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stephenst, and others. They are found resting in 

 the daytime in the thatch of huts, and they 

 breed close at hand in the nearest puddle. They 

 may, however, fly up to half-a-mile if there are 

 no breeding places closer. 



Other species are not peculiar to houses, but 

 are also found breeding in streams and pools in 

 the jungle far from habitations. Such species are 

 Nyss. maculatus, Nyss. theobaldi. 



The mosquitoes of the genus Myzorhynchus, 

 on the contrary, are ' wild ' Anophelines. They, are 

 only occasionally found in houses. They breed 

 in extensive bodies of water, swamps, rivers, 

 jungle pools, etc. It is Anophelines of this type 

 which chiefly frequent one's tent when this is 

 pitched in remote and especially in swampy jungle. 

 The more common species of these wild Anophelines 

 are M. barbirostris, M. sinensis, M. paludis. 



Nature of Food 



The normal food of the female (domestic) 

 Anophelines is blood. In nature they appear to 

 feed every night, the stomach never becoming 

 empty. In Anophelines caught under natural con- 

 ditions, the stomach contents generally shew 

 blood in two or three stages of digestion. 



Female Anophelines readily drink water, espec- 

 ially if they have been kept for some time in a 

 dry bottle. It seems doubtful whether vegetable 

 juices form an important article of food as appears 

 to be the case with some of the Culicidae. Male 

 Anophelines can be seen feeding upon banana and 

 other fruit juices, but are, notwithstanding, found 

 dead about the second or third day of captivity. 



