) 
98 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. VII, 1912. 
From the foregoing remarks it will be seen that not a single 
specimen of the larvae of any species known to carry malaria 
has been found in the fringe area, where malaria is most common 
as far as Calcutta is concerned. Adults of some of these species 
are to be found in houses in the fringe area when carefully searched 
for but they must either breed beyond the limits of the area, or in 
comparatively large areas of water where the collectors did not 
make proper investigations 
