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coiumon in this type of couiiti’y. Of the species previously 
recorded in tlie district, Aedes alfcnunts, A. rubrifhorax, 
A. multiplex, A. Ihieafopcnnis, A. kochi and Culex sp. 
near cplindrinis Avere not taken. T’he ontstandino' find 
was the small non-bitino* rranotaenia aim, adults of 
Avhich M'cre i-esting above a small brackish pool among' the 
roots of a tea tree on the edge of the lake. This species 
was not previously known to oeciu‘ south of Townsville. 
J\ pygmaea larvae were found in a tea tree swamp nearby. 
Aedcs funcrcus, O. vigilax, A. nofoscriptus. A, gahnicola, 
Tacniorhguchns Hjicalis, T. xanthoga^^ter, T. uiiiformi:^, 
Culex (nnndirosfri.s, C. sifiois and Avopheles annulipes 
were taken biting l)y day in bush and the last five were 
also taken l;iting at nis’ht outside the huts. Of these only 
A. finiereus. C. annulirostris and C. siticus were at all 
common, t^pecies of Taeniorh fpichus; apparently are of 
seasonal occurrence in South Queensland. In summer 
T. linealis are often numerous in the coastal heath country, 
l)ut only a single battered specimen Avas taken here, 
]n*obably iudicating that this s])eeies' peiaod of emergence 
luid ended. On the othei* hand, T. xanfhogaster and T. 
juiifonnis Avere mori^ numerous and i]i fresh condition 
suggesting that emergeiu’c Avas still in ])rogress. 
Another species biting by day in the bush Avas pre- 
viously recorded fi'om Noosa and DunAvich as Aedcs simdis 
but noAV is knOAvn to be a distinct unnamed species. 
A specimen of (ddex pipiens ausir(dicus Avas taken 
indoors at night. This species, Avhich has only recent- 
ly been distinguished from C. fafigaiis, usually bites birds 
and may have been attracted to the light. 
Around the camp Aedcs frcmtda Avas biting, and 
the presence of males resting in the bathi'ooms suggests 
that it Avas breeding close at hand, rsually uncommon, this 
s])ecies occasionally finds a domestic situation ideally 
suited to it and breeds up in large numbers, becoming 
quite a serious household pest. It has a vicious bite and 
by reason, of its small size can often enter mosquito nets; 
its high pitched note is quite distinctive. Its normal 
breeding places are tree holes, and larvae Avere found In 
one such cavity at Boreen Point, associated Avith tliose of 
Aedcs nofoscriptus, Triptcroides atripcs, and Tripteroidcs 
sj). neai* coUcssi. 
In grassy pools near the lake, larvae Avere taken of 
Culex (Lutzia) Jialifaxi, C. annulirostris and a Cidex sp. 
of the fraudatrix group. A second (^ulex of this group 
Avas breeding in a teatree sAvamp, associated Avitli 
C: postspiraculosus. 
