CHAP. XII. 



MOSQUITOES. 



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beasts, with bodies a third of an inch long, monsters, the 

 Culex damnabilis of Rae, with proboscis, " infemali veneno 

 munita " I foresaw that we should have opportunities 

 enough to study the natural history of these blood-thirsty 

 creatures to our heart's dicontent. 



OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. 



