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MACS : 



Culex pipiens Linne. 

 Culex vishnui Theobald. 

 Culex tenax Theobald. 



SOLO : 



Anopheles rossii Giles. 

 TceniorhyncJms ager Giles. 

 Culex tenax Theobald. 



BANDOING : 



Culex pipiens Linnet 



SOEKABOEMl : 



Anopheles rossii Giles. 

 Culex pipiens Linne. 

 Stegomyia fasciata Fabr. 



Taken as a whole, the mosquitoes were not a very great nuis 

 ance in Java during the time the writer spent there, namely, the 

 month of December. The rainy season was just beginning, and 

 the conditions were favorable for the mosquitoes, and they were 

 everywhere in evidence and annoying, but not occurring in the 

 enormous swarms witnessed in Japan, except, perhaps, at Maos. 



THE MOSOJJITOES OF CEYLON. 



En route home a six weeks' stop was made in the island of 

 Ceylon. Most of this time was spent in the higher mountain 

 regions in the central portion of the island, notably at Kandy and 

 Newara Eliya. At Colombo on the coast no mosquitoes were 

 collected, and they were not in evidence in the hotel. The 

 species collected in Kandy by me were Culex pipiens and prob 

 ably the two species of Stegomyia. 6\ scutellaris was certainly 

 abundant, and possibly some of the specimens represented 

 S 1 . pseudotceniatus Giles. The Stegomyia is the great outdoor 

 pest in the mountain country, biting in the daytime and proving 

 to be a very great nuisance while collecting in the woods. In 

 Newara Eliya occurred the Stegomyia, and also in the hotels 

 Culex vagans Wied. and Culex mimeticus Noe. C. vagans 

 was originally described from China, and has not hitherto been 

 reported from any other region. It was comparatively abundant. 

 C. mimeticus was originally described from Italy, and is re 

 ported by Theobald from Palestine, India, and the Malay 

 Peninsula. But one specimen was taken. 



The mosquitoes of Ceylon have been carefully studied by that 

 eminent entomologist, Mr. E. E. Green, who reports the occur 

 rence on the island of twenty-one species, including several 

 Anopheles. A list of the mosquitoes of Ceylon is appended. 



