Various organs of 400 female adults Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann (Shanghai strain) were analysed by two dimensional gel electrophoresis to study the polypeptide patterns which revealed that salivary glands had 12, middle intestine 40, ovary 15, haemolymph 58 while surplus parts had only five polypeptide spots. The whole adult female mosquito had 78, being the largest number of spots. The molecular weights and the pH values of these polypeptides were determined. It also discerned a preponderance of acidic proteins in various organs of the mosquitoes. Since impact of an insecticide is affected by pH of the organs of the insect, these results may have importance in the search for new insecticides.

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Key Words : Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann (Shanghai strain), haemolymph, molecular weights, polypeptide patterns, salivary glands, two dimensional gel electrophoresis

1. Accepted 6.5.1991.

2. Nanjing Medical College, Nanjing, People's Republic of China 210029

3. Army Medical Research Institute of Nanjing, Military Region, Nanjing, People's Republic of China 210005

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Kibwezi is the second anthropohilic cytotype to be chromosomally identified among the thirteen in Simulium damnosum sensu lato found in Tanzania. From laboratory studies, it is the first to incriminated as a potential vector of Onchocerca volvulus. 87.5 per cent of blood fed anthropophilic S. damnosum s.l. females collected off an onchocerciasis infected patient also sucked O. volvulus microfilariae with the blood. Live infective stage of O. volvulus larvae were found in females of Kibwezi cytotype of the S. damnosum s.l. nine or more days of post infection.

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Key Words : Anthropophilic, Kibwezi cytotype, microfilariae, Onchocerca volvulus, Simulium damnosum sensu lato

1. Accepted on 18.5.1991.

2. Medical Research Scientist, National Institute for Medical Research, Amani Medical Research Centre, P.O. Box 4, Amani, Tanzania.

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Key Words : base line susceptibility, Chlorphoxim, DDT, Simulium damnosum Kisiwani cytotype, Tanga, Tanzania, Temephos

1. Accepted on 18.5.1991.

2. Medical Research Scientist, National Institute for Medical Research, Amani Medical Research Centre, P.O. Box 4, Amani, Tanzania.

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For the first time the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens Lin., (Diptera : stratiomyidae), has been recorded in Kumaon hills of Almorah district of central Himalaya at an altitude of 1671 m. Both larvae and adults of this insect damage the poultry manure.

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Key Words : Almorah district, Black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens Lin., (Diptera : stratiomyidae), Himalaya, Kumaon hills

1. Accepted on 26.10.1991.

2. Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory, Panda Pithoragarh 262501, India.

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A detailed account of the journal The Annals of Medical Entomology was born is given. It is non profit combined cooperative effort of the authors, editors, subscribers and others to serve the medical entomologists of the world in the earlier publication of their papers. The Annals is mainly devoted to the publication of original research papers on all aspects of medical entomology including ticks, mites, spiders, scorpions etc., that transmit diseases and toxins to man and animals. The Annals will also publish main articles, research notes and book reviews.

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Key Words : Authors, combined cooperative effort, editors, medical entomology, medical entomologists, mites, original research papers, scorpions, spiders, subscribers, The Annals of Medical Entomology, ticks

1. Accepted on 25.11.1991.

2. Chief Editor, The Annals of Medical Entomology, Post Box No. 62, G. P. O., Raipur (M.P.) 492001, India.

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A detailed account of how a museum of literature on arthropods and arthropod borne diseases is established in India through a combined cooperative efforts of all medical entomologists of the world by securing a reprint each of their published papers in this field. This museum will maintain a bibliography of collection and a mailing list for usage of the members and shall provide photocopies of the papers to the needy scientists. So far over 10,000 reprints have been received. The collection is going on.

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Key Words : Arthropods and arthropod borne diseases, authors, combined cooperative effort, editors, Literature Museum, medical entomology, medical entomologists, mites, reprint , scorpions, spiders, The Annals of Medical Entomology, ticks

1. Accepted on 25.11.1991.

2. Chief Editor, The Annals of Medical Entomology, Post Box No. 62, G. P. O., Raipur (M.P.) 492001, India.