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VOL. tT SPRING NUMBER NO. 4 
MARCH, 1920 
(Printed in April) 
*MOSQUITOES FOUND ABOUT GAINESVILLE, FLA. 
By U. C. LOFTIN 
PART IJ.—TRAPS FOR MOSQUITOES 
During the fall and winter of 1912-1913, the writer, at the 
suggestion of Dr. E. W. Berger,** conducted some experi- 
ments with traps for adult mosquitoes. These experiments 
have been recorded in an unpublished thesis, submitted at the 
University of Florida. The principle results are summarized 
here. The traps (simplified forms of the one used by Lefroy) 
were vessels and boxes, dark inside and of several sizes and 
shapes, placed where the mosquitoes would be likely to use 
them for hiding places in the early morning. A successful 
style was a plain earthenware jar, or crock, such as is often 
used for churns, six to eight inches in diameter, sixteen to 
eighteen inches high, dark chocolate to black inside (Fig. 27). 
*Third and final consecutive installment of Mr. Loftin’s paper. 
**Dr. Berger first used the traps during June and part of July, and then placed 
his records at the writer’s disposal. 
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