156 THE BREEDING PLACES OF STEGOMYIA 



larvee are found for tlie first time, the householder is 

 handed a printed shp setting forth the danger of having 

 larvae, and the penalty for the same. If after previous 

 warning they are found, the householder is summoned. 



In the AVest Indian Islands the percentage of 

 stegomyia breeding places in the towns and large 

 villages has varied from 4 to 10 per cent. Our aim 

 is to reduce it to zero. 



Note. — Tlie stegomyia is often described as tlie mosquito of seaports, but 

 it must always be remembered tbat it is by no means limited to them. It is 

 simply more abundant in seaports, because there are more peo})le cro^vded 

 together tliere ; but let the lal)oiirers of tlie population migrate into the 

 mountains with their paraphernalia and innumerable receptacles for holding 

 water, and stegomyia will go as certainly as do the flea, the dog, the cat, 

 and all the other domestic animals and insects which follow man along his 

 paths, be they by rail or over sea. 





