﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  335 
  

  

  excess 
  of 
  lateral 
  deviation, 
  either 
  from 
  defective 
  instinct 
  or 
  from 
  a 
  current 
  of 
  

   air, 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  fatal. 
  The 
  float 
  — 
  a 
  mere 
  transparent 
  film 
  — 
  with 
  its 
  occupant, 
  

   is 
  thrown 
  upon 
  its 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  wet 
  and 
  no 
  longer 
  serviceable, 
  

   and 
  the 
  new 
  life 
  just 
  opening, 
  is 
  ended. 
  This 
  fatality 
  is 
  common 
  — 
  in- 
  

   deed 
  it 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  the 
  rule 
  — 
  the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  exception. 
  Each 
  

   such 
  occurrence, 
  although 
  a 
  tragedy, 
  need 
  not 
  evoke 
  our 
  sympathy 
  

   although 
  so 
  oft 
  repeated. 
  Food 
  is 
  thereby 
  furnished 
  fishes 
  and 
  other 
  liv- 
  

   ing 
  forms, 
  and 
  there 
  will 
  always 
  be 
  quite 
  as 
  many 
  mosquitoes 
  left 
  as 
  are 
  

   required 
  for 
  sanitary 
  uses. 
  

  

  With 
  those 
  that 
  are 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  escape 
  this 
  perilous 
  evolution, 
  a 
  

   short 
  time 
  suffices 
  for 
  the 
  expansion 
  of 
  their 
  wings 
  through 
  the 
  entrance 
  

   into 
  their 
  veins 
  of 
  air 
  and 
  blood, 
  and 
  to 
  dry 
  and 
  fit 
  them 
  for 
  flight. 
  

   Just 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  pupal-case 
  is 
  abandoned, 
  is 
  not 
  definitely 
  

   known 
  ; 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  with 
  the 
  feet 
  resting 
  upon 
  its 
  edge 
  ; 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  as 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  some 
  illustrations, 
  that, 
  carefully 
  preserving 
  its 
  equilibrium, 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  bends 
  forward 
  and 
  rests 
  with 
  its 
  fore-legs 
  on 
  the 
  water 
  — 
  a 
  moment 
  

   passed, 
  perhaps, 
  in 
  admiration 
  of 
  the 
  delicate 
  form 
  mirrored 
  therein 
  — 
  when 
  

   the 
  wings 
  are 
  spread, 
  and 
  with 
  their 
  rapid 
  vibration 
  of 
  five 
  hundred 
  beats 
  a 
  

   second 
  emitting 
  music 
  though 
  familiar 
  yet 
  not 
  sweet 
  to 
  human 
  ears 
  — 
  it 
  

   launches 
  forth 
  into 
  its 
  ntw 
  element, 
  in 
  quest, 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  be, 
  of 
  nectar, 
  or 
  

   of 
  blood. 
  

  

  The 
  mosquito 
  is 
  gone 
  ! 
  Are 
  you 
  not 
  glad, 
  for 
  with 
  her 
  flight 
  ends 
  my 
  

   paper. 
  

  

  [Those 
  who 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  consult 
  some 
  recent 
  publications 
  and 
  studies 
  

   upon 
  this 
  interesting 
  insect 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Howard 
  : 
  in 
  Bull. 
  4 
  N. 
  Ser., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  AgricuL, 
  Division 
  of 
  Entomo- 
  

   logy, 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  9-24, 
  figs. 
  1-4. 
  

  

  Lugger: 
  2nd 
  Rept. 
  Entomol. 
  St. 
  Exper. 
  Stat. 
  Minn., 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  182-195, 
  

   figs. 
  152-158. 
  

  

  Osborn 
  : 
  Bull. 
  5 
  N. 
  Ser.,U. 
  S. 
  Dept. 
  Agricul., 
  Division 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  

   1896, 
  pp. 
  25-30, 
  figs. 
  I, 
  2.] 
  

  

  