152 MOSQUITOES 



larvno. Tlie}^ are out of sii^ht and practically out of roach 

 of the lish. 



The eg-g-s of this interesting mosquito arc yet to be 

 found, and it will bo most interesting to see in what re- 

 spects they ditfer from the eggs of Culex and Anopheles. 



Genus Megarhinus Desvoidy. 



Another of the large mosquitoes w^liich seem to be col- 

 lectively known in the South as gallinippers (probably 

 also some of the harmless crane-Hies are so dublx^l) 

 belong to this genus. In fact there are two of them 

 known in North America, namely Jfcgarhinus Juvmer- 

 7'hoidalis F. (Mexico and Cuba), and M. ihtrtoricensis 

 Roeder (Mississippi). These mosquito(>s also should be 

 investigated by Southern observers in regard to their 

 possible connection with malaria, or some other l)lo()d 

 disease. They are readily distinguished from other mos- 

 quitoes by the curved beak. The palpi in the male 

 are as long as the proboscis, but are short in the female. 

 The colors are bluish or greenish. 



Nothing is known of the life history of the mosquitoes 

 of the genus Megarhinus, and some Southern ol)serv('vhas 

 an admirable chance to add to tlie sum total of liuiiian 

 knowledge by a series of careful observntiims on one of 

 these forms. 



