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drawing- liimself and wrote : " Wliatevor may bo tlie 

 attitude of Anopheles, it is all in one line. Culex is angu- 

 lar, liunipbacked." ■ 



Note of Female. The peculiar hum of the mosquito is 

 well kuown. There is a distinct diliercnce between the 



FiC4. 15. — Anopheles ranculipennis, tiialo ;it left, fcniale at I'iglit ; eu- 

 laigxHl. (AuHkh'.s illustiatii)i).) 



hum of ^l/)nji/icles tiKtcullpciuii.s and that of the com- 

 mon species of Culex, in that the former is noticeably 

 lower in tone. The note of Culex as it approaches the 

 ear is high in pitch ; that of Anopheles is certainly sev- 



