CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 625 



SCIARA Meigen. 



S. fulvicauda Felt. Types from Atlantic Co., bred from decayed blackberry 

 roots (Sm). 



S. pauciseta Felt. New Brunswick, types bred from decaying potatoes, IX, 

 1895 (Sm). 



S. multiseta Felt. New Brunswick, types bred from mushrooms, V, and this 

 is the common species in mushroom cellars with us (Sm). 



S. ocellaris Osten Sacken. On leaves of red maple, New Brunswick, James- 

 burg (Sm), Riverton, VI. 



S. polita Say. Clementon, V, 30. 



S. inconstans Fitch. Clementon, VI, 3, Riverton, II, 26. 



S. abbreviata Walk. Anglesea, VII, 12 (Sm). 



S. fuliginosa Fitch. Palisades (Love). 



S. sp. Fort Lee, IV, V (Love). 



Family CULICIDiE. 



This family contains the mosquitoes, which need no special introduction to 

 the Jerseyman, though there are some parts of our State practically free from 

 them. They occur in countless millions, however, in the brackish and salt 

 marshes along shore and in the swamps of the pine district. The larvse live in 

 stagnant water, and a very small quantity of it suffices. They are called 

 wrigglers because of the way in which they jerk themselves round, and any 

 number of them may be found, where mosquitoes occur, in any rain barrel. 



In the larval stage the insect is at least harmless, and is probably beneficial 

 because it is a scavenger and often removes foul material from water that is 

 used for household purposes. 



The mosquito problem in New Jersey is ready for solution whenever funds 

 sufficient to carry out the necessary work may be made available. 



Meanwhile a film of kerosene on ponds, in pools or swampy localities in 

 which mosquitoes are known to breed will capture many of the adults that are 

 ovipositing, and will also take care of the larva as it comes to the surface to 

 breathe. Of course the insects are not agriculturally important. 



Oil of Citronella will serve as an excellent repellant used on hands, face or 

 other exposed parts, and it is quite lasting. 



CULEX Linn. 



C. taeniorhynchus Wied. The most common mosquito of the coast, V to 

 IX. 



C. excitans Walk. Anglesea, V, 28 (Sm). 



C. pungens Wied. New Brunswick, VIII, 29 (Sm), Riverton, IX, 5. 



C. triseriatus Sav. Westville, VI, 27, Dunnfield, Del. Water Gap, VII, 

 12, 15. 



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