276 MOSQUITOES 



NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE. 



During the stay at Nassau specimens were obtained from the town and 

 from the woods and thickets in the vicinity. Water barrels, tin cans, and 

 roadside puddles were found full of larvae, and the adults were often obtained 

 by entering houses and native huts and searching in dark rooms and corners. 

 The following species were taken in the town : 



Stegomyia fasciata (Fabr.). Culex pipiens Linn6. 



Culex confirmatus (Arrib.). Culex tceniorynchus Wied. 



Culex nanus Coq. Culex territans Walk. 



Specimens from the vicinity of Nassau on the island of New Providence 

 were taken from Fort Charlotte, Mount Vernon, Mammae Pool, and Farrington 

 road, about three miles from the town. At Fort Charlotte the specimens were 

 taken, both as Iarva3 and adults, from the rain barrels and darkened rooms of 

 the fort and from the woods just south of the fort. They were : 



Stegomyia fasciata (Fabr.)- Culex nanus Coq. 



Janthinosoma varipes (Coq.). Culex pipiens Linn6. 



Culex confirmatus (Arrib.). Culex tceniorynchus Wied. 



At Mount Vernon the larvae were obtained from small pot-holes in the 

 rock, and at Mammae Pool adults were taken flying near the pool, and some 

 larvae from the water of the pool. They were : 



Stegomyia fasciata (Fabr.). Culex nanus Coq. 



Janthinosoma varipes (Coq.). Culex pipiens Linn6 



Culex confirmatus (Arrib.). Culex serratus Theob. 



Culex jamaicensis Theob. Culex tceniorynchus Wied. 



From Farrington Eoad, about three miles from town, larvae and adults 

 were obtained. These were : 



Stegomyia fasciata (Fabr.). Culex pipiens LinnS 



Culex confirmatus (Arrib.). Culex serratus Theob. 



Culex nanus Coq. Culex t&niorynchus Wied. 



ANDROS. 



Specimens were obtained here from Mangrove Cay and a small island 

 near Eeids Cay in Middle Bight. At Mangrove Cay larvae were taken from 

 pools in the rock, at some distance from any dwelling, and adults from the 

 thickets some distance inland. The species were : 



Stegomyia fasciata (Fabr.). Culex pipiens LinnS 



Culex confirmatus (Arrib.). Culex sollicitans Walk. 



Culex jamaicensis Theob. Culex tceniorynchus Wied. 

 Culex nanus Coq. 



