JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



APRIL, 1916 



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The recent proof ^ that Anopheles punctipennis Say. is a host of 

 tertian malaria is of great interest and importance. For some sixteen 

 years, it has been known that another species, Anopheles quadrima- 

 culatus Say., was able to transmit this disease through its bites, and 

 though punctipennis has always been suspected, most of the experi- 

 ments gave only negative results. Mr. King has now caught the 

 criminal "with the goods." In Connecticut, at least, where both 

 species occur, A. punctipennis is far more common than .4. quadri- 

 maculatus, as evidenced by the adults reared from Anopheles larvae, 

 and this discovery readily explains the prevalence of malaria in sec- 

 tions where it is extremely difficult to find A. quadrimacidatus. Now 

 that it has been shown that jninctipennis is also guilty, the verj^ abun- 

 dance of this species ought to stimulate the people to take active meas- 

 ures for its suppression in nearlv every locality. 



W. E. B. 



The appearance in the past few months of three volumes, each differ- 

 ent, though excellent in its way, on the honey bee, augers an increased 

 interest in this ancient friend of man and should eventuate in many 

 additional apiaries, especially small ones, throughout the country. 

 Much has been written lately on the conservation of natural resources, 

 mostly by those who know little of the honey bee and its possibilities. 



1 W. V. King, American Journal of Tropical Diseases and Preventive Medicine, 

 Vol. Ill, page 426, February, 1916. 



