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phractus. "Culex certainly lays twice as 

 many eggs as Anopheles, but she is more 

 suspicious." 



*' I never saw an Anopheles with spotted 

 thoracic segments, " whispered Pegrozila, 

 peevishly, for he had a touch of malaria. 



"Well, Dr. Howard has," retorted 

 Cataphractus, with crushing sarcasm. 

 "Hush — sh — sh — " 



So each of the little Sticklebacks hid 

 behind a grass-seed, hushed, and held his 

 gills until the Anopheles had laid over 

 one hundred lovelypink eggs with a sweet 

 little baby Anopheles in each. Then, in 

 blissful ignorance of the awful fate await- 

 ing her beloved offspring, the Mosquito 

 floated away with a lightsome ping! 



The little Sticklebacks made a rush. 

 It was who could get there first. In a 

 trice the floating eggs were rent to pieces 



