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of Dr. J. B. Smith of New Jersey, who has recently issued a most 

 complete and voluminous report on the mosquitoes of his state. 



The word "mosquito," which 

 we see rendered in America also 

 as "Musquito," and even "Mus- 

 queto" and "Musketo," is the 

 diminutive form of the Spanish 

 "Mosca," which means fly. In 

 France mosquitoes are called 

 "M o s t i q u e s," "Maringouin," 

 "Cousin ;" in Germany "Stech- 

 mucker;" in Russia "Camari," 

 and in Italy "Zanzare," or "Zan- 

 zaroni." 



Many other small flies are 

 frequently mistaken for mos- 

 quitoes, notably the midges, be- 

 longing to the family Chironomi- 

 dae, which bear a close resem- 

 blance to mosquitoes, but have 

 not their despicable habits. 

 Small crane flies, Tipulidae, also 

 slightly resemble members of 

 this family. 



As intimated at the head of 

 this article, the family is cosmo- 

 politan, its members being found 

 in arctic regions as well as in 

 ^""""'the tropics, nor is altitude any 

 barrier, for in Java they are 

 found at 3,000 feet, and are reported as very troublesome in the Hima- 

 layas at 13,000 feet. Of the genus Anopheles alone, twelve species are 

 known to be in India, five in Asia, six in West Africa, four in the West 

 Indies, five or six in Europe and four in Australia. Further study 

 will probably swell the list. To illustrate their wide distribution 

 over the globe, we note that one of our most common species in Min- 

 nesota, C. pun gens (syn. C. fatigans) is found over all the United 

 States, the West Indies, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, British Guiana, 



Fig. 29. 



Mosquito, larva, pupa and imago. 

 Kellogg's "American Insects." 



