Such small collections of water as are held up pro tempore in 
gutters have also been shown to be breeding places. 
All these breeding places must be looked to if we wish to stamp 
out this pest near habitations. 
Do THE MALES BITE ? 
FICALBI I believe has stated that the male C. elegans 
(i. e. S. fasciata) bites. Writing from Mombasa, a correspondent, 
Mr. McKay, also stated that he found the males bit now and 
again. 
BANCROFT (1900) finds in Queensland that the females only bite. 
This biting by the male is however unusual, judging from the 
consensus of opinion, and the absence of biting habits in all other 
male Mosquitoes. 
The possibility of S. fasciata being split up into several 
so=called species. 
If we take the minute larval characters of the Culicidæ to be 
specific differences (when they vary) then I feel sure we shall have 
this insect split up into a number of species. 
Let us take two examples of the larva of this insect and their 
characters of siphon spines and combs. 
GOELDI (1905) figures the siphon spines as 12 in number, 
WESCHE (1910) 10 (the latter remarks that their number and shape 
are not reliable characters); if we take the comb scales, we find 
GOELDI figures them with a long terminal and two to three small 
basal lateral processes, WESCHE with one basal lateral process on 
each side, which seem to vary from 8 to 9 in number. 
The difference in the siphon spines appears marked, hence we 
might assume the African specimens belong to a different species 
to the American. 
I have found the same variations in those from any country 
when numbers are examined, and for this reason consider the 
minute larval characters of no taxonomic value as far as our present 
knowledge goes. 
