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making the house mosquito-proof most of the insects can be kept 

 out, while those that get in can be caught and killed. 



Fig. igi. — Various mosquitoes in attitudes of repose: a, Culex pipiens; 6, Myzor- 

 rhynehus pseudo-pictus; c, Anopheles maculipennis (Manson). 



Halteres 

 First abdominal segment 't/f 



Proboscis 



-Palp 

 -Eye 

 .. occiput 



'^^Prothorax 



Mesothorax 

 * Scutellum 

 \""Metathorax 



•Abdomen 



■.Basal lobes 



- First tarsal segment 



■ Tarsi 



Fig. 192. — External morphology of a female mosquito (Manson). 



By draining the swamps and destroying all the breeding places 

 in and near human habitations, the number of mosquitoes can be 

 greatly diminished. Fortunately this is particularly true with 



