324 A Monograph of Culicidae. 



The adult roughly resembles both abfitchii and subcantans, but 

 can at once be told by the rich brown sub-median vittae bordered 

 laterally by a broad area clothed with loose curved silvery scales, 

 as described by Felt. Abraded specimens resemble abfitchii, 

 subcantans, cantans, and sylvesiris. 



Habits of larvae. — Professor Felt states that the larvae occur 

 in association with a number of early spring forms. They may be 

 recognised by the long, uniformly tapering air tube with con- 

 tinuous, closely-placed row of jet-black pecten at its base. They 

 are apparently confined very largely to open, grassy pools such 

 as are found along roadsides and in meadows where it is found 

 in association with subcantans, abfitchii, trichurus, impiger, Aedes 

 fuscus, etc. 



CULICADA SUBCANTANS. Felt (1905). 



Culex cantans. Felt (non Meigen). 



Mosq. N. Y. State, Bull. 79, Ent. 22, N. Y. St. Mus., pp. 284-289 (1904), Felt 

 (cantans) ; Kept. N. J. St. Agri. Exp. St. Mosq., p. 240 (1904), Smith ; 

 20th Kept. St. Ento. ; N. Y. St. Mus. Bull. 97, Ent. 24, p. 474 (1905), 

 Felt. 



Allied to C. abfitchii, but with longer narrow-curved head 

 scales and no median bare line ; scutellum smaller ; a distinct 

 dark median thoracic line ; no pale scaled area in front of meso- 

 notum, and the posterior cross-vein nearer the mid. Harpes 

 shorter, not more than half length of basal lobe. 



? . Head deep brown with large long narrow-curved pale 

 creamy scales and black upright forked scales, some flat black 

 and then pale creamy lateral ones ; chaetae brown, except those 

 between the eyes, which are pale creamy. Palpi deep brown. 

 Antennae brown, base testaceous. Proboscis deep brown, 

 scattered pale scales at the base. 



Thorax brown, with dark longitudinal lines, clothed with 

 golden brown narrow-curved scales, two lines of pale creamy 

 ones, which behind unite with a pale scaled area in front of the 

 scutellum, the pale scales also occur in front of the mesonotum ; 

 a median bare dark line is also prominent ; scutellum brown, 

 with narrow-curved pale scales ; nine or ten bristles on posterior 

 border of mid lobe ; metanotum bright brown ; pleurae brown 

 with flat creamy scales. 



Abdomen deep brown, with basal creamy bands and pale 

 lateral spots and very narrow apical pale bands ; posterior border- 

 bristles pallid. 



