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though, lurking among its foliage by the thou- 

 sand, they wait the coming of the innocent 

 human and descend upon him in hordes. They 

 bite; they sting; they torment with their song. 



Perhaps just for revenge humans have named 

 them Culex pungens or Anaphales quadrima- 

 culata; but that does not help us, and I have no 

 remedy to offer for the mosquito. 



