TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Introduction, v 



CHAPTER I. 



Mosquitoes in General, 1 



The Life Round of Mosquitoes, ..... 1 



Parthenogenesis Among Mosquitoes, ... 4 



How Long can the Larvfe Live Under Water? . . 5 

 How Long may the Larv* Live ? .... 6 

 How Long can the Larvje Live Out of Water? . . 7 

 Length of Life of Adult Mosquitoes, .... 9 

 Transformations of Mosquitoes Artificially Hastened, 12 



Mosquito Songs, , .13 



How Far do Mosquitoes Fly ? Are They Carried by 



Winds? 16 



Carriage of Mosquitoes by Railway Trains and other Con- 

 veyances, ......... 25 



Queer Places in which Mosquitoes Breed, . . .28 



Food of Adult Mosquitoes, ...... o4 



Abundance of Mosquitoes, ...... 3!) 



The Northern Mosquitoes, ...... 42 



The Poison of Mosquito Bites, ..... .44 



CHAPTER IL 

 Malaria and Mosquitoes, . . . . . . .48 



