16 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



LIST OF MOSQUITOES COLLECTED IN LONOKE AND PULASKI 



COUNTIES, ARKANSAS. 



Aedes fuscus Osten Sacken. 



Very abundant, along with territans anAsylvestris, in weeds 

 and grass. Also about dwellings. The)- do not bite. Males 

 appear first and are at all times more abundant than females. 

 To be found throughout spring and summer, most abundantly 

 from April to June. I know little of their breeding habits. 



Uranotaenia sapphirina Osten Sacken. 



One of the most abundant mosquitoes here, though not 

 generally in evidence, except to those who know where to find 

 them. In weeds and grass in damp places, especiall)' along 

 the wet mud at margins of streams. Require much moisture 

 and will not live long without it. Do not bite, .so far as I 

 know, though in the late fall the females come about houses 

 in fair numbers and will alight on a person's hand or clothes 

 indifferently, but do not attempt to bite. Taken from April 

 1 to frost. 



Aedes discolor Coquillett. 



Have never taken but one specimen. This was a female 

 and was biting. Taken in a cornfield. Know nothing of 

 their habits otherwise. 



Aedes columbiae Dyar <S: Knab. 



Quite abundant and annoying near breeding-places. Prefers 

 open fields and large open marshes to woods; often about 

 dwellings; will bite either at midday or perhaps more fre- 

 quently in evening; very troublesome to live stock; seldom 

 taken indoors. Taken as early as May, but is not abundant 

 until summer as a rule. Seldom taken in fall. Females taken 

 more often than males. 



Mansonia perturbans Walker. 



Very abundant and troublesome at times. Taken in thick- 

 ets, preferring open fields and low marshes. Taken at inter- 

 vals from May till fall, mostly in June. Males and females 

 appear at about the same time. \Yill bite whenever they get a 

 chance, but are worst toward night. I know very little of the 

 breeding habits. They appear to breed in semi-permanent 

 pools and are quite abundant in large marshes. Also in 

 ditches. Knter dwellings quite often. Taken on the ' 'bench, 

 Mount Nebo, Arkansas, also. 



