ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 81 
i yellow fever are carried by mosquitoes and the magnificent 
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SE OF THE MosouUITO.—Sronins from FLORIDA ABOUT THE 
Ss Lone Ranoe Scent ror Bioop.—There is one fact to be 
into account in the natural history of the mosquito of which there 
eepno crest Seal of igvecance I allude to the wonderful smell- 
we that world-embracing insect. Let me begin by relating 
ac Sys paamy rpemgetlaetang and doubtless sur- 
ast, which taken together constitute Cape Sable. A river empties 
> Gulf there, known as Shark River. It is one of the most notori- 
We were about a mile from the shore, which is there covered 
ove trees. We prepared our supper and after it was eaten 
Jon the deck, or in the cabin as pleased us. The time was 
and ate it. Wind either a calm, or gentle from the east. No mosqui- 
joes. Then something em ns on” A Sout cae ce toe 
1 orth Instantly the came out. At first one or two, 
_ then more and more. As soon as possible we got up our sails and pro- 
ce sat § to sea. The explanation is simple. As long as the wind blew 
om the shore to us, the mosquitoes were unconscious of our presence ; 
the wind commenced to blow from us to the insects they became 
of the existence of warm blood, and they lost no time time in 
g after it. 
oe summer in Florida I camped in a wagon with a com- 
yn. The wagon was in a road which ran north and south, The 
Ba aap og the east, thus blowing directly across the wagon. I 
t on the west side. The mosquitoes to the west of us were at- 
d to us by the smell of our blood. They came to us, but all stopped 
t me. My companion got no mosquitoes, got no bites at all, while | 
1 a sleepless night. 
