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wooded portions of the State, and in some places in excep- 

 tionally large numbers, especially so in the western section of 

 Essex and Union Counties. 



Culex restuans was not common and only odd specimens 

 were taken near the sewer outlets on the Newark Meadow. 



Cule.r salinarius was very rare all season with the exception 

 of September, when a considerable number were found on 

 one section of the Newark Meadow. This being a more 

 northern species and the breeding places in that section rap- 

 idly being eliminated means that this mosquito will soon be- 

 come rare in New Jersey. 



Culex territans was found quite abundant in the fresh 

 water pools and more so in spring water. In the northern 

 section of the State this species will soon disappear, as breed- 

 ing places there are being eliminated very rapidly since the 

 County Mosquito Extermination Commission got to work. 



Wyeomyia smithii was not at all rare wherever the "pitcher 

 plant" grows, in which it breeds, but more so in the vicinity 

 of Tuckerton along the edges of the ponds where this plant 

 grows in abundance. 



The Meloidae (Blister-beetles) of North Carolina (CoL). 



By FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR., State Dep't. of Agriculture, 



Raleigh, N. C. 



For the benefit of students of faunistic entomology, and 

 to place on record some notes which seem worthy of publicity, 

 the present paper on the family Meloidae of North Carolina 

 has been prepared. The list shows a total of 21 species on 

 record, as compared with 14 for New Jersey (Smith), 22 for 

 Indiana (Blatchley) and 18 for District of Columbia (Ulke). 

 The family is well known to be one of western and south- 

 western distribution in the United States. It is quite likely 

 that some additions will be made to this list in future, but it 

 is believed to be reasonably complete. 



The genera are arranged alphabetically, and the ^pecies 

 alphabetically under the genus. 



