. The Canadian entomologist. Insects; Entomology. 316 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Aedes pertinax, , nov. sp.— 9 . Head with a triangular, yellow area in the centre, made up of yellow hairs and narrow curved scales, some rather broad, flattened ones at the sides, sides and back of the head black, with many upright forktd scales and hairs ; antennce dark brown, with silvery hairs on the joints; palpi and proboscis black, speckled with silvery hairs. Clypeus dark brown. Prothoracic lobes black, with many long black hairs. Mesothorax black, sparingly covered with very small narrow curved dark brown
. The Canadian entomologist. Insects; Entomology. 316 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Aedes pertinax, , nov. sp.— 9 . Head with a triangular, yellow area in the centre, made up of yellow hairs and narrow curved scales, some rather broad, flattened ones at the sides, sides and back of the head black, with many upright forktd scales and hairs ; antennce dark brown, with silvery hairs on the joints; palpi and proboscis black, speckled with silvery hairs. Clypeus dark brown. Prothoracic lobes black, with many long black hairs. Mesothorax black, sparingly covered with very small narrow curved dark brown scales, a narrow line of brilliant golden scales in the middle line extending to the posterior quarter (in some specimens this line is ill-defined, in others broad and conspicu- ous), a few long hairs near the posterior border and in front of the wing insertions. Scutellum dark brown, with many long black hairs. Pleura grayish, with patches of silvery scales and hairs. Abdomen, upper surface black, with moderate basal bands of yellow scales, and with large lateral areas of silvery ones, two small circular areas of golden scales in the centre of each segment. A {q.\^^ long white hairs along the apical border of each segment. Venter almost entirely white, with creamy scales, a few black scales near the apical borders of the segments. Wings, extremities of the long veins with long narrow scales and short broad ones, upper forked cell longer, but about as broad as the lower, its stem half its length ; the stem of the lower forked cell nearly as long as the cell. The posterior .cross vein half its own length behind the mid cross vein. Halteres with pale stems and knobs. Legs black, unhanded, femora and tibitB with many yellow scales beneath, fewer in the metatarsi and tarsi 3 knee spots small. Ungues all equal and uniserrate, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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