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broader. The white bands on the mid-tarsi are narrower than those 

 on the rear tarsi and are almost lost on the anterior ones. The white 

 band at the base of each abdominal segment is also broader. The 

 beak is unhanded and the wings are unspotted. Each hind tarsal 

 claw shows a distinct tooth. The larva is very much like that of 

 A. cantafor, which has already been described, but differs in having 

 a plain, unmarked head and by occurring exclusively in fresh water. 

 Its habits are very similar to those of A. canadensis. 



The Brown-Striped Woods Mosquito 

 (Aedes abfitchii Felt.) 



This mosquito is much like A. stimulans, but differs in that it is 

 smaller and darker, and in that it has a brown line in the middle of 

 the thorax. Also it differes in that the abdominal bands are gray- 

 er and more diffused. 



This medium-sized larva has a long breathing tube ( 5 times as 

 long as broad). The antennal tuft is located at a point which is 

 less than one-half the distance from base to tip of the antenna. There 

 are from 24 to 30 scales on each side of the eighth abdominal seg- 

 ment and the antenna does not arise from an offset. 



In the Great Piece meadows, and in certain timbered parts of 

 Pequest river, in Warren County, this species appears in swarms. In 

 the year 1907 it appeared in considerable numbers at Livingston Park 

 and at Short Hills. 



The life habits, so far as known, are similar to those of A. stim- 

 ulans. 



Control of the Woodland-Pool Mosquito Group 



The control of this group is relatively simple with the possible ex- 

 ception of A. stimulans. It is usually necessary to oil the wood- 

 land pools which lie near human habitation, in the spring just before 

 the adults are ready to emerge, and the group is taken care of for 

 the season. A. stimulans, however, seems in its habits to be more 

 like the fresh- water swamp mosquito (A. sylvestris) in that it breeds 

 more or less in open swamps and continues to appear throughout the 

 season. Control methods of this species partake both of those for 

 the fresh-water swamp mosquito and the woodland-pool mosquito 

 group. 



