THE MOSQUITOES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES 59 
eggs are laid in rafts, and both the larvae and the adults resemble 
Culex. Culiseta inornata is placed in subgenus Culiseta and C. 
melanura in subgenus Climacura. 
CULISETA INORNATA (Will.) 
(Syn, Culex consobrinus How. (not R.-D.) ) 
This is a rather large species, which breeds in open grassy pools 
and occasionally in artificial water receptacles. It is widely dis- 
tributed throughout the United States, and has been reported for all 
the Southeastern States. In the South the larvae and adults are en- 
countered usually only during the cooler months. In New Orleans the 
larvae were sometimes found in abundance during the winter, but they 
disappeared completely from March to November, and the manner of 
passing the summer is unknown. The larvae were usually found asso- 
ciated with those of Culea restuans. In Florida the writers have taken 
the species at Zellwood, New Smyrna Beach, and Palm Beach. 
CULISETA MELANURA (Cogq.) 
Culiseta melanura breeds in small permanent collections of 
water. It is rare and of sylvan habits but occurs over a wide range 
in the Southern and Eastern States. The writers have taken the 
species at Mound and New Orleans, La., Wilson Dam, Ala., and in 
several places in Orange and Volusia Counties, Fla. It has now been 
recorded from all the Southern States except Tennessee. 
Genus URANOTAENIA Lynch-Arribalzaga 
The members of this genus are very small, and some are brilliantly 
colored. They are recognized as a group by the very short forks of 
wing vein 2. The palpi of both males and females are short, but the 
male antennae are plumose. The eggs are laid in irregularly shaped 
rafts on the surface of permanent bodies of water in which there is 
considerable plant growth. The larvae are commonly associated with 
anopheline larvae and, when viewed in the water from above, some- 
what resemble the latter in the shape and dark color of the head and 
the position of the body. Three species are found in the United 
States, and two of them occur in the Southeast, neither of which is of 
economic importance. Hinman (77) has published some biological 
notes on these two species in southern Louisiana. 
URANOTAENIA SAPPHIRINA (O.-S.) 
(Syn., U. socialis Theob.) 
This mosquito breeds in grassy pools, swamps, and vegetation at 
the margins of lakes. The adults are rarely seen on the wing but may 
be found resting in hollow trees and in the grass or around the bases 
of trees and stumps in swampy places. They are said to bite humans 
on occasion, but their biting has never been observed by any of the 
writers. The specific name comes from the median longitudinal line 
of brilliant blue scales on the mesonotum. The species is a common 
one and undoubtedly occurs throughout the South. It has been 
reported from all the Southern States. 
