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continued and during the summer a large proportion of the salt 
marsh areas in Flushing and its immediate vicinity has been 
ditched. Nine tenths of the Flushing meadows are now already 
drained, and it is probable that the work on the remaining tenth 
will be completed this fall. Operations have already been begun 
about Jamaica bay. 
The antimosquito work at Orient, L. I., begun some two years 
ago, has been pushed to a successful completion and most gratify- 
ing results have been obtained. The indications are that opera- 
tions of this kind will be continued until most of the salt marshes 

Fic. 21 Salt marsh mosquito from above, the toothed front claw 
more enlarged. (After Howard, U. S. Dep’t Agric. Div. Ent. 
Bul. 25. n. s. r1g00) 
on Long Island will be practically free from these pests. The 
operations against the salt marsh mosquito naturally lead to some 
consideration being given to the fresh-water forms, particularly 
the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens Luinn., and the 
malarial mosquitc, Anopheles maculipennis Meig. 
Experience has demonstrated the practicability of controlling these 
two species, and it is only a question of time before this knowledge 
will be taken advantage of, and will lead to a great increase in 
comfort and practical freedom from malarial infections, 
