Fiji's New Mosquito

IT was officially reported recently, in Fiji, that the Mosquito Inspector, Mr. D. W. Amos, in carrying out a survey of the Nadi area, had discovered a new addition to the list of Fiji mos quitoes as recorded by Paine. (The spe cies was Taeniorrhyachus (Mansonioides) Uniformis.) The larvae of this mosquito (in com mon with Mansonia) are difficult to find because they do not come to the surface to breathe, but obtain their oxygen by piercing the roots of aquatic plants. The adult mosquitoes are vicious biters. The question whether this mosquito is a new comer is important, and investigations will be made to see if it can be found in streams distant from Nadi.