1908] TURNER — VESPA CAROLINA DR. 



Explanation of Figures, Plate I. 



Fig. 1 — Worker Vespa Carolina Dr. 



Fig. 2 — Head of the worker Vespa Carolina (front view). 



Fig. 3 — Front wing of Vespa Carolina. 



Fig. 4 — Head of the female Vespa Carolina (front view). 



Fig. 5 — Female Vespa Carolina. 



Fig. 6 — Male Vespa Carolina. 



Fig. 7 — Hind wing of Vespa Carolina. 



Haines Normal School, 



Augusta, Ga., Nov. 1st, 1907. 



RECENT ENTOMOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 



Mosquito Life. — By Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New 

 York and London. The Knickerbocker Press, 1907, 281 pp. illus., plates. 



This is an interesting book upon a very important subject. When we consider 

 that the mosciuito is one of the great carriers of diseases, we should inform ourselves 

 on this subject for self protection. Since the discovery that the mosquito is a trans- 

 mitter of diseases, volumes, we might say, have been written, but many of these valu- 

 able papers are either scattered and inaccessible, or too technical for the average 

 reader. The authoress has succeeded in presenting a very clear and condensed 

 account of our present knowledge of this great subject. The work is well arranged, 

 with good typography and numerous excellent illustrations. The volume embraces 

 chapters on: Systematic position and structure; Habits; How far mosquitoes fly; 

 The larvae and pupae; The transmission of malaria, yellow fever and other diseases; 

 Remedies and enemies; Notes on the commoner species. Collecting and laboratory 

 methods, and keys to identify not only the adults, but also the eggs, larvae and pupte, 

 followed by a systematic list of the genera and species. The book closes with an 

 appendix — Mosquito and Leprosy — in which some theories bearing on the trans- 

 mission of this disease are discussed. The work is dedicated to the memory of Dr. 

 James William Dupree. 



C. W. J. 



