6G4 XKW .IKKSEY AGEICUf/rrKAL COLLKCIE 



'J'lic ;iii:il uills arc ahmil the K'liiitli of llic anal segment and finiicr- 

 like in shape. 



Ciller tacnforh jinclius aj^peared in collectiiHis made at Elizabeth 

 Jnne -'5(1 and at Slaren Lshmd -Jnne 4th. A heantifnl female s])e<'i- 

 nien was alsd capMived in the act (if hitiiiu' at Lakelini'st on Atiiiitst 

 ITtli. 



Culc.v sjilricohi ])r(ived rare, even in its nati\'e hcaiie at hivings- 

 ton J^'ai'k. dnriiiii' th.e jvast season. Ahoiit tifteen fnlhurdwii larva' 

 were taken on April :^5th and several \m\ycV. on ^lav 11th, all of 

 which pro(hieed adnUs on or hcfore the 15th of the latter month. 

 A single adult, much hattered and parasitized, was captured at 

 Mount Holly June ^th. 



ChIcx filcliu (J^'elt (Nc Young) vras found for the tirst time in 

 Xew Jei-ser during the past vear. Only two larva' were secured 

 and neither hronght to nuiturity. One specimen occurred among 

 a lot of C. canadensis sent in froiu Lahaway by Air. Brakeley, and 

 Gollected April 22d ; the other found with C. cantans and cana- 

 densis, collected April 21st in the Great Piece meadows. Being 

 thus taken in ])Iaces so widely remote from each other, it is quite 

 probable that the species occurs sparingly throughout the State. 

 This brings the list of species actually found in Xew Jersey up to 

 forty-two. The adult insect is said to be indistinguishable from 

 that of Cii/c.r ahfitcliii, but the larva is separable at once by the 

 ])nsition of the individual spines of ihe pecten on the air-tube; in 

 aJjfifrlili these are placed at equal distances a])art from each other, 

 or at most those nearer the apex are slighlly wider a]mrt than 

 those nearest the base, A\hile in /ifcliii the two apical s]dnes are 

 widely separated from the rest and from each othei'. This char- 

 acter is very constant, and is ahvays to he relied ui)nn. In other 

 respects the two larva' are alike. 



Culex sijlrcstris appears to' occur in A'ew J(>rsey in two' distinct 

 forms, which may n^present distinct species, though no good char- 

 acters can be found that m ill ]iositively separate the two forms at 

 all times. One (d' these invariably hatches from early spring col- 

 lections occurring wilh ('. canadensis, caidans and other s]iecies in 

 woodlaiul pools, it is much the smaller of ihe two forms, is darker 

 in general a])pcarance, and occurs in couq)aratively \-ery small 

 numbers — I wo lo ten s])eciniens hatching from one lot as against 

 hundreds of specimens of the other species, it is found from the 

 midille (d" Api-il until the same time in Mav. The second Form is 



