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and in thick forest at some distance from any village. At night they 
were often seen on board the Expedition’s steamer. 
Breeding places Larvae and pupae were found breeding m old 
tins, in water reservoirs, amongst grass at the edges of rivers, in 
swamps and in the foul-smelling pools used for steeping iiinni'ii 
Field notes : — Enormous numbers of this mosquito, together with 
Mansonia uniformis and its var. afrnanus, were found during tin- 
day time in the prison at Bomba. Fliey rested thirkh dustt rod an 
motionless on the whitewashed walls of the cells, • few 
inches above a drain used as a urinal by the prisoners; scared) 
an) of these mosquitoes were seen on the neighbouring tarred portions 
of the wall. No breeding places existed within 200 yards of the 
prison. 
( -ulex luteol literal is, Theobald 
Localities: Boma; Bantu Island; Kasongo (March); Lusambo. 
ircumstunces of capture. Specimens of this beautiful little cuiex 
were caught in the early morning and afternoon, in the forest, in cofftt 
P an ations and in the houses and mosquito nets of native servants 
I hey attempted to feed but rarely. 
at thztdlls ~' Lar J a f Were - aken fr0m amongst tbi 
obtaining irnagineXm them ””*** W * ******* ” 
i neobald 
Localities: Mia m bwe . Lusambo 
JZ »::;{ t ;TTT Adults were takcn «•** bU s h . 
and at a few hundred yards from the nearest village 
Culex th *lassius, Theobald 
from a tub on from a ^ tak 
Localuies :- Bo 
Yambinga; Kasongo‘(ApriHo“eb <Det); Tshorabir 
6 J,cu ">stances of capture ■ 1 ’• lanihwe 1 Lusambo. 
rnarstms, during the day time on CaUght in fores,s »' 
“ n,ght m the houses of Europeans" steamer a, 
