216 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 



The foregoing records are all European. Several American 

 observers have noted mosquitoes on flowers. Robertson, in a list of 

 insects found on the flowers of Ceanothus amen canus between June 19 

 and 29 includes an undetermined species of Culicidae. * Smith has 

 found the males of Aedes soUicitafis " in great numbers in wild cherry 

 blossoms in the early evening, apparently busied in getting at the 

 nectar. Females have been observed at the same time ; but apparently 

 these abandoned the vegetable food readily, when the animal odor 

 advised them of something more to their taste." % Dr. Graenicher 

 lists Aedes stimiilaus among the flower-visitors of Smilax herbacea and 

 Smilax hispida. § No further data are given and upon inquiry Dr. 

 Graenicher informed me that he has no notes which would supply 

 details regarding these observations. However he has very kindly 

 furnished me the following interesting observations upon Aedes sylves- 

 tris, recently made by him, which I give verbatim. 



" At the beginning of August, while collecting the visitors of our 

 earliest species of goldenrod, Solidago juncea, I came across a species 

 of Culex on two different occasions. Before writing to you on this 

 subject I preferred to follow up the matter more closely. Last Sun- 

 day [Sept. i] the opportunity presented itself, and I found Culex sy/- 

 vestris Theo. (determined by Mr. C. T. Brues, Public Museum of 

 Milwaukee) on the flowers of the following three species oi Solidago : 

 hmcea Ait., canadensis L., and lanceolata E. (^Euthamia graminifolia 

 (L.) Nutt. in Britton's Manual). This species of Culex is common 

 in our region, and it was well represented on the flowers throughout 

 the afternoon, but especially towards evening. Males and females 

 were present, both eagerly sucking nectar. By approaching them 

 cautiously I was able to observe their actions very distinctly with the 

 aid of a lens. During the earlier part of the afternoon the females 

 (which by some are supposed to partake of animal juices only) were 

 present in greater numbers than the males, but later on both sexes 

 were about equally represented." 



My own observations were made last spring upon Aedes spenceri 



* Robertson, Ch. : Flowers and insects, III. Bot. Gazette, Vol. XIV, 1889, 

 p. 304. 



f Howard, L. O. : Mosquitoes, 1902, p. 36, and Smith, J. B. : Report, mosqui- 

 toes of N. J., 1904, pp. 27, 203. 



J Graenicher, S. : Flowers adapted to flesh-flies. Bull. Wise. Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 Vol. I, no. I, 1902, pp. 33, 34. 



