Interesting Experiment in Fiji

Big Mosquito To Eat

Little Ones

From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, April 2 A recent importation from Java is a colony of a variety of large mosquito, which has been found to prey upon the smaller mosquito which attacks humans. It is itself a non-blood eating insect.

This new mosquito was introduced by Mr. Paine, second entomologist of the Coconut Committee, who recently returned to Suva, after spending two years in research work in Java.

It will be a big step forward in the control of tropical diseases if this parasite proves a successful worker and rids the Colony of the insects which introduce so much discomfort and danger to life in the tropics. ... ===