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A Monograph of Culiciclae. 



Grabhamia jamaicensis. Theobald (1901). 

 Culex jamaicensis. Theobald (1901). 

 Culex confinis. Coquillett (non Arribalzaga). 



Mono Culicid, I., p. 345 (1901), and III., p. 244 (1903), Theobald; Mosq. 

 Jamaica, p. 29 (1905), Theobald and Grabham ; Ento. News, p. 81 (1904), 

 Glenn-Herrick. 



Additional localities. — Fort Caswell, S. Carolina ; Florida ; 

 Fort St. Philip, Louisiana ; Washington Barracks, D.C. ; Fort 



Fig. 91. 



Larval characters of Grabhamia jamaicensis. Theobald. 



a, Labial plate ; b, scale of comb of 8th segment ; c, siphon, etc. ; d, antenna 

 (after Smith). Compare with Felt's figures. 



Du Pont, Delaware ; Fort Morgan, Alabama ; Virginia ; Fort 

 Washington, Maryland (Miss Ludlow) ; New Jersey (J. B. Smith); 

 Mississippi (Glenn-Herrick). 



Life-history and habits. — The life-history has been worked out 

 by Professor Glenn-Herrick (Ento. News, p. 81, 1904), and 

 again by Professor J. B. Smith (Mosq. N. Jersey, p. 191, 1905). 



The larvae were first noticed by Glenn-Herrick in an open 

 sewage drain at the College Campus, Mississippi, in 1901, and 

 also scores in a roadside pool near Starkville. At first sight 



