MOSQUITOS OR CULICIDAE OF NEW YORK STATE 371 



Sayomyia hudsoni n. sp. 



PI. 13, 28, 40, 47, fig. 4, 5 ; 4 ; 1 ; 1 respectively 



Larvae of this interesting species were taken in small numbers 

 at Poughkeepsie June 1?, and several males bred therefrom June 

 26 and 27. 



Description. Male. Antennae thickly clothed with long, gray- 

 ish black plumes. Basal segment subglobose, yellowish, other seg- 

 ments • semitransparent, annulate with brown. Palpi short, 

 thickly clothed with grayish brown hairs. Basal segment rather 

 short, subconic; second about three times the length of the first 

 and one fourth longer than the third ; both stout, nearly uniform, 

 except that the second has a distinct enlargement internally near 

 the anterior fourth. Terminal segment slender, about twice the 

 length of the third. Labrum ornamented with thick, brownish or 

 silvery gray hairs. Eyes, jet black. Occiput and posterior por- 

 tion of head yellowish, clothed with pale 

 yellowish hairs. Thorax with subme- 

 dian, slaty brown lines abbreviated pos- 

 teriorly and divided by a slender, fulvous, 

 median line, which latter is ornamented 

 by a well defined, double row of long, 

 yellowish hairs. Sublateral stripes of the 

 same color, abbreviated anteriorly, and 

 the space between the sublateral and sub- 

 median dark lines clothed with yellowish 

 hairs arranged in more or less definite oPlayo^myia^hu^lson?" 

 rows. Oval posterior portion of thorax 



and that between the sublateral lines, a uniform, pale brown 

 with a median black spot at the posterior border. Pleura, 

 anterior and lateral portions of tho'rax semitransparent, 

 whitish. Scutellum prominent, with a few long, lateral bris- 

 tles and its posterior surface ornamented with the brown bases 

 of others with a slight median space naked. Postscutellum dark 

 brown. Abdomen semitransparent, greenish or yellowish, obscure, 

 irregular, somewhat variable, with lateral black markings at the 

 posterior boundary of each segment; third, fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments with a pair of submedian, obscure, circular, whitish marks 

 near the middle of each segment ; sparsely clothed with long, yel- 

 lowish hairs. Basal segment of clasp subcylindric, slightly 

 curved, yellowish, with light brown markings internally and 

 thickly clothed with long, yellowish hairs. Apical segment of 

 clasp pale brownish yellow, nearly straight, terminating in an 

 obscure point. Legs, uniform, straw yellow, rather thickly clothed 

 with long, yellowish hairs; ungues simple. Wings, hyaline, an- 

 terior veins ornamented with pale straw yellowish scales, those of 

 the other veins slightly darker. Petiole of first submarginal cell 



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