THE MOSQUITOES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES ol 
AEDES TORMENTOR D. and K. 
(Syn., Ochlerotatus serratus Coq. (not Theob.), in part) 
Aedes tormentor is almost identical in appearance with A. atlan- 
ticus, and its identification depends upon larval or male genitalic 
characters, which are given in the keys. The larvae are darker than 
those of infirmatus, with which it was usually taken in Louisiana. 
At New Orleans larvae of this species were more often taken than 
those of atlanticus, while the reverse was true in Florida. One larva 
of tormentor was collected on Parris Island, 8S. C., in 1935, and in 
this specimen the thorax and eighth abdominal segment were white, 
in striking contrast to the rest of the body. Florida specimens are 
sometimes rather conspicuously marked in a similar manner. The 
species was taken by Root (734) in Georgia, and it has now been 
recorded from all the Southeastern States except North Carolina 
and ‘Tennessee. 
AEDES THIBAULTI D. and K. 
This is a rare species that breeds in stump holes. It probably has 
but one brood each year, in the spring. The species is listed by 
Horsfall (79, 80) as of local importance in southeastern Arkansas. 
It was taken by the writers at Mound, La. (28), and has been re- 
ported from Mississippi (57), Mississippi County, Mo. (50), Wilson 
Dam, Huntsville (736), Leighton, and Madison County, Ala. (237), 
and from Edgecombe County, N. C. (D. F. Ashton, May 1938). 
AEDES CANADENSIS (Theob.) 
This mosquito is rare in Florida and elsewhere in the extreme 
South, but farther north it is a troublesome biter. It is said to have 
but one brood annually, which appears in the spring. It is not 
known to enter houses. In addition to the localities listed by Dyar 
(50), the writers have specimens from New Orleans and Mound, La., 
Lumberton, Miss., and Orlando, New Smyrna Beach, and Gainesville, 
Fla. It was taken by Dupree at Baton Rouge, La. It was reported 
by Horsfall (79, SO) to be the most annoying of the woods mosquitoes 
in Arkansas during March and April. 
AEDES BIMACULATUS (Coq.) 
(Syn., A. fulvus Dyar (not Wied.), in part) 
This is a bright-yellowish species of striking appearance, limited 
to the Southern States, and seldom collected. It was encountered 
in considerable numbers on one occasion (1914) in the vicinity of New 
Orleans, and the females were fierce biters. The writers have taken 
it in Orange, Volusia, and Seminole Counties, Fla. Root (734) ob- 
tained the species in Geor gia, and a record for South Carolina has 
been received from 8. L. Crosthwaite (Charleston County, September 
4, 1941). It has now been recorded from all the Southeastern States 
except Alabama and Tennessee. Edwards (53) considered this 
species distinct from the tropical fudvus to which Dyar (457) assigned 
it, and in a communication to the writers (September 12, 1938) 
