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ov cdiildlor. Xi'tvv the nuirsli surrduiidiiii:- lliis tnwii \v;is tlraiiUMl. 

 flic inhnlutants oiijnvcd two vcars of solid cointort in having 

 almost no niosqnitoos. in ilic carlv |>ai't of the past snnnncr. 

 however, thev were eonsidorahlv annoved and the work dene en 

 the niai'sh was questioned hv sonu> in t'onse(|nence. If.r. Brehnie, 

 njxin iiivestigatinii' the region, reported that he found C. pipiens 

 breeding" in great nundxu's in uuiiiv plaet's in the town — in neg- 

 leeted gnttei's, de]ire!^sioiis in eiiv lots, etc. — and. incidi niallv. go- 

 ing over the drained marsh ai'ea, he eould not tind anv hreeding 

 going on there. 



Two other elostdy i-elated iidand niosiiuitoi's whirh were I'om- 

 mou and trouhh^some in l!U)(i iwv (' iilex ahfitchii (^siplioinilis) and 

 Culc.c sii.(>caiilaii.s- (the caniaii^ of previous reports). Prior to 

 this year the former was regarded as rare and the latter had not 

 been conmion sinee 1902. These two speeies are ditHeidt to seji- 

 arate in the adult eondition — in faet. in slightly tlown specimens 

 it is impossible to do so with any degree of certainty, the usually 

 more robust ajtpearance of suhcanfiuis Indng then ihc only means 

 of discrimination. In the larval stages, however, the differences 

 are nnirked and readily noticeable to the unaided eve, the most 

 sti'iking feature being the long and much more slender air-tube 

 in ah/itch i I. 15oth these species are strictly sylvan in character, 

 breeding only in woodland ]iools with Ciilcx C(iua'h'))sis. and do 

 not travel far from the innmdiate sludter (d" tlu^ trees. There is 

 but on(> brood a year, the young larva' hatching in early spring 

 from oviM'-wintering eggs and the adults issuing toward the last 

 days of April, and continuing to emergi' until the mi^ldle of May. 

 Unlike most woodland species, these adults nnnain on tlu^ wing 

 for several Aveeks, disa]ipearing only in the last vlays of July. 

 They are exceedingly hard "biters" and do not hesitate in nudging 

 their ]u-esence known \o anyone who enters their domain, but 

 they voluntarily leave as soon as the open iield-^ are reached. 

 Dwellings situated near (U' among tlu> trees where they occui' are 

 very ajn 1o be troubled by these two species on the porches ami in 

 the gardens. They occurred in large nundnu's in the wooded dis- 

 tricts of ]\IiHbnrn and Short Hills, Essex county, where they were 

 taken in the first days of Alay as full-i:rown larvic and later as 

 adults. They occurred, also, in smaller niunlH'rs in the South 

 Aiountain licservafion antl in the (Jrcat Piece meadows, and adults 

 were taken plentifully in Paterson, on the Cbirret and Preakness 



