. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. DIPTERA, 437 The family includes only a single genus, Dixa, We have found the adult midges common on rank her- bage, growing in a swampy place, in a shady forest. Family CULICID^ (Cu-lic'i-dae). The Mosquitoes, The form of mosquitoes is so well known that it would be unnecessary to characterize the Culicidae were it not that there are certain mosquito-like insects that are liable to be mistaken for members of this family. The mosquitoes are small flies, with the abdomen long and slender, the wings narrow, the antennae plumose in the males (Fig. 511
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. DIPTERA, 437 The family includes only a single genus, Dixa, We have found the adult midges common on rank her- bage, growing in a swampy place, in a shady forest. Family CULICID^ (Cu-lic'i-dae). The Mosquitoes, The form of mosquitoes is so well known that it would be unnecessary to characterize the Culicidae were it not that there are certain mosquito-like insects that are liable to be mistaken for members of this family. The mosquitoes are small flies, with the abdomen long and slender, the wings narrow, the antennae plumose in the males (Fig. 511), and usu- ally with a long, slender, but firm proboscis. The thorax lacks the transverse V-shaped suture characteristic of the crane-flies ; and vein V of the wings is only two-branched (Fie:. 512). But the most distinctive feature i^^^. 511,-Antennffi of \ o J J ^ mosquitoes, -m^ male; of mosquitoes is a fringe of scale-Hke hairs •/"» female. on the margin of the wing and also, in all known American forms, on each of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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