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Since many of the eggs of Chcptogocdia monticola hatch in less 

 than a minute, Townsend's view that the digestive juices act upon 

 the chitin and cause the shell to weaken is probably incorrect. 

 In all probability the digestive juices of the host is perceived by the 

 larva through the micropyle of the egg and immediately the larva 

 endeavors to free itself from the egg. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. Swezey, O. H., 1907. The Sugar Cane Leaf -Roller {Omiodes accepta) with an 



Account of Allied Species and Natural Enemies. Rept. Exp. Sta. Hawaiian 

 Sugar Planters' Assoc, Div. Ent. Bull. 5, pp. 1-61. 



2. Swezey, O. H., 1908. Observations on the Life History of Chcetogadia mon- 



ticola Bigot. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc. II, No. 1, pp. 1-35. 



3. Swezey, O. H., 1909. Army Worms and Cut Worms on Sugar Cane in the 



Hawaiian Islands. Rept. Exp. Sta. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Assoc, Div. 

 Ent. Bull. 7, pp. 1-32. 



4. Townsend, C. H. T., 1908. A Record of Results from Rearings and Dissec- 



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A QUESTION OF SYNONOMY. 



By C. S. Ludlow, 

 Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. 



For some time an Anopheline found in the eastern tropics has 

 been accmnulating names in a most unfortunate way, and as the 

 mosquito is proven a very active carrier of malaria, and I myseK 

 am partly to blame for this multiplication of names, it seems fit I 

 should try to untangle the synonomy. 



When the study of Philippine mosquitos was in its infancy there 

 was sent in to me an Anopheline which, according to the only 

 authority available at the time,^ seemed to be Anopheles funeshis 

 Giles. This anopheline is common in the Islands and was early 

 seen to be so usually collected in connection wdtli the report of 

 malaria that in 1908 ^ I noted "is taken always when malaria is 

 present or prevalent" and this was so conspicuous that I stated 

 "one specimen in a collection is enough to lead to a suspicion 



• Giles G. M., Gnats or Mosquitos, 1st edition. 



2 Ludlow, C. S., Mosquitos of the Philippine Islands, the Distribution of Certain Species, and 

 their Occurrence in Relation to Certain Diseases. 1908. 



