.1ii,v líioii MOSQUITOES OF CUBA 



because tlie saiiiples of some oí" tlieiii liave bceii rctaiiied iii thc Uuited 

 States National Aluseimi, at Wasliiiijítoii, ¡t IicÍii,íí' a i'nle ol' tliat iiistitu 

 tioii (le k('e|i tliciii wlieii oiily oiic spcciiiuMi ¡~; sciit. Tlicn- are l)i'si<les 

 otliers wliic'.li we liavo iiot hetni ahle to catcli. 



We have allotod .líreater .s]ia('(' to thosc spccics wliicli are ctoniolog- 

 icaily interestiii!^' in ('(unicctinii with tlie local pathology of ('nl)a. 



W'i' cliicrish tlic liopí' ol' hi'iii.n' ahlc to coiitimie with eiitlinsiasiii 

 tile work w'liicli wo havo betiiiii, and in a si^cond cdition we feel <'on\in('ed 

 that onv material \\ill liave ^Tcallx- IncrcasiMl, in xicw of tiic |ii'Oi;Te.ss 

 "whielí is lieini;- niade aloni;- Ihis time, sincc in llic times ol' (.Hindlacli and 

 Foey only two speeies weie know ii, and wc can enninerate 4r) ((iila>'. 



^Ve llave ,<íi\'en ]>i-eferencc lo liu' stnd>' ¡d' tiic adidt nios(|nito o\'er 

 tbe lar\'ae, beeansc we considci' tlie t'ornier ol' more importance. ( )n tlie 

 (dlier liaiid, tlie stndy ol' mosípiito lai\ae is properix' laboralory work, 

 and tlie identilical ion of lai'vae is more dit'liciill lliaí llial ol' mosíjuitoes. 



We only detei'miiie tlie specics, wliicli is di' liioatcr importancí; 

 l'nr local Zoo.nrapliy : si nomina peicnnl, pcrnt el coj>nitio se- 

 rnm. 



i wisli to in<'nf¡on tlie ñames ol' lliose persons wlio liave ,iíi\'en nu' 

 their disintei'ested sujiporl in tliis work wluelí I Irnst, witli the iiidul.^' 

 ence of my eollea,í;iies, will be kinill\' rcceixcd, ¡I' oidy tiuit it may serve 

 as a stinnibis to bettei- work. .My tlianks are dne to Dr. 1^. O. Ifoward, 

 of the United Slates. 'MíMnbcr of Ibinor of tlie Kidom(doi;ical Society 

 of Pranee, who dnrinu' many ycars lias liad liu- kindness of ¡deiitifvitu'- 

 the mos(piitoes whicli we have sciit tu liini. and also to ni_\ estccmed 

 (¡olleague.s, E. B. Harnet, ( ' o i; ii i I I e t, l)\ a i and Knab and to Ra- 

 fael Blanehard, aii emineiil natiualist, and likewise to my dear 

 friend Johu Tay lor and my faitlifnl assistanl in eDtomolo.ü,'ie,aI ex- 

 cursioas, Cirilo Aeosta. who like Taylor, I eonsider aoimae 

 p a r s. 



Note. — See in the Spaiiish original, the " l'npnlilished Notes of Fe- 

 lipe Poey", page 32; the Cla.s.sifieations of Theobald, page 38, and of 

 Dyar and Knab, page 43; the Table of Synonym.s of Dyar and Knab, 

 page 44; and the " Methodie Catalogue of lln' .Mosipiiloes of the Island 

 of Cuba", page 45. 



