286 A Monograph of Culicidae. 
Palpi small in both sexes, two-jointed in the ¢ ; four-jomted 
in the 9, the apical joint minute, mammilliform, penultimate 
joint long, and there are traces of a fifth joint. 
The related genera are tabulated here for reference :— 
1. Head clothed with narrow-curved and fiat scales. 
Mid lobe of scutellum with six border-bristles. 
(a) Scutellum with narrow-curved scales. 
Palpi in ¢ four-jointed (quasi five-jointed), in ¢ 
tworjoimied Lasigs58s. Bee AI Aedes. 
Mid lobe of scutellum with four border-bristles. 
Palpi in ? four-jointed, apical joint minute...... Howardina. 
(o)*Seutelm wath, flat scales 2... .cc:. seen <denascete- eee Aedimorphus. 
2. Head clothed with fiat scales only. 
Mid lobe of scutellum with six border-bristles. 
Palpi of @ three-jointed (quasi four-jointed) ...... Skusea. 
Mid lobe of scutellum with four border-bristles. 
Palpi of ¢ two-jointed: small, dark species ...... Verrallina. 
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AEDES FuscUS. ~Osten-Sacken. 
(Mono. Culicid. IT., p. 226, 1901.) 
The larvae of this species has been found by Mr. J. Turner 
Brakeley, of Hornerstown, New Jersey, in the pitchers of the 
Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia). | 
_ The @ palpi are quasi five-jointed, but the two basal joints 
are, I fancy, only apparent ; the ¢ palpi seem to show a minute 
apical joint, mammilliform in appearance. 
I have only seen two species that come in this genus, viz., 
fuscus, Osten-Sacken, and cinereus, Meigen. 
I have only had one ¢ to dissect, and, from the preparation 
of the palpi made from it, I cannot say for certain if there is a 
small third apical joint or not, as the scales partly obscure the 
apex. 
The genus Aedes is only represented so far in Europe and 
North America. 

