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" Mosquito Extermination in New York City,'^ by Thomas Darlington. 

 " The Mosquito Question," by Quitman Kohnke. 



" The Eelation of Mosquito Extermination to Engineering," by Cornelius 

 C. Vermeule. 



The society continued its work, and justified its organization. In 1907, 

 however, it was deemed by the officers of the society that the objects of its exist- 

 ence could well be taken over by the National Drainage Association, which had 

 been recently formed and which placed among its most prominent motives 

 the idea of securing government action in reclaiming the marshes and swamps 

 of the country. It was decided that the society should retire from its field of 

 work and leave the same to the national government, to State, and other author- 

 ities, and to individuals. 



In 1903-1904 work against mosquitoes was undertaken by the State Ento- 

 mologist of Connecticut, Dr. W. E. Britton, who made careful mosquito surveys 

 over the whole State and who published in his annual report for 1904 a careful 

 and weU-illastrated article devoted to showing how the mosquito nuisance can 

 be abated. Since that time some active work has been taken up. In 1906 the 

 Board of Health of Millburn township in New Jersey secured the services of Mr. 

 Weeks, and published a pamphlet entitled " The Mosquito Nuisance in Millburn 

 Township and How to Abate It." 



At Worcester, Mass., an interesting crusade was begun early under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. William McKibben and Prof. C. F. Hodge. In Michigan work was 

 carried on upon the campus of the Michigan Agricultural College. In Connecti- 

 cut work was earlier done at Pine Orchard and Ansonia, as well as at Bridge- 

 port, Branf ord, Fairfield and Hartford ; and in Maine at Old Orchard Beach. 

 Excellent work was also done at a very early date at Lawrence, Long Island, 

 largely against malarial mosquitoes, under the auspices of the Board of Health 

 working with an appropriation of $1000 and with a privately contributed fund 

 of $1678.54. A small crusade was also carried on at an early date under the 

 auspices of the civics committees of the Twentieth Century Club at Eichmond 

 Hill, Long Island. In the Southern States the Boards of Health at Atlanta 

 and Savannah began work in 1903 and certain regulations were enforced. At 

 Talladega, Ala., work was also begun in the same year. The excellent work done 

 at Morristown, N. J., under an improvement society in 1903 should not be 

 forgotten. 



The foregoing examples show what it is possible to do in the way of abating 

 the mosquito nuisance and we trust the recounting of them will stimulate many 

 to undertake the work. The matter is generally surprisingly easy when once 

 the problem is well understood. The most important point to determine first of 

 all is the exact species of mosquito concerned, for each species requires radically 

 different treatment, as will have been evident to the reader from the fore- 

 going. The principal object of the present work, therefore, is to elucidate, as 

 far as at present is possible, the differences between all the known species in our 

 region, not only the noxious species, but the far more numerous relatively 

 harmless kinds, as well as the few actually beneficial ones. To this subject the 

 following volumes are devoted. 



