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tubed larvae have the tuft at or beyond the outer third. The 

 labial plate is shown at figure 70. The pale double pecten (each 

 spine four or five toothed) is followed by a few long hairs, and the 

 comb consists of a triangular patch of little scales four rows deep. 

 Dr Dyar describes the pupa as normal, air tubes cylindric, curved, 

 rather long and not funnel-shaped. This species has been carefully 

 described by Johannsen. 



Fig. 71 Several pecten teeth of C. restuans much enlarged 



Distribution. This species was described by Theobald, from 

 Ontario, Canada, and has been taken by us in widely separated 

 New York localities, notably, Adirondacks, Albany and West- 

 field. It was obtained at Center Harbor N. H. and Cabin John 

 Md. by Dr Dyar, and at Lahaway N. J. by Mr Brakeley. 



Life history and habits. Our own experience indicates that this 

 larva is found in much the same situation as C. pipiens, 

 except that we have not taken it in filthy water, it seeming to 

 prefer an open barrel or vessel containing clear rain water. This 

 is confirmed by Dr Smith's observations. We have also taken this 

 species at Lake Placid, an elevation of 2000 feet, in a large hollow 

 burned in a pine and partly filled with rain water. The same 

 species was met with at Big Moose in a tub of rain water. Dr 

 Dyar records taking it from cold spring pools in New Hampshire, 

 though he states that it is not confined to such places. He has 

 met with it in pools shaded by bushes, and even in rain puddles. 

 He states that the larvae pass through four stages as usual, and 

 that they may be found all summer and fall, and possibly may 

 survive the winter in favorable situations. 



