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continued and during the summer a large proportion of the salt 

 marsh areas in Flushing and its immediate vicinity has been 

 ditched. Nine tenths of the Flushing meadows are now already 

 drained, and it is probable that the work on the remaining tenth 

 will be completed this fall. Operations have already been begun 

 about Jamaica bay. 



The antimosquito work at Orient, L. I., begun some two years 

 ago, has been pushed to a successful completion and most gratify- 

 ing results have been obtained. The indications are that opera- 

 tions of this kind will be continued until most of the salt marshes 



Fig. ai Salt marsh mos<)uito from above, the toothed front claw 

 more enlarged. (After Howard, U. S. Dep't Agric. Div. Ent. 

 Bui. 25. n. s. 1900) 



on Long Island will be practically free from these pests. The 

 operations against the salt marsh mosquito naturally lead to some 

 consideration being given to the fresh-water forms, particularly 

 the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens Linn., and the 

 malarial mosquito, Anopheles maculipennis Meig. 

 Experience has demonstrated the practicability of controlling these 

 two species, and it is only a question of time before this knowledge 

 will be taken advantage of, and will lead to a great increase in 

 comfort and practical freedom from malarial infections. 



