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areas likely to be ram-filled. The larvae develop in these temporary 

 pools and feed upon other mosquito wrigglers. They are the giants 

 of their kind, and if there is not sufficient food for all, they eat each 

 other. Larvae have been found from June to September 25, and 

 adults from July 2 to September 30. 



AEDES Meig. 



The species now referred to this genus are those species of what we 

 have been calling "Ciilex," that do not lay their eggs in rafts or boat- 

 shaped masses. They may be laid singly or in little masses in the mud 

 of depressed areas, or on the surface of the water, sinking to the bottom 

 and usually passing the winter in that stage, covered by water or un- 

 protected in the mud. 



A. sayi D. & K. ( Janthinosoma musica Say.) Locally common, chiefly 

 in the northern sections of the State. The larvae breed, as a rule, 

 in heavily shaded woodland pools, and the adults do not leave the 

 vicinity of their place of birth. They are ferocious biters, and some- 

 times in the Great Piece Meadow region are locally almost unbear- 

 able. Larvae have been found only from New Brunswick northward. 

 June to September; adults have been taken also at Spring Lake VL 

 30, and Lakehurst VIH, 16. 

 A. jamaicensis Theob. Locally common, breeding in open lot pools, 

 though isolated examples of the larvae have been taken in woodland 

 pools. We have only found it at Millburn, Newark, New Brunswick 

 and Delair in July and August; but undoubtedly it is more generally 

 distributed. The adult has never been found attacking man, and 

 though a breeding place is not far from my house, I have never found 

 examples on my porches. 

 A. discolor Coq. Delair, VL 18, VII, 24, VIII, 15. Larvae have been 

 taken only by Mr. Seal in the one place on the dates mentioned, and 

 we have not found it in any stage elsewhere. It is truly a rare 

 species. 

 A. sollicitans Wlk. This is the common, banded-leg salt marsh mos- 

 quito. It breeds exclusively on the salt marshes in fresh, brackish 

 or salt water and flies inland long distances, forming the predom- 

 inating pest within its range — which means more than half the 

 State — during the entire summer. From Barnegat Bay south larvae 

 begin to hatch in March, and adults are on the wing in April or May, 

 and thereafter as many as ten broods may develop before November, 

 when the last stragglers mature. In the more northern marshes 

 larvae do not usually appear vmtil June, "cantator" replacing it as the 

 early spring form. The eggs are laid in depressions in the marsh 

 mud and must dry out before they can hatch. It is in this stage that 

 the winter is passed. 

 A. taeniorhynchus Wied. Has the same habits as the preceding, but is 

 not nearly so abundant and does not migrate so far. Occasionally 

 it is quite numerous in the southern part of the State; but in some 

 seasons it is not seen at all on the more northern marshes. 



