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published statements as to the length of life of any immature mos- 
quito of any species. But these published statements, as previously 
shown, were nearly all based upon observations made in a colder 
climate and in the month of May. 
Remarks on other species of Culex.—The writer is inclined to believe 
that Culex teniorhynchus (fig. 5) is more or less specifically the sea- 
coast mosquito of the Atlantic seaboard; that is to say, it is the 
mosquito in this part of the country which is able to breed and prefers 
to breed in the brackish swamps which are occasionally overflowed at 
high tide. It has been found by Mr. C. W. Jobnson at Avalon, 
Anglesea, and Atlantic City, N. J.; by the writer at Far Rockaway, 
Amergansett, and on the beach at Staten Island, New York; by Mr. 
SS 5 aoe 
Fie. 5.—Culex teniorhynchus: Female, showing the short palpi which 
distinguish Culex from Anopheles; toothed front tarsal claw at right— 
enlarged (original). 
Barber at Chesapeake Beach, Md., and again by Mr. Johnson at St. 
Augustine and Charlotte Harbor, Fla. Other species, like Culew pun- 
gens, are seen at seaside resorts, but it is probable that these breed 
back of the coast in fresh water. This difference in breeding habit is 
very marked on the east coast of Staten Island. The people there 
distinguish between the brown-legged mosquitoes and the ring-legged 
mosquitoes, the former being C. pungens, which breeds in the hilly 
ponds and swamps back of the bluffs, and the latter being C. tenzo- 
rhyncus, which breeds in the brackish marshes below the bluffs. Dr. 
A. D. Hopkins states (Bulletin 17, new series, Div. Entom., Dept. 
Agric.) that what is probably this species apparently breeds in West 
