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A Monograph of Cidicidae. 



Protoculex serratus. Theobald (1903), 

 Culex serratus. Theobald, 



Mono. Culicid. II., p. 45 (1902), and III., p. 191 (1903) ; Bull. 79, Ent. 22, 

 p. 334 (1904) Felt. (Protoculex serratus). 



Additional localities. — New Jersey, generally, but nowhere 

 common (J. B. Smith) ; Staten Island, New York (J. R. de la 

 Torre Bueno, in Felt) ; Fort McPherson, Georgia (Miss Ludlow). 



Observations. — The life-history has been worked out by various 



Fig. 204. 



Protoculex serratus. Theobald. 



a, Labial plate ; b, siphon and anal segment ; c, scales from 

 8th segment ; d, antennae ; e, scale from siphon comb. (After Smith.) 



observers in America. The larva varies from 6 to 7 mm. and is 

 of robust build ; head dark brown with darker diffused blotches ; 

 thorax white with a median black portion ; abdominal segments 

 1 to 6 almost black, 7 and 8 white ; anal siphon almost black 

 flared at apex \ antennae rather short, one long and three short 

 apical spines and a small articulated segment, lateral tuft dense 

 and about the middle of antenna, a few short spines on the 

 surface ; labial plate triangular with 15 to 16 teeth on each side of 

 apex ; comb of the eighth segment composed of one regular row 

 of 5 to 6 scales on each side as shown in figure ; pecten of siphon 



