﻿DOMESTIC 
  BREEDING 
  MOSQUITOS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GOLD 
  COAST. 
  53 
  

  

  10-13. 
  v. 
  18. 
  Salaga. 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  M. 
  O.'s 
  quarters. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  

   S. 
  fasciata 
  found 
  in 
  calabashes. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni 
  and 
  C. 
  decens 
  in 
  

   a 
  shallow 
  water-hole 
  in 
  town. 
  s< 
  Hot 
  " 
  holes 
  seen 
  in 
  an 
  akee 
  tree 
  (Blighia 
  

   sapida), 
  in 
  a 
  fig 
  tree 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  silk-cotton 
  tree 
  (Eriodendron 
  anfmctuosum). 
  

  

  14.V.18. 
  Dogankade. 
  Phlebotomus 
  sp. 
  and 
  Forcipomyia 
  sp. 
  taken 
  in 
  Eest 
  House. 
  

   Larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  G. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus 
  and 
  S. 
  vittata 
  breeding 
  in 
  

   a 
  water-pot 
  in 
  the 
  Rest 
  House 
  compound. 
  Native 
  compounds 
  not 
  

   visited. 
  

  

  15.V.18. 
  Turu. 
  Phlebotomus 
  sp. 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House; 
  Culicoides 
  sp. 
  felt 
  and 
  

   seen. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  and 
  C. 
  invidiosus 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  a 
  felled 
  

   tree 
  close 
  to 
  Rest 
  House. 
  A 
  single 
  specimen 
  of 
  Tabanus 
  subangustus, 
  

   Ric, 
  taken. 
  

  

  16.V.18. 
  Palbe. 
  A 
  few 
  Phlebotomus 
  sp. 
  taken 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  No 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  water 
  found 
  in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  

  

  17-18. 
  v. 
  18. 
  Yamalaga, 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  No 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  water 
  found 
  in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  ''Rot" 
  holes 
  seen 
  in 
  a 
  

   " 
  dawa-dawa 
  " 
  tree 
  (Parkia) 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  Rest 
  House. 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  

   of 
  Palbe 
  and 
  Yamalaga 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  season 
  have 
  to 
  go 
  long 
  distances 
  

   for 
  their 
  water 
  (2 
  miles 
  ?), 
  consequently 
  water 
  is 
  at 
  a 
  premium 
  and 
  none 
  

   is 
  left 
  for 
  mosquito 
  larvae 
  to 
  breed 
  in. 
  

  

  1 
  9-24, 
  v. 
  18. 
  Tamale. 
  Native 
  town 
  not 
  visited, 
  as 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  occurring 
  

   at 
  this 
  station 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Watson 
  and 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  

   Simpson 
  proves 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  15 
  species, 
  amongst 
  them 
  

   8. 
  fasciata. 
  A 
  ° 
  rot 
  " 
  hole 
  in 
  a 
  flamboyant 
  tree 
  near 
  the 
  cemetery 
  

   contained 
  water 
  in 
  which 
  larvae 
  of 
  S. 
  %unilineata, 
  Theo., 
  were 
  breeding. 
  

   No 
  Phlebotomus 
  or 
  Culicoides 
  seen 
  or 
  captured. 
  

  

  25.V.18. 
  Savelugll. 
  Phlebotomus 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  in 
  

   pots 
  and 
  calabashes 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  compound 
  inspected, 
  the 
  species 
  

   being 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus, 
  C. 
  decens, 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  and 
  

   S. 
  vittata. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  A. 
  costalis 
  found 
  in 
  water-holes, 
  which 
  are 
  

   numerous 
  within 
  400 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  Rest 
  House. 
  

  

  26.Y.18. 
  Diari. 
  A 
  single 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken 
  on 
  Rest 
  House 
  walls. 
  Utensils 
  in 
  

   native 
  compounds 
  harbour 
  larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni 
  and 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus. 
  

   Only 
  three 
  compounds 
  visited, 
  as 
  an 
  approaching 
  tornado 
  precluded 
  

   further 
  search. 
  

  

  27-29. 
  v. 
  18. 
  Nasia. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  decens 
  and 
  of 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  collected 
  from 
  

   utensils 
  in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  A 
  single 
  specimen 
  of 
  Anopheles 
  funestus 
  

   taken 
  on 
  the 
  Rest 
  House 
  wall. 
  

  

  30.V.18. 
  KpalgU. 
  Phlebotomus 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  

   0. 
  decens, 
  Cidiciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  and 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  found 
  in 
  native 
  com- 
  

   pounds. 
  

  

  31.V.18. 
  Maibindiga. 
  Phlebotomus 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  G. 
  duttoni 
  

   found 
  in 
  earthenware 
  pots. 
  No 
  larvae 
  of 
  Stegomyia 
  found. 
  

  

  