The Biology and Seasonal Cycle of Anopheles Farauti on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides1

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Abstract
Anopheles farauti Laveran, the sole anopheline occurring in the New Hebrides group, has been more commonly known in these islands as Anopheles punctulatus moluccensis until recently (Knight and Farner, 1944; Knight, Bohart and Bohart, 1944). This correction in nomenclature may replace the name moluccensis entirely, but since there is still some question as to the use of the name farauti for specimens from western New Guinea and the eastern Dutch East Indies, Knight and Farner hesitate to discard the name moluccensis entirely. For the present then, the name farauti is being used for those specimens, formerly known as moluccensis, from the New Hebrides, Banks Islands, Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, and eastern New Guinea. With this distribution and its high efficiency as a malarial vector, farauti is of prime importance in the malarial problem of troops now in this region.

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