MOSQUITOES ONE INCH LONG.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1900, 7 November 1913, Page 4

MOSQUITOES ONE INCH LONG.

NORTH QUEENSLAND MONSTERS*

' A fereious mosquito, nearly an inclr ill length, is among tho discoveries Dr. Eric jUjarbery, a Swedish scientist, has made in North Queensland, where for nearly eleven months ha has been studying tho relationship of tbn lower fauna to other faunt, Dr. Mjoberg also secured ground scorpions sis . iiiohog lit length. Far from being deterred by, such pests to majikiiidy Dr. M]oborg intends to return to North Queensland early next year, and make further investigations in the extreme north of Voiko J'eninsuit. lie enthusiastically declares that Northern Australia is ono of the most wonderful fields' in the world for the scientist. . j

Dr. Mjoberg has nearly 40,000 specimens. Four opossum's not to bo found anywhoro else ill Australia, so far as Dr.. jijo-bcrg lmciws, wUfa a.bta'ii.xcd'. Ono is black and white, with a whito ring around- tho arm, and another has an olive gre.en fur. The grce:n is aprotective colouring, and resembles tho moss that covers the trunks of t,rcis on which the opossum lives. The two other specimens arc 11011-leaf eating, aim subsist on. grubs, bolter* and tecs* Dt. .Mjoberg captured several giant butterflies, -their outstretched Vvings measit'rins ten iiic-r.cs acfosS. , v Soiii-e interesting scientific discoveries were mii'le, .but ivimou'iiioriMnt-s rcgaia-iii-g most of ih'.'in will first of all to ha made to the Swedish scientific socic,ie 3 which financed the exjictit'Oii.