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A. atlanticus D. & K. (The Silver-Striped Mosquito). Breeds in low, 

 swampy woodland, and sometimes in mountain pools. Adults have been taken 

 at Great Piece meadow, August 17; New Brunswick, June 22,, September 5; 

 Cape May, August 21. Larvae have been found at Great Piece meadow, 

 August 9; Orange mountains, July 6; New Brunswick, 28, August 13, Sep- 

 tember 3, 30. 



Fig. 97. Adult of Aedes duprcci Coq. (After John B. Smith). 



I, adult female; 2, anterior claw of same; 3, anterior; 4, middle and s 



posterior claws of male (all much enlarged). 



A. dupreei Coq. (Dupree's Mosquito). Occurs in the same pools with 

 the preceding and at the same time. It is a small, rare species : the adult 

 does not bite humans and the larva is a bottom feeder that gets its supply 

 of oxygen from the water itself. 



