﻿DOMESTIC 
  BREEDING 
  MOSQUITOS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GOLD 
  COAST. 
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  14.vii.18. 
  Yawa 
  or 
  Yaga. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  

   discovered 
  in 
  an 
  earthen 
  pot 
  in 
  Rest 
  House 
  yard. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  Culi- 
  

   ciomyia 
  nebulosa, 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  G. 
  decens, 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus 
  and 
  

   S. 
  fasciata, 
  collected 
  from 
  native 
  compounds. 
  Almost 
  all 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   were 
  devoured 
  by 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  

   two 
  days. 
  

  

  15.vii.18. 
  Nandawli. 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  

   the 
  " 
  Lorha 
  " 
  type 
  ; 
  individual 
  houses 
  close 
  together, 
  yard 
  divided 
  

   by 
  retaining 
  walls, 
  ventilation 
  impeded. 
  The 
  usual 
  species 
  of 
  mosquito 
  

   larvae 
  found 
  in 
  native 
  quarters, 
  namely 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  G. 
  decens, 
  G. 
  tigripes 
  

   var. 
  fuscus, 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  and 
  S. 
  vittata. 
  

  

  16.vii.18. 
  Kalleo. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken; 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House 
  untreated, 
  but 
  

   plenty 
  of 
  window 
  accomodation 
  and 
  two 
  doors 
  giving 
  a 
  thorough 
  

   draught. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  S. 
  fasciata, 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  G. 
  decens 
  and 
  G. 
  tigripes 
  

   in 
  pots 
  in 
  native 
  quarters. 
  

  

  17-20,vii.l8. 
  Wa. 
  Phlebotomus 
  found 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  Larvae 
  or 
  pupae 
  

   of 
  G. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  tigripes 
  var. 
  fuscus, 
  G. 
  decens 
  and 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  secured 
  

   from 
  earthen 
  pots 
  in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  Larvae 
  or 
  pupae 
  of 
  C. 
  ager 
  

   var. 
  ethiopicus, 
  G. 
  invidiosus, 
  A. 
  costalis, 
  A. 
  funestus, 
  A. 
  mauritianus 
  

   and 
  Mimomyia 
  mimomyiaformis, 
  in 
  pools 
  near 
  garden. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  Mansonioides 
  (these 
  pupated 
  but 
  died 
  as 
  pupae) 
  taken 
  from 
  

   roots 
  of 
  Pistia 
  stratiotes 
  growing 
  on 
  surface 
  of 
  " 
  Crocodile 
  ' 
  pool. 
  

   Dr. 
  Corson 
  formed 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  11 
  species 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  while 
  resident 
  

   in 
  Wa 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  21.vii.18. 
  Tanina. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  found 
  in 
  Rest 
  House. 
  G. 
  duttoni, 
  G. 
  decens, 
  

   S. 
  fasciata 
  and 
  S. 
  vittata, 
  found 
  in 
  larval 
  form 
  in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  

   Gulicoides 
  abundant. 
  

  

  22.vii.18. 
  Kulmasa. 
  Phlebotomus 
  (scarce) 
  found 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House. 
  Larvae 
  

   of 
  G. 
  duttoni, 
  S. 
  fasciata, 
  and 
  S. 
  vittata 
  taken 
  from 
  collections 
  of 
  water 
  

   in 
  the 
  native 
  compounds. 
  Gulicoides 
  taken. 
  

  

  23.vii.18. 
  Tuna. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  found 
  ; 
  walls 
  of 
  Rest 
  House 
  showed 
  no 
  cracks. 
  

   Gulicoides 
  taken. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  G. 
  duttoni 
  and 
  Guliciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  

   discovered 
  in 
  earthen 
  pots 
  in 
  native 
  quarters. 
  No 
  larvae 
  of 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  

   seen. 
  

  

  24.vii.18. 
  Mankoma. 
  No 
  Phlebotomus 
  taken. 
  Larvae 
  of 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  G. 
  tigripes 
  

   var. 
  fuscus, 
  Guliciomyia 
  nebulosa 
  and 
  S. 
  fasciata, 
  found 
  in 
  water 
  vessels 
  

   in 
  native 
  compounds. 
  Gulicoides 
  taken. 
  

  

  25.vii.18. 
  Bole. 
  Phlebotomus 
  found 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  District 
  Commissioner's 
  quarters. 
  

   Native 
  compounds 
  not 
  visited, 
  nor 
  any 
  active 
  search 
  made 
  for 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  mosquitos, 
  as 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  mosquitos 
  of 
  this 
  station, 
  numbering 
  

   . 
  thirty 
  species, 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1911-1912 
  by 
  myself. 
  S. 
  fasciata 
  was 
  

  

  included 
  in 
  that 
  collection. 
  An 
  unknown 
  larva 
  with 
  basal 
  hair 
  tufts 
  

   on 
  its 
  siphon 
  tube 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  borrow-pits, 
  but 
  

   unfortunately 
  died 
  " 
  en 
  route." 
  Gulicoides 
  taken 
  (probably 
  Forci- 
  

   pomyia 
  incomptifeminibus, 
  Aust., 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  here 
  in 
  1912). 
  

  

  