790 MOSQUITOES OP NOKTH AMERICA 



Oeioinal Description or Aedes condolescens: 



Proboscis black; head behind the eyes covered with silvery scales; thorax brown, 

 a large silver patch on the disk anteriorly, reaching about three-fourths the length 

 of the thorax, with a broad margin on each side of the brown scales; scutellum 

 brown scaled; abdomen black above with basal white bands on the segments; be- 

 neath white with black spots at the hind angles; legs dark, the femora white basally, 

 the white extending nearly to the apex on the under side. Wings dark brown scaled. 

 Claws of the female toothed. 



24 specimens, Nassau, Bahamas, June 24, 1903 (T. H. Coffin) ; Andros, San Salva- 

 dor, Powell Point, and Long Island, Bahamas (T. H. Coffin). 



Type. — Cat. no. 10248, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Desceiption of Female op Aedes coNDOLESCEars (Male and Larva Unknown) : 



Female. — Proboscis moderate, subcylindrical, uniform; labellse conically 

 tapered ; vestiture brownish-black ; setae minute, curved, black, those on labellae 

 more prominently outstanding. Palpi short, about one-fifth as long as pro- 

 boscis ; vestiture brownish-black ; setae moderate, black. Antennae filiform, the 

 joints subequal, black, rugose, pilose; second joint slightly thickened, paler 

 towards base; tori subspherical, with a cup-shaped apical excavation, yellowish- 

 ocherous shading to black on inner side ; hairs of whorls moderate, sparse, black. 

 Clypeus short, rounded triangular, convex, with a slight median impression, 

 black, nude. Eyes bronzy-black. Occiput black, densely clothed with narrow 

 curved scales in the middle, broad flat ones at the sides, broadly sordid silvery- 

 white medianly and along eyes, a large blackish patch on sides, many pale, erect 

 forked scales on nape; bristles black, those projecting forward between eyes pale. 



Prothoracic lobes elliptical, remote dorsaJly, dark brown, concolorous with 

 side of mesonotum, witii some elliptical sordid scales and many black setae. 

 Mesonotum blackish, densely clothed with narrow curved scales, a broad median 

 silvery-white area on anterior two^thirds, widened on its posterior third, cut off 

 squarely a short distance before the antescutellar space; sides dark bronzy- 

 brown, a large lateral area over roots of wings brighter golden-brown, a small 

 area of silvery scales on either side of antescutellar space; bristles moderate, 

 black. Scutellum trilobate, blackish, clothed with narrow, curved, pale golden- 

 brown scales, each lobe with about eight brown bristles. Postnotum elliptical, 

 convex, blackish-brown, nude. Pleurae blackish, coxae brownish-luteous, clothed 

 with patches of elliptical, flat white scales and rows of pale bristles. 



Abdomen subcylindrical, depressed, tapering posteriorly; dorsal vestitxire of 

 black scales with a slight greenish reflection, a narrow white band at base of 

 each segment, widest in the middle, narrowly joined at the sides to a row of 

 triangular white spots ; first segment with blackish scales intermixed with pale 

 ones at the sides and with many long, fine pale hairs; venter yellowish-white 

 sealed, a few black scales at sides of seventh segment. Cerci black. 



Wings rather broad, hyaline ; petiole of second marginal cell shorter than its 

 cell, that of the second posterior cell about the same length as its cell; basal 

 cross- vein distant rather more than its own length from anterior cross- vein; 

 scales of veins blackish brown, the outstanding ones broadly linear, dense and 

 slightly broader on forks of second vein. Halteres whitish, with blackish knobs. 



Legs slender, moderately long ; clothed with black scales with bronzy and blue 

 reflections ; femora beneath whitish except at tips, some of the scales on under- 

 side of tibiae also whitish. Claw formula, 1.1-1.1-1.1. 



Length : Body about 4 mm. ; wing 3.5 mm. 



Life history and habits unknown. 



Bahamas and Cuba. 



Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, June 34, 1903 (T. H. Coffin) ; Andros, 

 Bahamas, June 26, 1903 (T. H. Coffin) ; San Salvador, Bahamas, 1903 (T. H. 



