716 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 



hygienic and quarantine measures, which had as 

 their objects the destruction of the mosquito and 

 its breeding places and prevention of the infection 

 of the mosquitoes by suitably screening the pa- 

 tients. 



^ * s ^ ms seen ^ a t ^ e epidemic occurrence of 

 yellow fever is strictly associated with the distribu- 

 tion of Stegomyia fasciata. Howard, in Bulletin 

 No. 46 of the Public Health Keports, gives this 

 distribution as known on Sept. 10, 1905, and pub- 

 lishes a map showing the region which the insect 

 may be expected to inhabit. 



Stegomyia fasciata has been found in the following 

 localities in the United States (Howard) : 



Virginia: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Dan- 

 ville, Richmond. Kentucky: Lexington, Middlesboro, 

 Louisville, Richmond. Illinois: Cairo. Tennessee: 

 Nashville, Knoxville, Clarksville, Chattanooga, Memphis, 

 Columbia, Decherd, Athens, Bristol. Arkansas: Hot 

 Springs, Helena. Louisiana: Ruddock, New Orleans, 

 Baton Rouge, Napoleonville, Covington, Hammond, 

 Shreveport, Franklin, Morgan City, New Iberia, Patter- 

 son. Mississippi: Pass Christian, Summit, Quarantine 

 Station, Vicksburg, Clarksdale, Tutwiler, Belzoni, Holly 

 Springs, Jackson, Wonona, West Point, Tupelo, Corinth, 

 Agricultural College, Biloxi. Alabama: Mobile, Decatur, 

 Auburn, Tuscumbia, Huntsville, Yazoo City. Georgia: 

 Atlanta, Pelham, Augusta, Savannah, Brunswick. 

 Florida: Barrancas, Key West. Texas: Galveston, 

 Houston, Victoria, San Diego, Tyler, Laredo, Austin, 

 San Antonio, Corsicana, Brownsville, Alice, Colorado, 

 Dallas, Paris, Edna, Fort Bliss (El Paso), Fort Ring- 

 gold (Rio Grande-Ludlow ) . South Carolina: Charles- 

 ton, Columbia, Fort Fremont, Sullivan's Island. Ari- 

 zona: Nogales. Maryland: Baltimore (Carter) breed- 

 ing in fresh water on fruit wharf. North Carolina: Beau- 

 fort, Winston, Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Salisbury. 

 Indiana: Jeffersonville. Missouri: St. Louis. 



