Mosquitoes in Melanesia — Belkin 
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Big Bay, Aug., 1925, tree holes (P. A. Bux- 
ton); 2L (W. J. Perry); 1M, IF (No. 1), 1M, 
3F (No. 24), South Pacific Serial 13 [USNM, 
BMNH, CU, JNB]; Hog Harbor and Big 
Bay, eleven larval collections in tree holes 
and cavities in buttress roots (Buxton and 
Hopkins, 1927). Aessi: 15L (K-795), 1943, 
coconut shell (K. L. Knight) [USNM]. Aore: 
3L (K-941), Aug. 6, 1943, in open water- 
filled convolutions on cerba trees (K. L. 
Knight) [USNM], Tutuba: 6L, 2P (L-4), Aug. 
22, 1952, in pods of cacao (Dr. & Mrs. M. 
Laird) [USNM]. Pentecost: Lamalana, larvae 
in rot-hole (Buxton and Hopkins, 1927). 
Malekula: Bushman’s Bay, larvae in deep 
cavity between main branches of a Poinciana 
tree; Tisman, several females in crab holes 
(Buxton and Hopkins, 1927). Efate: 2L, 6M, 
5F (K-l), La Colle airport, Aug. 27, 1942, 
adults in pocket of water in root convolutions 
of banyan; 1L (K-4), water with much organic 
debris on top of gas barrel; 1L (K-67), 
Manouri Pt., near shore of Hearne Lake, 
Sept. 21, 1942, in convolution of banyan tree; 
2L (K-136), Airport area, Oct. 27, 1942, reek- 
ing water in bottom of paint pail; 14L, IP, 
1M (K-310), Vila, seaplane base, Jan. 1, 1943, 
old tire; 1M (K-311), Vila, Jan. 15, 1943, 
septic tank; IF (K-421), Tagabe and La Colle 
River areas, Feb. 1, 1943, adults in tents; 1M, 
IF (K-425), Malafoa, Feb. 5, 1943, tin can 
with much dirt and fine debris; 1M, IF 
(K-456), Vila, Feb. 8, 1943, fire barrel; 1M 
(K-551), March 2, 1943, top of oil drum; 2P 
(K-572), deserted native village, March 7, 
1943, tin can with wood and leaves; 2M 
(K-750), Malapoa Point, April 26, 1943, road 
rut, water muddy and with a few leaves (K. 
L. Knight); 1M, IF, 1943 (L. J. Dumbleton); 
2L, March 13, 1943, mud puddles in camp 
[USNM]. Aneityum: 4L (B2), 6L (B4), Anel- 
gauhat, Aug. 4 and 5, 1952, coconut shell 
pierced with small hole for drinking; 5L (F5), 
elev. 560 ft., Feb. 2, 1953, slit in tree trunk; 
2L, 2P (FlO), Anelgauhat, Feb. 18, 1953, 
truck tire; 3M (X6), Anelgauhat, Feb. 25, 
1953, resting inside truck tire; 10L, 3M (X8), 
Anelgauhat, Feb. 26, 1953, coconut shell 
pierced with small hole for drinking; 7L (X9), 
Anelgauhat, Feb. 26, 1953, tin can near shore, 
brackish water (Dr. and Mrs. M. Laird) 
[USNM]. Putuna: Mission Bay, 2L, 2P, 1M, 
2F (H5), Feb. 20, 1953, ground pool; 10L, 
IP, (H6), Feb. 20, 1953, pot hole in block 
of coral on cliffs; 2L (V2), Feb. 21, 1953, tree 
hole; 5L (V6), Feb. 23, 1953, water in beached 
canoe (Dr. and Mrs. M. Laird) [USNM]. No 
locality: 20L (NH-6),June, 1944 (L. Jackow- 
ski, R. E. Kuntz); 2L (W. J. Perry); 1M, 2F, 
1944 (McGhee) [USNM], 
Loyalty Islands, E. Lifu: 14L, 2P, 10M, 
12F, Cap des Pins, Nov. 18, 1949-Jan. 18, 
1950, larvae in hole in trunk of Araucaria 
cookii (L. E. Cheesman) [BMNH]. 
Belep Group, Art Is.: 1L, IP (R3), Nov. 
30, 1952, rock pool into which assorted debris 
had been flushed by heavy rain, pupa died 
(Dr. and Mrs. M. Laird) [USNM]. 
New Caledonia, Bouloupari: 3M, 3F, July 
31, 1944 (W. Crabb) [USNM]. Bourail (APO 
25): 25L, 5P, 9M, 5F, July 18, 1944, larvae 
in tin cans; 10M, 11F, Aug. 17, 1944, larvae 
in bamboo stubble (A. R. Gaufin) [USNM]. 
La Boa: 11L (F-8), Jan. 20, 1945 (H. E. Mil- 
liron); 7M, IF, April 8, 1945 (Pletsch & 
Remington ) [USNM], Tinchialit: 16L, 4P,12M, 
18F, Aug. 22-Sept. 10, 1949, larvae in flower 
bracts of palms, elev. 2020 ft. (L. E. Chees- 
man) [BMNH]. No locality: 1L (81-949), 24L 
(81-961), Feb. 6, 1945 (Gude) [USNM]. 
4. T. (M.) rotumana (Edwards, 1929) 
Fig. 6 
1929. Rachionotomyia rotumana Edwards, Bui. 
Ent. Res. 20: 337-338. Types: holotype 
male, paratypes 1M, 5F (larva and pu- 
pa), Rotuma Is., April, 1928 (W. D. 
Carew) [BMNH]. 
1932. Tripteroides (Af.) rotumana. Edwards, 
Genera Insectorum 194: 77. 
1943. Tripteroides ( M .) rotumana. Paine, Fiji 
Dept. Agr. Bui. 22 (rev.): 9- 
