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A Monograph of Culicidae. 



The chief breeding places are woodland pools and larger 

 bodies of water, especially in clean water. The larvae have been 



Fig. 125. 



Culicada canadensis. Theobald. 



a, Scales of siphon comb ; b, siphon and anal segment ; c, antenna ; d, labial 

 plate ; e, scale of comb of 8th segment (after Smith). 



found associated with cantans, aurifer, melanurus, territans, reptans, 

 serratus, trivittatus, dupreei, and squamiger. 



It is essentially a wood mosquito and bites hard in its natural 

 surroundings ; it rarely approaches houses unless built in a wood, 

 and is very rare in towns and villages. It flies in early morning 

 and at dusk. The males live only a few days, the females 

 several weeks. 



Culicada fluviatills. Lutz (1904). 

 Culex fluviatih's. Lutz. 



Mosq. do Brasil, p. 42, 72 and 77 (1904). 



Head brown with median pale scaled line and pale border 

 around the eyes and at the sides ; palpi and proboscis deep 

 brown. Thorax deep brown in the middle with larger pale 

 creamy scales at the sides ; pleurae with silvery puncta. Abdomen 

 unhanded with basal silvery white patches. Legs brown, the 

 anterior first and second tarsals basally white, the mid with 



