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recorded it from coconut shells, polluted 
water in tins, refuse pits, and butts of sago 
palms. My data show a greater use of artificial 
containers than is indicated in the records of 
King and Hoogstraal. Both surface water and 
water in containers were utilized but the index 
of 63 for artificial containers far surpasses 
that of any other habitat. More than half of 
the collections were in shade, as mentioned 
by King and Hoogstraal; furthermore, the 
figure for polluted water (43 per cent) was 
higher than for any other species. 
Fragilh occurred mostly in mixed (63 per 
cent) collections. Percentages of associates 
were: C. pullus, 12; C. halifaxi^ 10; A. scutel- 
laris, 10; H. albolineatus, 1; A. notoscriptus, 5; 
Toxorhynchites spp., 4; U. nigerrima, 4; others, 
11. This list of associates is essentially similar 
to that given by King and Hoogstraal (1946/) . 
Culex (Culiciomyia) papuensis (Taylor) 
Melanconion papuensis Taylor, 1914, Ent. Soc. 
London, Trans. 1914 (Part I): 201. Type 
locality: Lakekamu Gold Field, Northeast 
New Guinea. 
Culex {Culiciomyia) pallidothorax of Lee [nec 
Theobald] (1944^^: 95). Synonymy in King 
and Hoogstraal (1946/: 147). 
DISTRIBUTION: Dutch New Guinea: Assike, 
Merauke, Tanahmerah (Bonne-Wepster, 
1938) ; Hollandia (King and Hoogstraal, 
1946/). Northeast New Guinea: Lakekamu 
Gold Field (Taylor, 1914^?); Finschhafen 
(Author). Papua: Dobodura (King and 
Hoogstraal, 1946/); Milne Bay (Author). 
HABITAT: 
Total collections, 46 
Number of Habitat 
Habitat 
collections 
index 
Artificial containers , . . 
18 
39 
Puddles 
11 
24 
Creeks: Pot holes 
8 
17 
Borrow pits 
4 
9 
Ditches 
3 
6 
Rock hole 
1 
2 
Tree hole 
1 
2 
5 readings 
Range 5. 0-7.0 
Mode..... 5.5 
Average. ............... 5.9 
Percentage 
Factor occurrence 
Shaded 56 
Exposed 44 
Temporary. 67 
Semi-permanent. ...... 33 
Clear 45 
Muddy 11 
Stagnant 16 
Polluted .......... 22 
Vegetation 
Absent. 92 
Present 8 . 
Sparse, . 33 
Moderate ....... 33 
Abundant 33 
Algae... 33 
Emergent 33 
Overhanging. 33 
Lee (1944^) and King and Hoogstraal 
(1946/) have recorded papuensis from a long 
list of habitats which may be grouped into 
artificial containers of many types, tree holes, 
surface pools, and wells. In my collections it 
was one of the few species which occurred 
quite frequently in both surface water and in 
water in containers. It must be noted that the 
collections from creek pot holes were nearly 
all in polluted water from a near-by shower 
drain. 
Papuensis was found mostly (74 per cent) 
in mixed collections. Percentages of associ- 
ated species were: C pullus, 27; C halifaxi, 
21; An. punctulatus^ 5; An. farauti, 5; U. 
argyrotarsis, 5; others, 11. Associates given by 
King and Hoogstraal (1946/) agree only 
roughly with the above. 
Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald 
Culex pullus Theobald, 1905, Mus. Nat. 
Hungarid Ann. 3: 87. Type locality: 
Muina, Northeast New Guinea. 
Culex muticus Edwards. Edwards (1924: 6). 
Synonymy in Edwards (1926: 121); Hill 
(1925: 74); Brug (1927: 358); Brug (1934: 
517); Bonne-Wepster (1938: 206-212). 
