34 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
desire of one of the leading University Museums to purchase 
the collection. The interest excited in the practical man was 
show by the numerous inquiries received from all States of the 
Union on subjects related to matters of mosquito control or 
extermination. 
New Jersey is generally in the fore-front of progress and in 
this matter of mosquito investigation she stands first; after 
an investigation extending through three years the report that 
has just been published shows not only just what species in¬ 
habit the State, and just which of them are really trouble¬ 
some; but it shows also just how they live, just how they may 
be controlled and just what has been already done in the way 
of practical work. 
That report is epitomized in the collection now in the halls 
of the State Museum. It represents by its charts, its pictures, 
its labels and its specimens, the results of three year’s work. 
It shows, first of all that the State is quite aware of the im¬ 
portance of the mosquito problem, realizes the fact that the 
problem is a living one within its limits, and is determined to 
solve it. A battle well begun is half ended, and with all the 
factors fully understood, the report already referred to shows 
that on all sides practical steps are under way to remove one 
of the few drawbacks which separate New Jersey from Para¬ 
dise. 
The general plan of the Exhibit as it stands at present, is 
as follows: 
In the series of framed charts that forms the crown of the 
square is shown the life cycle of the organism that produces 
the malarial diseases in the human body; the insect that acts 
as an intermediary host is shown in the act of biting, and the 
differences between the malaria carriers or Anopheles and th- 
common house mosquitoes is fully brought out. The way in 
which a mosquito bites is also shown. These charts are cole 
ored and were prepared by Mr. John A. Grossbeck under the 
direction of the Entomologist. 
Between this series of charts which crowns the exhibit and 
the table cases, is a series of transparencies varying in size 
and showing:— 
