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Anophkt.es Meigen 



A. MACuLiPENNis Meig'. Outlet of Long Pond, June 20, 1921. 

 This is one of the malaria carriers. As but one specimen 

 was taken, it is apparently rare on the Island. 



A, CANADENSIS Tlieob. Bar Harbor, June 22- Aug. 3 (Br.). 

 Hibernates in the egg stage and starts off in the spring 

 while ice is still present. Favors pools with some decaying 

 vegetation. 



A. COMMUNIS Deg. Bar Harbor, May 6- July 4 (Br.). Ap- 

 pears very early, prefers shade, attacks at night and stays 

 with us the entire season. A northern species. 



A. ExcRuciANs (Walk.). Bar Harbor, Aug. 12 (Br.). An all 

 summer species living in the woods and starts out in the 

 spring by breeding in flooded places. 



A. VEXANS Mg. S. ^Y. Harbor; Bar Harbor, May 25-Sept. 20 

 (Br.). The favorite breeding places are temporary pools 

 in meadows and marshes as well as places left for them by 

 human negligence. They are among the most troublesome 

 of the family. 



A. sp. S. W. Harbor, May 25 (Br.). 



A. sp. S. W. Harbor, Aug. 8 (Br.). 



Wyeomyia Theobald 



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

 isbury Cove; "Witch Hole, Julj^ 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. 



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 egg 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. 



