f 
-he mosquito collections (see ’table ±) made between March 31, 1$66 and 
December 7, i 960 were r-s.de by my predecessor on this mosquito host-preference 
-dy; conditions of the flora and weather conditions were not recorded. 
• 
W-O. '/ 
luring my visits to the island in July 196? and August 1967 the vegetation 
c? ypy/ 
lush. During my July visit I collected very few mosquitoes ar.d 1 
found none in August. A thorough search over the island for breed!nm areas 
lugusn uncovered no thing. The vegetation was much drier and shorter on mv 
September.trip and by December all of' the grass on the floor of the crater a: 
^ c» **• v*. -n 
Clw C. 
wo— as on she entire island was "bone—dry". All other vegetation w 
similar condition except for the scattered palm trees. Moscuito collecting 
res-an-s wore negative. However, my last trip to Manana at the end of 
o 
rjY'iVc i 
proved .o be enlightening as shown in Table I. Due to very little time I was 
* , 
omy a ole no make one fast collection. The grass on all 
T'-o T*T* O ~ o - o ‘ -- v* /*•; 
Ow U» —-.C_x-o. 
was oeginning to get green as was some of the other vegetation which was 
beginning 
to show s 
igns of 
green f 
o -i a a e* e m 
<o> 
"7^* 
1 
noticed 
many 
Culex cuineusf- 
or.** o — ?•» a 
»-> W 1 —- kJ w. 
j * 
-CO G.i 
the 
damp 
soil along the 
sides 
and 
in the 
coves 
of the ravines 
on 
f ' 1 0 r *v* f p o*r 'j 
side 
of - the 
island.. 
Some w 
ere 
also seen on 
the green olan 
o 
Uij 
g-owo-^g ~n uhc >/ines. onus is one same area where the specimens were co! 
acted in July 1967. 
j-w could readily oe seen that the island had had quite a lot 
o.-u; - a vines were dame, i nau lei t one of the ammo boxes in an uori r 'ht 
— o * 
« 
pG^iu^on along a ledge in one of the ravines on my last ‘trio to Babbit Islars 
vDoc. -967), this was full of water with the exception of about an inch from 
no pop of the can. I could see very many Culex oulneusfas ciatus larvae in- 
,-o» 
O Oa. 
me as 
t*V r 
w. 
n? *i y .,-s ^ ^ v* 
amounm of rain water * I did not have 
— * , «“i . /», U* S. * 
OC.U ij* o. 
.is 
had caved 
in aue lo 
a subs 
v-**—-i U— 
o 
a-. 
chance to. 
check the 
grassy 
— v“> 
--o’-- yj _O 
« 
in 
water had 
collected 
there < 
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