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of entomology and was so broad that it reached all subjects 

 of interest to cultivated people, was largely acquired by her- 

 self. 



She was particularly interested in the life histories of the 

 microlepidoptera and began writing on entomological subjects 

 in 1870. From that time to her death she contributed many 

 articles to scientific journals. In 1891 there appeared from 

 her pen a book entitled "Outlines of Entomology," prepared 

 for the use of farmers and horticulturists at the request of 

 the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and the State 

 Horticultural Society of Missouri. 



She was associate editor of "Farm Progress," published in 

 St. Louis ; a Fellow of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science and a member of the Academy of Sci- 

 ences of St. Louis. 



HERMANN SCHWARZ. 



[American Men of Science adds that she was Assistant to 

 the State Entomologist of Missouri, 1876-1878, and acting 

 State Entomologist, 1888-1896; field agent of the Division of 

 Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, 1880- 

 1893 ; staff contributor on entomology and botany to the St. 

 Louis Republic since 1896.] 



Notes on Mosquitoes (Dipt.). 



By HERMAN H. BREHME, 



In charge of the Mosquito Extermination Work at the New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 



The summer of 1912 was a normal one until the first part 

 of August, when heavy showers set in, consequently favor- 

 able for prolific production of mosquitoes. Complaints were 

 received from the southern part of the State and especially 

 along the shores of Barnegat Bay. Upon investigation, the 

 species most troublesome proved to be Aedes sollicitans. In 

 the northern section it helped Culc.v pipiens along. Sollicitans 

 was very rare in the northern part of the State all season. 



The house mosquito, C. pipiens, was nearly absent in Essex 



