TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER III. 



PAOE 



The Common Mosquitoes of the Genus Culex, . . 66 

 Dr. J. B. Smith's Observations on Culex jmngeiis, . . 83 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Malarial Mosquitoes of the Genus Anopheles, 

 The Life History of Anoplieles JiiacuUpenjiis, 

 European Observations on the Same Species, 

 Natural Breeding Places of Anopheles, 

 The North American Species of Anopheles, 

 Food of Anopheles Larvae, 

 Length of Life of Adult Anopheles, . 

 How Anopheles Bites, .... 



CHAPTER V. 



91 

 93 

 107 

 109 

 113 

 117 

 118 

 119 



Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever ; Mosquitoes and Fili- 



ARIASIS, 121 



The Yellow-fever Mosquito, . . . . . .131 



Mosquitoes and Filariasis, .140 



CHAPTER VI. 



Other Genera of North American Mosquitoes, . .144 



Genus Psorophora Desvoidy, 144 



Genus Me^^arhinus Desvoidy, 152 



Genus Aedes Meigen, 153 



Stegomyia, Toxorhynchites, Uranotaeniaand Conchylias- 

 tes, 155 



CHAPTER VIL 

 Natural Enemies of Mosquitoes, . , , . .156 



