THE MOSQUITOES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES 41 
CULEX SALINARIUS Coa. 
(Syn., C. nigritulus Smith (not Zett.) ) 
The larvae are found principally in grassy pools of either fresh 
or brackish water, and sometimes also in the bilge water of boats, 
and in barrels. The species occurs throughout the Southeast. It is 
not abundant in peninsular Florida, although it becomes more numer- 
ous at Orlando during the winter. It is common elsewhere along the 
Gulf and Atlantic coasts and is found less abundantly inland. The 
adult females bite freely out of doors at night and will enter houses 
to feed if necessary. 
Culex salinarius females are recognized by the presence of narrow 
bands or a few scattered scales of a yellowish or dingy-white color 
at the base of the abdominal segments. The seventh segment may 
be largely pale-scaled, and the “posterior margins of the segments 
may appear whitish at times. The mesonotum is covered with fine, 
hairlike, brownish scales, and has a smooth appearance in contrast 
to those of guinquefasciatus and pipiens. 
CULEX NIGRIPALPUS Theob. 
(Syn., C. similis Theob.) 
The larvae are common in ditches and grassy pools in central and 
southern Florida, where the species appears to have largely replaced 
its near relative Culex salinarius. At Orlando the larvae are 
occasionally found during the summer in_ street catch basins 
and in tubs. Judging by the small number of biting records in com- 
parison with the abundance of the larvae, the species is much less in- 
clined to attack people than is salinarius. Where the adults are 
numerous they have occasionally been taken inside houses. The 
species is principally of tropical occurrence and apparently does not 
extend far north in the United States. It has been recorded from Lee 
County, Ga. (734), and Charleston, S. C. (56). The writers have 
the species from New Orleans, La., and Brewton, Ala., and specimens 
have also been examined recently from Savannah, Ga. (M. A. Barber, 
collector, October 1940). 
The adults differ from those of salinarius in having lateral white 
spots but no pale bands on the dorsum of the abdomen. The pleurae 
generally have few or no white scales. : 
CULEX RESTUANS Theob. 
(Syn., C. territans in some recent literature; the white-dotted Culex) 
The larvae occur in pools and rain barrels, preferring somewhat 
foul water, especially that containing decaying grass or leaves. The 
species has usually been regarded as a Buble biter and the 
authors have found it so in Louisiana. Thibault (142), from obser- 
vations made at Scott, Ark., stated that it “does not Bie human beings 
very much, though it enters houses. Seems to prefer poultry and 
livestock, also Juices of plants.” Carpenter (47) noted that it is 
seldom troublesome in Arkansas except when present in large num- 
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