader stripe. The golden vestiture is interspersed with scatter- 

 ing long, black hairs. Pleura clothed with patches of golden yel- 

 low and whitish scales. Abdomen dark brown or black, with 

 broad, basal white bands, specially in the male, slightly continued 



