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7796 APRIL
1915
Report on Work (other than routine work) done in the
Bacteriological Institute during the six
months July 1st. to December
31st. 1913.
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REC REGE 6 MAR 14
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The investigation of the mosquitoes in Hongkong mention-
-ed in my last report of the 20th. August, 1913, has been continu-
-ed and another year's work will be required before it is complet-
-ed.
described.
The method of carrying out this work has already been
Up to dete 4,171 different samples of larvae have been
collected and from these samples 12,763 mosquitoes have been bred and pinned.
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After being arranged and classified as far as practicable
5,736 of these specimens have been forwarded to the Director of
the Imperial Bureau of Entomology British Museum (Natural Histo-
-ry) and the remaining 7,027 specimens are being got ready as quickly as possible for forwarding.
As these mosquitoes will be finally classified in the
British Museum, it is unnecessary for me to give my provisional
classification at this stage.
As regards the collection of larvae, the arrangements
made for larvae other than Stegomyia appear to me to be satis-
-factory. It is only a matter of time till a representative
collection will be got together.
The Stegomyia collections on the other hand is quite
unsatisfactory and some other arrangements will have to be made if
that part of the investigation is to be thoroughly carried out.
At present 2 separate samples of Stegomyia fasciata have been found widely separated from each other in the City of Victoris
All the other samples of Stegomyia are apparently Stegomyia
Scutellaris but confirmation on this point will be supplied by the
Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology in due course.
If
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