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Of the coiumoiier kuowu caiiievs of lualariii A jut/i/iclcs cvlici- 

 facie.< was leceivecl I'roiu : Amiitsar, Uellii, Atari, I'eruzepore^ 

 Kalka; Abbottabad, Tall, Qiietta, Kacha ; Balao'bat; Bombay, 

 rleypore. A. sle/y/ie/isi from: xVmritsai', Delhi, Kawalpindi,, 

 Beas, Madliopur, Multan ; Abbottabad, Tall, Tonk; Pooiia, 

 Bomba}-. A. fuliginosus from: Amritsar, DelJii, Rawalpindi, 

 Ivangra ; Abbottabad; A<>'ra ; Mandhi, Rewah, Balaghat, Hoshan- 

 <iabad, Hodel ; Sibsagar, Jalpaiguri, Jeypore, Bombay; 

 Tharrawaddv. 



LisToN (Major A\'. (j.) »}(: Akli.a (T. G.). A Slc(joinijia Survey of 

 the City and Island of Bombay. — I' roc. Gen. Malaria Comm.y 

 Madras. IStli to 2()//i Aoc, 1912, Simla, 1913, pp. 187-188. 



Out of a total of 922 breeding- places of Culiciue larvae 

 examined, 2T') harboured larvae of Stcfjoinyia fasciata, 249 of 

 Cnh\r concolor, 197 of C. fafifjatix, 104 of Stefjoinyia sugens, 5(> 

 of Steijomijia saitcnaris, 29 of Desro'ulea ohtvrbans, 13 of 

 Taenia rhijnchus obiurhans, and 1 of C ule.c ini ineticus. 



Tiie first-named species showed special preference for certain 

 hinds of breeding- places, being found 10(5 times (or 3)9 per cent.) 

 in wooden tubs containing' water. Other selected breeding places 

 were cisterns, 11 per cent.; iron vessels, tin pots, &c., 9 per cent.; 

 wells, 8 per cent. ; wooden barrels, 8 per cent. ; cattle troughs, 

 4 per cent. ; nu^sonry, garden tanks, cess-pits, zinc baskets, 3 per 

 cent. The water in almost every case was clean and free from 

 putrifying material. Unlike Sfefjotnj/ia fasciata, S. scatellaris 

 was not found evenly distributed over Bombay Island, but was 

 met with in the urban parts only, Avhere the houses were sur- 

 rounded by gardens and where shelter and shade were available. 

 Like >'. fasciata its favourite breeding places were wooden tubs 

 and iron i)ots, suidi breeding places constituting about 48 per 

 cent, of the whole. This mosquito exhibited rather a preference 

 for iron A'essels. It was rarely, though occasionally, found in 

 pools and ditches filled with rain water. Sferjornyia siujens was 

 met with in diherent parts of the island, especially in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the new docks. Desvoidea obturhatis was generally 

 found breeding in dirty water, coloured brown by organic matter 

 in solution. The larvae were found in drains connected with 

 stables, also in wooden tubs and hollows containing rain water, 

 in iron girders and in disused machinery. The prevalence of 

 of Ste(joiin/la fasciata combined with the climate and trade 

 relations of Bombay will favour the spread of yellow fever should 

 the ports of the Far East become infected with the disease on 

 the opening of tlie Panama Canal. 



Mhaskar (Dr. K. S.). Ste(/oiii//ia in Karachi. — Proc. Gen. 

 Malaria Coinin.. Madras, '\Htli to 2()fA Tor., 1912. Simla, 

 1913, pp. 



After a discussion on the physical aspects, (dinuite, hydro- 

 grax)hy, rainfall, drainage and vegetation of Karachi, the breed- 

 ing places of mosquitos in different parts of the town, in the 



