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  DR. 
  A. 
  INGRAM. 
  

  

  which 
  had 
  contained 
  " 
  peto 
  " 
  are 
  washed. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  A. 
  costalis 
  

   collected 
  from 
  foot-prints 
  of 
  cattle 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  swamp. 
  In 
  the 
  

   swamp 
  larvae 
  of 
  A. 
  funestus, 
  A. 
  mauritianus 
  and 
  C. 
  invidiosus 
  

   discovered 
  ; 
  also 
  an 
  unknown 
  pupa 
  with 
  deeply 
  infuscated 
  paddles 
  

   (this 
  pupa 
  died). 
  Swamp 
  pools 
  contained 
  very 
  few 
  larvae, 
  having 
  

   recently 
  been 
  filled 
  with 
  storm 
  water. 
  

  

  4.vii.l8. 
  LiHxia. 
  Phlebotomus 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House; 
  walls 
  washed 
  with 
  wood 
  

   ash. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  S. 
  vittata 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  calabash 
  in 
  the 
  Rest 
  

   House 
  compound. 
  In 
  the 
  native 
  compound 
  several 
  egg-rafts 
  of 
  

   Culicine 
  mosquitos 
  (probably 
  Culex 
  duttoni 
  and 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa) 
  

   were 
  seen, 
  but 
  the 
  only 
  larvae 
  collected 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  

   fuscus. 
  ' 
  Rot 
  ' 
  holes 
  were 
  visible 
  in 
  the 
  roots 
  and 
  trunk 
  of 
  two 
  

   " 
  dawa-dawa 
  " 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  Rest 
  House 
  compound. 
  

  

  5.vii.l8. 
  tlefisi. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken; 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House 
  treated 
  with 
  wood 
  

   ash. 
  Earthenware 
  pots 
  in 
  the 
  compounds 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  huts 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  larvae 
  of 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa, 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  decern, 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  

   and 
  S. 
  vittata. 
  Rest 
  House 
  well 
  lighted 
  on 
  western 
  side 
  with 
  good 
  

   air 
  space 
  between 
  roof 
  and 
  wall. 
  

  

  6.vii.l8. 
  Nandaw. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken; 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House 
  untreated, 
  but 
  

   room 
  airy, 
  with 
  ample 
  window 
  accomodation 
  and 
  good 
  air 
  space 
  between 
  

   roof 
  and 
  wall. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  decens, 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa, 
  

   S. 
  fasciata 
  and 
  S. 
  vittata 
  in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  

  

  7.vii.l8. 
  Ulu. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  found. 
  Culicoides 
  taken 
  on 
  arm. 
  Collections 
  of 
  

   water 
  in 
  native 
  compounds 
  contained 
  larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  decens, 
  

   Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  and 
  S. 
  fasciata. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  S. 
  vittata 
  and 
  Ochlero- 
  

   tatus 
  nigeriensis, 
  Theo., 
  in 
  small 
  pools 
  near 
  native 
  huts. 
  

  

  8.vii.l8. 
  Daweni. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken. 
  Larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni 
  and 
  

   C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus 
  and 
  larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  decens 
  found 
  in 
  pots 
  in 
  native 
  

   compounds. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  disused 
  

   '• 
  fufu 
  " 
  mortar 
  some 
  distance 
  away 
  from 
  village. 
  

  

  9-12.vii.18. 
  Lorha. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken. 
  Calabashes 
  and 
  pots 
  in 
  native 
  

   quarters 
  contained 
  larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  decens, 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  and 
  

   A. 
  costalis. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  A. 
  funestus, 
  A. 
  mauritianus, 
  C. 
  invidiosus, 
  

   C. 
  ager 
  var. 
  ethiopicus 
  and 
  C. 
  quasigelidus, 
  and 
  a 
  pupa 
  of 
  Mimomyia 
  

   mimomyiaformis 
  found 
  in 
  pools 
  below 
  the 
  European 
  garden. 
  " 
  Croco- 
  

   dile 
  " 
  pool 
  and 
  an 
  adjacent 
  pool 
  covered 
  with 
  Pistia 
  stratiotes 
  ; 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  Mansonioides 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  roots, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  died, 
  

   so 
  that 
  species 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  determined. 
  It 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  discovered 
  

   if 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  M. 
  uniformis, 
  Theo., 
  differs 
  in 
  detail 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  

   M. 
  africanus, 
  Theo. 
  M. 
  uniformis, 
  but 
  not 
  M. 
  africanus, 
  has 
  been 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  this 
  station 
  and 
  from 
  Wa. 
  Dr. 
  Corson 
  while 
  resident 
  

   at 
  this 
  station 
  made 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  (determined 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carter 
  

   of 
  Liverpool) 
  containing 
  13 
  different 
  species, 
  including 
  S. 
  fasciata. 
  

  

  13.vii.18. 
  Burifll. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken. 
  Native 
  compounds 
  not 
  visited. 
  Larvae 
  

   of 
  A. 
  costalis 
  found 
  in 
  swamp. 
  

  

  