38o 



POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



shows that the newspaper account is 

 based directly upon an ai'ticle by Dr. 

 Stiles which is entitled ' A Parasitic 

 Roundworm (Agamomermis culi^is) in 

 American Mosquitoes (Culex sollici- 



ferent parts of the world and adds a 

 new one to the list. This is a round- 

 worm about half an inch long which 

 lives in the abdominal cavity. He says : 

 " At a time when mosquitoes are sub- 



Memoriai, to Geuu(;e Stevknson, keukntly erected in the Railway Station at Rome 



tans),' and which appeared in 'Bulletin 

 13,' Hygienic Laboratory, of the service. 

 In this article Dr. Stiles refers to 

 several parasitic organisms which have 

 been described from mosquitoes in dif- 



jected to such careful study, because of 

 the impoi'tant relations they bear to 

 jiublic health, especially in connection 

 with malaria, yellow fever, etc., it is 

 of interest to determine what parasites 



