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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  continued 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  

   marsh 
  areas 
  in 
  Flushing 
  and 
  its 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  has 
  been 
  

   ditched. 
  Nine 
  tenths 
  of 
  the 
  Flushing 
  meadows 
  are 
  now 
  already 
  

   drained, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  remaining 
  tenth 
  

   will 
  be 
  completed 
  this 
  fall. 
  Operations 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  begun 
  

   about 
  Jamaica 
  bay. 
  

  

  The 
  antimosquito 
  work 
  at 
  Orient, 
  L. 
  I., 
  begun 
  some 
  two 
  years 
  

   ago, 
  has 
  been 
  pushed 
  to 
  a 
  successful 
  completion 
  and 
  most 
  gratify- 
  

   ing 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  obtained. 
  The 
  indications 
  are 
  that 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  will 
  be 
  continued 
  until 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  marshes 
  

  

  Fig. 
  21 
  Salt 
  marsh 
  mosquito 
  from 
  above, 
  the 
  toothed 
  front 
  claw 
  

   more 
  enlarged. 
  (After 
  Howard, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep't 
  Agric. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  

   Bui. 
  25. 
  n. 
  s. 
  1900) 
  

  

  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  will 
  be 
  practically 
  free 
  from 
  these 
  pests. 
  The 
  

   operations 
  against 
  the 
  salt 
  marsh 
  mosquito 
  naturally 
  lead 
  to 
  some 
  

   consideration 
  being 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  fresh-water 
  forms, 
  particularly 
  

   the 
  common 
  house 
  mosquito, 
  Culex 
  pipiens 
  Linn., 
  and 
  the 
  

   malarial 
  mosquito. 
  Anopheles 
  maculipennis 
  Aleig. 
  

   Experience 
  has 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  practicability 
  of 
  controlling 
  these 
  

   two 
  species, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  time 
  before 
  this 
  knowledge 
  

   will 
  be 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of, 
  and 
  will 
  lead 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  increase 
  in 
  

   comfort 
  and 
  practical 
  freedom 
  from 
  malarial 
  infections. 
  

  

  