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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 once 

 from Georgia (109), and the writers have two records for Louisiana 

 (New Orleans, October 1913 and October 1914, W. V. King) , and a 

 specimen from Brewton, Ala. 



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., G. 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 

 adults are troublesome biters and become abundant locally in the 

 South, much more so in the spring or the fall than in the summer. 

 The species is of general distribution in the Eastern and Southern 

 States but becomes rare in southern Florida. The adults usually have 

 a pair, sometimes two pairs, of small white dots on the mesonotum 

 (fig. 12, K). The abdomen has conspicuous white bands which are 

 not narrowed at the lateral margins. 



Unfortunately, the name territans was changed to designate this 

 species after it had been applied for years to the one now known as 

 apicalis. Edwards (1$) has shown that the synonymy is very doubt- 

 ful, and the writers agree with him in the desirability of restoring the 

 name restuans, so that there will be no confusion as to the species 

 meant. 



CULEX APICALIS Adams 



(Syn., G. territans Dyar (not Walk.) in part, G. testaceus Dyar (not V. d. W.), 

 G. saxatilis Gros., etc.) 



Culex apicalis has a wide distribution and is found breeding in 

 grassy pools and swampy places containing aquatic vegetation. 

 The larvae are fairly common, but the adults apparently do not bite 

 man. As they have been observed feeding on frogs, they probably 

 live on cold-blooded animals. 



The adults are recognized by the presence of narrow white bands, 

 which widen laterally, on the posterior margins of the abdominal 

 segments. The name apicalis refers to this character. 



CULEX TARSALIS Coq. 



The writers have one collection of this banded-legged Culex from 

 Louisiana (Mound, October 13, 1913, D. L. Van Dine). The larvae 

 were taken in a clay borrow pit with Anopheles punctipennis, but 

 were not obtained again, although many collections were made in 

 the same locality during the following 10 or 15 years. It had been 

 reported previously from Arkansas (68) and from Orleans Parish, 

 La. (37). This species is very common in the Western States. 



