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swamp, attacking the horse on the side away from the swamp, biting 
in the sunlight. 
It appears that some resting place other than under dwellings must 
be offered, to accoimt for the hibernation of the swarms of anophelines 
which infest this locality during warm days in winter and in early 
spring. Several of these sites were actually devoid of resting mos¬ 
quitoes, although the residents complained of them during warm 
spells. A notable example of this paucity of material was found in 
a residence inspected at Xugent plantation, about 4 miles north of 
Scott. Here the manager’s residence, a commodious, substantially 
constructed, frame house, was examined on February 18. The house 
was situated about 50 meters from some swamp land, which was 
formed by the overflow of Lake Bolivar. The structure presented a 
floor space of fully 486 square feet of solid boarding. The height 
from the ground was 2 feet 6 inches, surrounded on all sides but one 
by latticework forming holes If inches in size. The remaining side 
was made of an unbroken brick wall. The supports, numbering 59, 
consisted of brick bases, with 5 additional brick bases supporting 
the fireplaces above. Five wooden stairways must also be mentioned, 
as ordinarily these shelter mosquitoes. At the time of examination 
the ground beneath the house was fairly dry, but covered with tin 
cans and dried leaves. Under the dwelling there was ample light to 
see the boarding surface and brick supports. Xo mosquitoes were 
found in any of these places. The swamp in front of the house was 
devoid of young mosquito life. 
In this region the nearest approach to a house cellar was found, 
February 16, in the form of a dirt storm cellar, built alongside the 
residence adjoining an old ground cistern. Here no mosquitoes were 
found, although seemingly ideal shelter was offered. This is sig¬ 
nificant, because various authors state that house cellars offer good 
locations for hibernation. 
Some clue as to the resting places of anophelines diming early 
spring was afforded on the morning of March 28, while I was in the 
oak woods examining the upturned roots of a fallen tree. A few 
mosquitoes were noticed flying about in the light, one of which, an 
A. quadrimaculatus , was caught biting my hand. It was examined 
subsequently and proved to be negative for suspicious organisms. 
Several of the active mosquitoes alighted on the moist root hairs of 
the dead tree. A bird dog was induced to nose about the holes in 
the matted roots, with the result that it attracted the attention of 
several vicious A. quadrimaculatus. It was noticed that a small pool 
was formed in the excavated earth under the root mass, and here 
a moderate number of culicine larvae were collected. Xeither eggs 
nor larvae of Anopheles were present. 
