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Luto in November (t!»(K)), I spent three clays with Mr. lirukejey 

 at Ijahaway aiul one of our walivs \v;is into a hucklel)erry and 

 wild eranberry swani[), where pitclicr plants were al)undant. 

 Tliough the weather was yet mi hi, inoscjuitoes were no ionj^er 

 obtrusive. There were oeeasional specimens, to l)e sure, l)ut tliey 

 seemed to be left-overs not yet in iiibernatinf;- (piarters. The 

 interesting point was that in every leaf examined there were 

 wri}::glers, varyinjj^ in size from an eightli to a (piai-ter of an ineh 

 in lengtli. Tliere was always a mass of insect fraguients at the 

 bottom, say from one half to an inch in depth, and in composi- 

 tion this varied from a dense black ooze at the lowest point to 

 entirely or only i^artly decayed specimens at the top of the mass. 

 The question arose at once whether these larv;e would yet 

 develop that season, and from pul)lished accounts I assumed 

 that they nuist, or perish. J)r. Howard, in his careful account 

 of the species of Cule.x, and es[)ecially C. puil(/eiis, says nothing of 

 larval liil)ernation. He records finding adults and, indeed, this 

 was in accordance with my own experience. 



The nuitter dropped here until late in January when, during a 

 bitter cold spell, Mr. Hrakeley cut out a few i)itcher leaves, 

 stripped them from the core of solid ice they contained, and 

 looking through it saw wrigglers imbedded in all parts of it, in 

 all .sorts of shapes; but mostly in a half coil. The temperature 

 of the bog had been down to 2° below zero, as registered by a 

 standard minimum thermometer, and radiation probjibly lowered 

 this even more. 



A number of leaves were gathered, the cores of ice with all they 

 contained were removed, and the lum|)s were placed together in 

 a jar in a moderately warm room. The ice melted slowly, and 

 as the larva' were gradually freed, they droppi'd to the i)()ttom, 

 Avhere for a time they rested, apparently lii'eless. Hut as the 

 amount of ice decreased, feeble motions here and tlu-re indicated 

 a revival, and long before the lumps were completely jnelted. 



