﻿S8 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  by 
  removing 
  everything 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  insects 
  may 
  be 
  living. 
  The 
  

   door 
  of 
  the 
  vault 
  should 
  be 
  tight 
  enough 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  

   no 
  danger 
  of 
  subsequent 
  entrance, 
  and 
  great 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  exer- 
  

   cised 
  to 
  prevent 
  reintroduction 
  of 
  the 
  pest 
  with 
  material 
  for 
  storage. 
  

   Fumigation 
  with 
  hydrocyanic 
  acid 
  gas 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  but 
  limited 
  

   value, 
  since 
  the 
  fumes 
  would 
  hardly 
  destroy 
  all 
  the 
  insects 
  in 
  their 
  

   galleries. 
  The 
  infested 
  backing 
  of 
  electrotype 
  blocks 
  should 
  be 
  

   burned, 
  while 
  the 
  insects 
  in 
  bulky 
  papers 
  or 
  o/ther 
  material 
  could 
  be 
  

   destroyed 
  either 
  by 
  spreading 
  the 
  papers 
  out 
  loosely 
  and 
  drying 
  

   thoroughly, 
  or 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  by 
  subjecting 
  to 
  a 
  gentle 
  heat 
  for 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  period, 
  since 
  white 
  ants 
  succumb 
  readily 
  to 
  both 
  heat 
  

   and 
  excessive 
  dryness. 
  Storage 
  boxes 
  for 
  valuable 
  papers 
  should 
  

   be 
  of 
  metal 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  lined 
  with 
  tin 
  and 
  special 
  care 
  exercised 
  to 
  

   avoid 
  any 
  crevice 
  which 
  would 
  allow 
  the 
  insects 
  to 
  enter. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  20 
  Termes 
  flavipes: 
  a, 
  dorsal 
  view 
  of 
  head 
  of 
  winged 
  female; 
  b, 
  ventral 
  

   aspect 
  of 
  same, 
  with 
  mouth 
  parts 
  open, 
  greatly 
  enlarged. 
  (After 
  Marlatt, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep't 
  Agric. 
  

   Div. 
  Ent. 
  Bui 
  4. 
  n. 
  s. 
  1896) 
  

  

  Mosquito 
  notes. 
  The 
  season 
  of 
  1908 
  was 
  particularly 
  interest- 
  

   ing 
  because 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  was 
  in- 
  

   vaded 
  by 
  large 
  swarms 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  marsh 
  mosquito, 
  C 
  u 
  1 
  e 
  x 
  s 
  o 
  1 
  - 
  

   1 
  i 
  c 
  i 
  t 
  a 
  n 
  s 
  Walk. 
  Undoubtedly 
  the 
  insects 
  came 
  from 
  adjacent 
  

   marshes, 
  possibly 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  very 
  likely 
  some 
  at 
  least, 
  

   from 
  undrained 
  areas 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  The 
  pests 
  were 
  so 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  pronounced 
  scourge 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  and 
  

   did 
  much 
  to 
  arouse 
  popular 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  mosquito 
  

   control. 
  

  

  The 
  draining 
  operations 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island 
  have 
  been 
  completed 
  

   and 
  the 
  resultant 
  change 
  for 
  the 
  better 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  marked. 
  

   Many 
  places 
  which 
  were 
  previously 
  almost 
  uninhabitable 
  because 
  of 
  

   the 
  swarms 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  are 
  now 
  comparatively 
  free. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  

   draining 
  marshes 
  in 
  other 
  portions 
  of 
  Greater 
  New 
  York 
  has 
  been 
  

  

  