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published statements as to the length of life of any innnature mos- 

 quito of any species. But these published statements, as previously 

 shown, were nearl}^ all based upon observations made in a colder 

 climate and in the month of May. 



Remarhs on oilier sjjecies of Oulex.- — The writer is inclined to believe 

 that Culex tamiorhynchu^s (fi^. 6) is more or less specifically the sea- 

 coast mosquito of the Atlantic seaboard; that is to say, it is the 

 mosquito in this part of the country which is able to breed and prefers 

 to breed in the brackish swamps which are occasionally overflowed at 

 high tide. It has been found l)y ]\Ir. C W. Johnson at Avalon, 

 Anglesea, and Atlantic City, N. J.; b}^ the writer at Far Rockaway, 

 Amergansett, and on the beach at Staten Island, New York ; by Mr. 



Fig. 5. — C'((^(.r l.ciiiorlijjnchug : Female, .showing the short palpi which 

 distinguish Cidcx from Anopheles; toothed front tarsal claw at right — 

 enlarged (original). 



Barber at Chesapeake Beach, ]VId.. and again by Mr. Johnson at St. 

 Augustine and Charlotte Harbor, Fla Other .species, like Culex j^un- 

 gens^ are seen at seaside resorts, )>ut it is probable that these breed 

 back of the coast in fresh water. This difierence in breeding habit is 

 very marked on the east coast of Staten Island. The people there 

 distinguish between the l)rown-legged mosquitoes and the ring legged 

 mo.squitoes, the former being (\ lynrujens^ which breeds in the hillv 

 ponds and swamps back of the bluffs, and the latter being C. tcenw- 

 rJiyncHS^ which breeds in the brackish marshes below the bluffs. Dr. 

 A. D. Hopkins states (Bulletin IT, new series, Div. Entoin., Dept. 

 Agric.) that what is probably this species apparently breeds in West 



