1 mansonia. 

 \ uranotaenia. 

 8 culex. 

 1 culisetn. 

 1 deinoceritos 

 7 \vyeomyia. 

 1 cliaoborus. 



I'p to 11)02 mosquitoes were scattered throughoul the 

 world according to Giles (note taken from Theobald) as follows: 



Europe 53 species. 



North America and Canada 36. 



Central America 2. 



West Indian Islands 28. 



So-iil h Ameriea ;md Islands 33. 



Mast Afriea and Islands 6. 



South Africa 0. 



North Africa. 5. 



Central Africa 15. 



India. 49. 



Malay Peninsula and Eastern Archipielago 37. 



China & Formosa 11. 



Japan 5. 



Central Asia 2. 



Australia 29. 



New Zealand 7. 



Oceanic Islands, Bermuda, Fiji, Mauritius and Madeira--?. 



By the preceding statistics we see that Onba has almost as 

 many kinds of mosquitoes as Europe and India in proportion to 

 her size. 



It is to he supposed thai a careful investi^alion through- 

 out all the larvae-breeding places in the Island would dupli- 

 cate the number of species catalogued to-day. 



Out of all the species on the Island there appear 34 in 

 4he collection of samples. 



We feel that we must not proceed without mentioning here 

 our heartfelt thanks to Drs. L. 0. Howard and Fredk. Knah. to 

 Prof. Dyar and the entomologist Coquillett, members of the 

 United States National Museum at Washington (the Smithsonian 



