REPORT ON MOSQUITOES. 



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LUCANIA PARVA. 



Rain-zvater Fish. 



This is a very small species, ranging from one and a half to two 

 inches in length, the body oblong, compressed, rather short and 

 stout. Tlie color in the males is olive or pale brown, with bluish 

 reflections, the edges of the scales darker. The females have the 

 fins pale olive, without black spot or edging. In life the body is 

 almost transparent. 



This is one of the less common species and does not seem to 

 occur at all commonly on tlie more northern sections of the coast. 

 Mr. Brehme has never found it near Newark, but has found it 

 at Atlantic City. i\Ir. Seal has taken the species at Cape May 

 as well as Atlantic City ; but at Cape May Mr. Viereck found it 



Figure 27. 



Lucania parz'a: the rain-water fish. (From Jordan & Hvermann, Bull. 47, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.) 



very local. Its movements are graceful, but it is not an active 

 fish like Fiindulns and is not a top feeder. It is not hardy and 

 does not run over the marshes like the killies. No close col- 

 lections have been made, so it is not known how far up the 

 creeks and streams this species may extend. 



CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS. 



Shccpshcod Minn on*; J'ariegafed Minnow; Pursy Minnow. 



" This is the most beautiful species of the family Pariliidcc that 

 will be found on the New Jersey Coast, the males being very 

 brightly colored. Its range is given as Cape Cod to the Rio 



