Feb., 1909.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. xxxvii 
The matter was first brought popularly to the notice of 
the Indian public by ‘‘ Capital’’ of September 1906 in noticing 
the reported: action of the Barbadoes ‘ Millions’? (Gardinus 
pecilloides) in keeping down mosquitoes of that island. The 
suggestion was to import and introduce the tiny ‘Millions’? of 
Barbadoes into malaria-stricken Bengal as a factor that might 
lead to the reduction of the disease This suggestion was re- 
y. We 
examined some of these fish also from slightly brackish waters 
where the supply is plentiful. They thrive and feed upon 
the mosquito-larve in their natural habitat, but by careful 
training these also gradually take to fresh water though in the 
beginning for a few days they appear dull and inactive. We 
them they may directly or indirectly try to introduce the experi- 
ment at several places simultaneously on a somewhat extensive 
scale. 
