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  DR. 
  A. 
  INGRAM. 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  Northern 
  Territories 
  have 
  occurred 
  between 
  July 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  November, 
  

   most 
  of 
  them 
  indeed 
  between 
  September 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  November. 
  

  

  It 
  remains 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  indebtedness 
  to 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Principal 
  Medical 
  Officer 
  

   for 
  help 
  rendered 
  and 
  interest 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  to 
  thank 
  Dr. 
  Marshall,, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  for 
  kindly 
  identifying 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  mosquitos 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  diary. 
  

  

  Diary 
  of 
  Entomological 
  Findings 
  daring 
  the 
  Tour. 
  

  

  Gold 
  Coast 
  Colony. 
  

  

  15.iv.18. 
  TafO. 
  Culicoides 
  1 
  grahami, 
  taken 
  on 
  arms 
  in 
  evening; 
  Phlebotomus 
  

  

  (P. 
  Iminutus 
  var. 
  africanus, 
  Newst.) 
  seen 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  

   16.iv.18. 
  Any 
  mam. 
  Heavy 
  rain 
  from 
  6-3. 
  30 
  p.m. 
  No 
  mosquitos 
  or 
  sandflies 
  

   in 
  evidence. 
  

  

  17.iv. 
  18. 
  Jyagate. 
  Culicoides 
  1 
  grahami 
  seen 
  on 
  arms. 
  

  

  18-19.iv.18. 
  Mpraesu. 
  No 
  mosquitos 
  or 
  sandflies 
  captured 
  in 
  District 
  Commis- 
  

   sioner's 
  quarters. 
  Hippocentrum 
  trimacidatum 
  very 
  plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  Bauxite 
  Hill. 
  

  

  20.iv.18. 
  Kwahll 
  Prasu. 
  Culicoides 
  1 
  grahami 
  exceeedingly 
  troublesome; 
  several 
  

   taken. 
  Musca 
  domestica 
  unpleasantly 
  numerous. 
  ' 
  Bush 
  " 
  too 
  close 
  

   to 
  Rest 
  House. 
  

  

  Ashanti. 
  

   21.iv.18. 
  Joasu. 
  Culicoides 
  % 
  grahami 
  taken. 
  

  

  22-30. 
  iv. 
  18. 
  Coomassie. 
  Culicoides 
  grahami 
  and 
  Forcipomyia 
  sp. 
  taken. 
  Culiciomyia 
  

   nebulosa 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Medical 
  Officer's 
  quarters. 
  

  

  l.v.18. 
  Jato'S 
  ZongO. 
  A 
  few 
  mosquitos 
  biting, 
  but 
  none 
  captured. 
  

  

  2.V.18. 
  Attabubu. 
  Many 
  mosquitos 
  biting, 
  none 
  captured. 
  

  

  Northern 
  Territories. 
  

   3.V.18. 
  Prang. 
  A 
  few 
  mosquitos 
  heard, 
  none 
  taken 
  ; 
  a 
  Chironomid 
  (? 
  Culicoides) 
  

  

  seen 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  latrine. 
  

   4.V.18. 
  Kaperletim. 
  No 
  roof 
  to 
  latrine; 
  latrine 
  bucket 
  contained 
  rain-water 
  in 
  

  

  which 
  were 
  larvae 
  of 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa, 
  also 
  several 
  egg-rafts 
  of 
  

  

  Culex 
  on 
  surface 
  of 
  water. 
  Village 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  Rest 
  House. 
  

   5-6. 
  v. 
  18. 
  Yeji. 
  Mosquitos 
  seen 
  emerging 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  water-hole 
  (well) 
  near 
  

  

  boys' 
  quarters 
  ; 
  hole 
  too 
  deep 
  to 
  procure 
  larvae. 
  Stegomyia 
  vittata 
  

  

  larvae 
  found 
  in 
  water 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  disused 
  canoe 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  bank. 
  

  

  A 
  fig 
  tree 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  District 
  Commissioner's 
  quarters 
  showed 
  several 
  

  

  '' 
  rot 
  " 
  holes. 
  

   7.V.18. 
  Macon 
  go. 
  Anopheles 
  funestus 
  and 
  A. 
  costalis 
  taken 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  latrine; 
  

  

  Phlebotomus 
  sp. 
  also 
  taken 
  on 
  walls. 
  

   8-9. 
  v. 
  18. 
  Meriki'S 
  or 
  Maliki's 
  ZongO. 
  Native 
  compounds 
  visited. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  

  

  S. 
  fasciata 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  disused 
  kettle. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  Culex 
  duttoni 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  "fufu" 
  mortar, 
  larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus 
  and 
  C. 
  invidiosus 
  

  

  found 
  in 
  a 
  water-hole. 
  

  

  