NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS FOR

During the course of a continuing light trap surveillance program conducted by the Florida State Board of Health, some new and unpublished distributional records for Florida mosquitoes have accumulated. These are presented herein mainly as a contribution to the more precise delimitation of the many mosquito species whose continental distributions may have their northern or southern limits in the state of Florida. Occasionally, records used will have been taken from publications or from other sources as well as light traps, and reviewing these together with a consideration of increased traffic during and since the war years, it should be noted that various modes of transport could account for some species having been captured beyond their apparent natural range in the state, such as, for instance, Culex tarsalis in Dade County, Psorophora cyanescens in Hendry County and Deinocerites cancer in Lake County. As this paper will deal mainly with light trap records, the symbol (LT) will be used for all such collections; the few others will be designated explicitly. Twentyfive species comprise the following annotated list. The authors wish to express appreciation to Dr. M. W. Provost, Director, Entomological Research Center, Vero Beach, for helpful advice, and to Dr. John Porter of the U. S. Quarantine Station, Miami Beach, for permission to use light trap data from Fisher Island (Aedes tortilis, Culex tarsalis) and Vaca Key (Mansonia titillans).