Breeding grounds of different species. 



canals are its favourite breeding place in the Punjab. In places 

 where there is no running water it may be found in clear pools, as 

 at Ennur, near Madras, where it was breeding in the borrow-pits by 

 the side of the railway. It has also been found in rocky pools in 

 the bed of a river. 



A. nigerrimus. The larvae of this species are found chiefly in 

 deep dark natural waters with much aquatic vegetation Favourite 

 breeding places are deep overgrown canals, swamps in the jungle, 

 and ponds with water weeds. Its breeding places aye not, as a rule, 

 found near houses. The larvae are generally scattered singly among 

 the water plants at the edges of the pool and can be caught only 

 by dipping with a tin or muslin net among the plants and weed. 



A. barbirostris. The breeding places of this species are practi- 

 cally the same as those of A. nigerrimus. In Lahore the larvae 

 were present in the lily ponds in the public gardens until the end 

 of November. 



A. fuliqinosus (Giles). The larvae of this species are often 

 found along with those of A. nigerrimus. As a rule, however, it 

 prefers more open water and more sunlight In Madras and in the 

 Central Provinces it was common in the large open tanks with 

 grassy edges. 



A. jamesi (Theobald). In the Central Provinces the larvae of 

 the species were found among the grass and water weeds at the edge 

 of a large open lake In Travancore (Quilon) in a large sandy tank. 



A. rossi. The breeding places of this species have already 

 been sufficiently referred to. Its larvae are never found at any 

 distance from houses. Shallow muddy pools are its favourite breeding 

 ground, and hundreds of larvae are usually present in the same small 

 pool, so that the larvae of this species are the ones which are 

 most frequently found by observers, as they are easily detected by 

 inspection. The larvae of most other species have to be fished for 

 with a tin or net. In Madras, rossi larvae are common in the irri- 

 gated rice-fields and in the muddy tanks, as well as in pools made by 

 digging for building purposes, in brick-fields and in cultivated areas. 



A. stephensi. In Mian Mir (Punjab) this species was found 

 to be breeding only in the earthenware gumlahs and tins kept 

 full of water in the lines of the native troops. In Madras it was 

 found to be breeding only in the disused wells in the native 



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