Feb., 1903.] Entomological Notes. 377 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Some very practical results in the line of Mosquito warfare are 

 presented in the " Reports on Plans for the Extermination of 

 Mosquitoes on the North Shore of lyOng Island," published by 

 the North Shore Improvement Association, -'^ and accompanied by 

 detailed map on large scale. 



Work during the summer of 1901 is reported in detail in a 

 carefully prepared volume, while a supplementary report is given 

 in pamphlet form issued in the latter part of 1902. Prof. C. B. 

 Davenport and Mr. Frank Lutz, who have been responsible for 

 the most of the entomological work, have collected a large amount 

 of interesting and very valuable matter relating to the habits, 

 distribution, breeding places, migration, etc., of the mo.squitoes 

 of that region. These observations show, perhaps, as the most 

 important result, that the greater part of the mosquitoes infesting 

 an}' localit}- are reared in the immediate vicinity of the hou.ses 

 where they become troublesome ; that it is the smaller and quiet 

 pools and the minute bodies of water that may occur in old tin 

 cans, broken bottles, stumps, etc., rather than the larger bodies, 

 that give them the condition to develop, and that while possible 

 for some to be brought b}' winds from other parts of the island, 

 this source of supply is of very little importance from the stand- 

 point of health or even of annoj-ance. As stated by Mr. L,utz in 

 his last paragraph, " Finally let us bear in mind that as a rule 

 every vian is breeding his ozcn mosquitoes, and evefy man sJiould 

 take care of his oivyi property . But, with it all, in a thickly popu- 

 lated district, many careful people can be made to suffer by the 

 carelssness of one. Here the community, as a whole, should take 

 a hand, and through the ofhcers compel the proper precautions 

 on the part of those who will not otherwise take them." 



Prof. S. J. Hunter has recently issued a work on " Elementary 

 Studies in Insect Life" from the Publishing House of Crane and 

 Co., of Topeka, which is intended for beginning students in 

 Entomology. It is arranged in very attractive form and should 

 prove very stimulating to all young people who may have the 

 opportunity- to work with it. The plan is to present in detail the 

 life-histories of two common species, species that may easily be 

 obtained and development followed by almost an\- boy or girl, 

 these followed by chapters on the habits, senses, instincts and 

 relations of insects. There is a short summary of the insect 

 groups and instruction in the simple methods of laborator}- work. 

 While the work is profusely illustrated and many of the figures 

 of superior character, there are some which are decidedly inferior, 



'■' Distributed by Mr. Wilmot T. Cox, Sec'y North Shore Improvenient Assoc, No. 49 

 Wall St.. N. Y. 



