THE MOUNT DESERT REGION .'I.")."', 



Culex Linnaeus 



C. restuans Tlicob. (territans Walk.). Bar Harbor Sept. 

 10. The larvae live in puddles and water barrels. 



Mansonia Blanchard 



M. perturbans Walk. Bar Harbor, July 19-29. One of the 

 most troublesome of the mosquitoes. The larvae live among 

 the roots of Car ex and do not come to the surface of the 

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



Wveomyia Theobald 



W. smithii Coq. Pitcher-plant mosquito. Pond Heath; 

 Salisbury 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. 



Cecidomyidae. The Gall Midges 



This family is one of general distribution and the best way 

 is to search for the galls and rear them. It is then far easier 

 to make the identifications. 



Lestremia Macquart 



L. acerifolia Felt. S. W. Harbor, June 18, 1921. 



L. dyari Felt, Bar Harbor, July 22, 1912. 



L. solidaginis Felt. Bar Harbor, July 22, 1919. 



Catocha Haliday 



C. sp. X. E. Harbor, July 8. 



CORDYLOMYIA Felt 



C. tumida Felt. N. E. Harbor, July 8 (Minot). 



