168 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



T. (Cinctotipula) ALGONQUIN AIgx. N. E. Harbor (Minot) ; 



Flying Mt. and Western Mt. (Alexander), Aug. 27-Sept. 8. 

 T. (Trichotipula) oropezoides Johns. N. E. Harbor, Aug. 



29 (Minot). 



DlXIDAE 

 DiXA Meigen 



D. centralis Loew. Bar Harbor, July 25; Duck Brook, 



Sept. 11. 

 D. MODESTA Johan. Jordan Pond, June 10; S. W. Harbor, 



Aug. 30-Sept. 10 (Alexander). 

 D. FuscA Loew. Flying Mt., Aug. 26 (Alexander). 



CULICIDAE 



CuLiciNAE. Mosquitoes 

 Wyeomyia Theobald 



W. sMiTHii Coq. Pitcher-plant mosquito. Pond Heath; Sal- 

 isbury Cove; Witch Hole, July 12-30. This species lives 

 only in the water in the leaves of the pitcher-plant {Sarra- 

 cenia purpurea). It is the smallest of the mosquitoes and 

 passes the winter in the larval stage frozen in the ice. 



CuLEX Linnaeus 



C. TERRiTANs Walk. Bar Harbor, Sept. 10. The larva lives 

 in puddles and water barrels. 



Taeniorhynchus Lynch Arribalzaga 



T. PERTURBANS Walk. Bar Harbor, July 19-29. One of the 

 most troublesome of the mosquitoes. The larvae live 

 among the roots of Carex and do not come to the surface 

 of the water to breathe. It passes the winter as half-grown 

 larva. 



Aedes Meigen 



A. ATROPALPUs Coq. 'Rock-pool mosquito.' Bar Harbor, 

 July 10. The larva lives in holes in the rocks. The winter 

 is passed in the Qgg state attached to rocks. 



A. AURiFER Coq. 'Golden-scaled mosquito.' North end of 

 Long Pond, June 26. The larva lives in spring pools. It 

 passes the winter in the egg state. 



