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separate tubes for every house and so the findings of several
houses were pooled into one tube.
From these samples 6,511 adult mosquitoes were bred
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mosquitoes is not finished yet but it is fairly safe to say
that with one exception, no Stegomyia fasciata were found.
The predominating mosquito is Stegomyia Scutellaris which
can be found nearly everywhere; Culex fatigans and various
other culicines form a small percentage, but the exact
proportions are in the course of being worked out,
As far as the investigation has gone, it is evident
that Stegomyia Scutellaris is the common mosquito in the
houses and backyards of the City of Victoria and that for
all practical purposes Stegomyia fasciata does not exist.
of course the work is being continued but after a year's
search I cannot consider it probable that Stegomyia fasciata
exists to any appreciable extent in HongKong. The only
specimen found was taken from Jervois Street and though this
area was repeatedly searched, no further specimens have been
obtained.
If further experience confirms the results of the
year's work already done, a very curious position will be displayed. Stegomyia fasciata is recorded by Theobald as
From all of common in Japan, the Philippines and Singapore.
these places, ships are constantly coming to HongKong and
as Stegomyia fasciata is said to be a good traveller on ships and it would appear that it must frequently have been brought
here.
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