Indies in greatest abundance. In Europe it is found in Southern 
Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece, pratically all around the 
Mediterranean and its islands. It occurs in North, East and West 
Africa and to some extent inland, occurring well up into the 
Sudan and in the Transvaal. It also occurs in Ceylon, India, and 
the Malay ports; along the Chinese littoral to Japan, through the 
East Indies to Australia and in nearly all oceanic islands. 
It is almost exclusively a domestic Insect and breeds in small 
artificial collections of water, such as collects in old tins, jars, 
bottles, small pools, gutters and cisterns. 
Its distribution is undoubtedly due to artificial agencies, having 
been spread by means of ships and trains and river steamers. 
This must have taken place a long time ago, the larvæ living in 
the tanks of water carried on sailing ships just as it is known to do 
now on the Nile steamers. 
Its distribution is very important to stud) 7 , especially in the East, 
owing to the opening of the Panama Canal in the near future and 
the more direct route from the yellow fever area to the East. (Vol. II, 
riémoires, p. 145.) 
M. F. M. HowLETT.(Pusa) : 
The possibility of Yellow Fever Mosquitos being carried long 
distances by train is illustrated by the occasional prevalence of 
Stegomyia scutellaris under the seats of railway carriages in India. 
The eggs of 5 . scutellaris also possess great vitality (like those 
of A. fasciata) and have been observed to hatch out in a strong 
solution of formaldehyde in which I had preserved them. 
Le D r G. B. Longstaff (London) remarked that numbers of 
Insects, especially small Diptera, are attracted by the lights of 
the railway carriages and may settle down and be carried long 
distances. 
M. F. Lahille (Buenos-Ayres) : 
Stegomyia fasciata est un des moustiques les plus communs de 
Buenos-Ayres. Il ne paraît pas exister dans le sud de la province 
du même nom. Je ne l’ai jamais observé dans les provinces et terri¬ 
toires subindiens. Cette espèce paraît localisée le long des rives des 
deux grands fleuves : le Rio Parana et le Rio Uruguay. 
