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disregarded pools of water, nearly all of them containing- wig- 

 glers during a part of the summer, and all of them attesting 

 the prevailing indifference that is still shown concerning the 

 relation of these places to the supply of local mosquitoes. 

 Notwithstanding the recent publicity given to the various 

 phases of the mosquito problem, no apparent individual or 

 united efforts have been made to control or eliminate the local 

 breeding areas. But despite the lack of attention given to the 

 matter, there is some consolation in the belief that many of the 

 most prolific breeding places will eventually be removed by the 

 city's rapid progress of improvements. 



Beyond the region, over which the lake formerly extended, 

 the land is higher, somewhat undulating, and more extensively 

 covered with tracts of woodland. Corresponding to this 

 change of environment, there is a difference in the species of 

 mosquitoes, as is shown by the records of those taken at Glen 

 Ellyn, Willow Springs, Lemont, Beverly Hills, and Palos Park, 

 111., localities, which contain tracts of varied woodland and 

 which, being within twenty-five miles of the city, are fre- 

 quently visited by the local collectors. 



In addition to the localities already mentioned and those 

 within the limits of the city, collecting was also done at the 

 following places : Beach, a region on the lake shore near Wau- 

 kegan ; Riverdale, a district just south of Chicago; and Hess- 

 ville, Ind. The last locality is near the state line and within 

 the region known as the "Chicago Area." 



Anopheles puuctipeimis Say. 



As the accompanying records may indicate, the above mos- 

 quito is by no means rare in this vicinity. Specimens were 

 bred from larvae collected within the limits of the city as fol- 

 lows : In a roadside ditch, So. Chicago (July 22, 1906) ; drain- 

 age ditch, 88 St. and Stony Id. Ave. (Sept. 9, 1906) ; roadside 

 and marsh ditches, Eighty-second Street and Cottage Grove 

 Avenue (September 16 and 30, 1906; August n, 1907) ; and 

 in a lot pool at Sixty-third Street and Prairie Avenue (Sep- 

 tember 8, 1907). Adults were also reared from larvae taken 



