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district was also Culex pipiens. It occurred in very much less 

 numbers than at Nagoya, but abundant enough to be a distinct 

 nuisance. Its bite here had even a more inflammatory effect than 

 at Nagoya, producing very large red blotches, which persisted 

 for days. At Nagoya the bite produced merely a small red spot 

 or point. With the exception of these two localities no inflam 

 matory effect from the puncture of this mosquito was especially 

 noted. 



Yokohama and Tokio, Japan, June 26th to July i^th. Mos 

 quitoes in this region, the low country surrounding the bay of 

 Owari, were not very abundant ; in other words, while they oc 

 curred scatteringly in the rooms every night, they did not appear 

 in the great swarms which had been seen farther south. The 

 only species secured was the Culex pipiens, which in Yokohama 

 was comparatively rare, but rather more abundant in Tokio, 

 doubtless on account of the greater numbers of canals in the latter 

 place. 



Sapporo, Japan, August \%th to 22d. This was the most 

 northern point reached in the Japanese Empire, having the lati 

 tude of Nova Scotia. The mosquitoes collected were Culex 

 pipiens, and a species of Culex undetermined They were fairly 

 abundant. The same species occurred at Aomori, and at all the 

 other stops made in North Japan. 



Sendai, Japan, August 2^th and 29^/2. This town is half 

 way between Tokio and Aomori. Culex pipiens was the com 

 mon and abundant species. Another species of Culex ( Culex 

 concolor Desv.) also occurred here, but more rarely. 



The elevated mountain regions of Central Japan in the nei^j 

 borhood of Nikko in which the latter part of July and the first 

 August were spent were not characterized by mosquitoes ; at lea\ 

 no mosquitoes were noted in the various inns stopped at. This 

 elevated mountain region is very moist, rains occurring daily, and 

 the streams characterized naturally by very rapid currents. It 

 should be further noted that in the southern island of Kiushu, 

 which was explored during the month of May, no special nui 

 sance of mosquitoes was experienced and no collections were 

 made. The district in which the mosquitoes were most abundant 

 in Japan was the southern coast of the main island in the Ise 

 province, and on the island of Shikoku lying immediately to the 

 south of the main island. They were much in evidence but less 

 abundant along the eastern coast of the main island of Japan 

 northward to and including the island of Hokkaido. 



THE MOSQUITOES OF CHINA. 



In the experience of the writer China cannot be called very 

 much of a mosquito-ridden country. This experience can hardly 

 be charged altogether to the season of the year of the visit, which 



