REMEDIES AND PREVENTIVES AGAINST MOSQUITOES. 9 
APPARATUS FOR CATCHING ADULT MOSQUITOES. 
An interesting homemade apparatus in common use in many parts 
of the United States is very convenient and effective. It consists of 
a tin cup or a tin-can cover nailed to the end of a long stick in such 
a way that a spoonful or so of kerosene can be placed in the cup, 
which may then, by means of the stick, be pressed up to the ceiling 
so as to inclose one mosquito after another. When covered over in 
this way the captured mosquito will attempt to fly and be caught in 
the kerosene. By this method perhaps the majority of the mosquitoes 
in a given bedroom—certainly all of those resting on the ceiling— 
can be caught before one goes to bed. 
Mr. H. Maxwell-Lefroy, of India, makes a trap consisting of a 
wooden box lined with dark-green baize and having a hinged door. 
The trap is 12 inches long, 12 inches broad, and 9 inches deep. A 
small hole, covered by a revolving piece of wood or metal, was pre- 
pared in the top of the box. Owing to the habit of mosquitoes to ° 
seek a cool, shady place in which to rest, such as a dark corner of the 
room or a book shelf, or something of that sort, they will enter the 
trap, which is put in the part of the room most frequented by mos- 
quitoes, all other dark places being rendered uninhabitable so far as 
possible. They are driven out of book shelves with a duster or with 
tobacco smoke, and go into the desirable sleeping place for the day. 
The door is then closed and fastened, and into the small hole at the 
_ top of the box a teaspoonful or less of benzine is introduced. This 
kills all of the mosquitoes inside, and the box is then thoroughly aired 
and replaced. In this way Mr. Lefroy is very successful in catch- 
ing mosquitoes. At one time he averaged 83 a day. 
REMEDIES FOR MOSQUITO BITES. 
The most satisfactory remedy known to the writer, from his per- 
sonal experience, has been moist soap. Wet the end of a piece of 
ordinary toilet soap and rub it gently on the puncture, and the irri- 
tation will soon pass away. Others have enthusiastically recom- 
mended household ammonia, or alcohol, or glycerin. One corre- 
spondent marks the puncture with a lump of indigo; another with one 
of the naphthaline moth balls; another, iodin. Rev. R. W. Ander- 
son, of Wando, S. C., states that he has found that by holding his 
hand to a hot lamp chimney the irritation of mosquito punctures will 
be relieved instantly. 
ABOLITION OF BREEDING PLACES. 
It has been found that, taking the group of mosquitoes as a whole, 
their breeding places are of the most diverse character. Some species, 
however, are restricted in the character of their breeding places. 
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