Genus Culiseta. 383 



Genus CULISETA. Felt. 



Mosq. N. York State, Bull. 79, Ent. 22, N. Y. St. Mus., p. 391(e) (1904), 



Felt. 



Felt forms a new genus for his Culex absobrinus. 



I have been unable to work out the two included species to 

 see if any marked squamose characters occur, so give Felt's 

 definition verbatim. The male genitalia are very marked, the 

 claspers beino* noticeably short. 



" Petiole of anterior fork- cell of 9 about one-half its length. 

 Posterior cross- vein less than its own length from mid cross- vein. 

 Scales very large, lateral ones slender, linear ; vein scales closely 

 appressed, frequently elongated. Male wing with petiole of first 

 fork-cell one-half to two-thirds the length of the cell, and the 

 posterior cross-vein about its own length from mid cross-vein. 

 Basal clasp segment of male genitalia triangular, apical segment 

 slender, nearly straight. Claspette represented by a conspicuous 

 basal lobe with one or more large, chitinous spines. Harpogones 

 recurved, with several apical teeth. Larvae with pecten pro- 

 longed into setae and with stout, spined, comb scales." 



Felt included in this genus besides the type his magnipennis, 

 which is consobrinus, Rob.-Desvoidy, and incidens, Thorns. The 

 latter is a Theobaldia. 



Culiseta absobrina. Felt (1904). 

 Culex absobrinus. Felt. 

 Mosq. N. York State, Bull. 79, Ent. 22, N. Y, St. Mus., p. 318 (1904). 



Head yellowish-white to creamy with dense black upright 

 scales ; proboscis deep brown. Thorax rich brown, a median 

 line of black scales, with a few golden ones bordering it and 

 ending in the same. Similar sub-median lines with a creamy 

 eye-like spot about the middle of each and ending posteriorly in 

 pale scales. Abdomen deep brown with basal creamy bands. 

 Legs deep brown with pale knee spots. 



9 . Head deep brown with narrow- curved pale creamy scales, 

 more pronounced and paler at the sides and around the eyes, 

 lateral flat scales creamy yellow, numerous thin black upright 

 forked scales on the occiput ; proboscis deep brown ; palpi brown 

 with scattered pale scales ; antennae black with dark hairs and 

 paler internodal pubescence. 



