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Clammy Locust. Robinia viscosa Vent. 



Dwarf Sumach Rhus copallina L. 



Poison Sumach Rhus vernix L. 



Red Maple Acer rubrum L. 



Horse Chestnut JEsculus hippocastanum L. 



Hercules' Club Aralia spinosa L. 



Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida L. 



Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 



Black Haw Viburnum prunifolium L. 



W. T. D. 



Smith's New Jersey Entomological Report for 1906 x 



In this report Dr. Smith devotes two pages to the considera- 

 tion of the mosquito problem on Staten Island, giving a short 

 history of the general plan of ditching the salt meadows under 

 the direction of Dr. Alvah H. Doty, as well as the treatment of 

 the inland pools infested by entirely different kinds of mosqui- 

 toes. Attention is called to the now well known fact that since 

 this work has been undertaken, both on Staten Island and in 

 neighboring parts of New Jersey, the mosquitoes have become 

 much less numerous, to the great benefit of the people. The 

 fact that we owe this benefit chiefly to the example and enter- 

 prise of Dr. Smith in his treatment of the New Jersey marshes, 

 should not be lost sight of. 



W. T. D. 

 Wheat's List of Long Island Shells 2 



Although the title of this article is restricted in its scope to 

 Long Island the opening paragraph contains the statement that 

 " Staten Island is included in the area examined." The only 

 species definitely mentioned, however, as coming from this 

 locality is Strobilops labyrinthica Say, which is in our local list 



1 Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey Agri- 

 cultural College Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J., for the year 

 1906, by John B. Smith, Sc.D. 



2 List of Long Island Shells. By S. C. Wheat. Bull. Brooklyn Con- 

 chological Club, 1 : 7-10. 1907. 



