THE MOSQUITOES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES 47 



woods species. It resembles infirmatus except that the white stripe 

 on the thorax is much narrower (fig. 12, G). The species is of com- 

 mon occurrence in the Gulf States and is probably distributed 

 throughout the southeastern region. In addition to the localities 

 given by Dyar, it has been reported from Alabama (53) and Arkansas 

 (60). 



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, S. 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 (109) 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 Hors- 

 fall (62, 63) as of local importance in southeastern Arkansas. Speci- 

 mens were taken by the writers at Mound, La. (&£), and it has been 

 reported from Alabama (110). It has not yet been recorded for 

 Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, or South Carolina. 



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 (40), 

 the writers have specimens from New Orleans and Mound, La., 

 Lumberton, Miss., and Orlando and Gainesville, Fla. It was taken 

 by Dupree at Baton Rouge, La. It was reported by Horsfall (62, 

 63) to be the most annoying of the woods mosquitoes in Arkansas 

 during March and April. 



The following eight species of Aedes are all rain-pool or ground- 

 pool breeders. They are of rare occurrence in the South, but some 

 of them are common elsewhere. 



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 and Seminole Counties, Fla. Root (109) obtained the 

 species in Georgia, and it has now been recorded from all the South- 



