Abstract
The mosquito, fed on an equicaloric amount of either sugar or blood, synthesizes a small amount of glycogen and a large amount of fat (triglycerides). The synthesis was not affected by removal of the corpora allata. When the medial neurosecretory cells were removed and the insects were fed on sugar, glycogen synthesis was greatly increased and fat synthesis greatly inhibited. This reversal of synthesis did not occur in blood-fed insects, from which the medial neurosecretory cells were removed. Utilization of glycogen and fat was not affected by removal of either the corpora allata or the medial neurosecretory cells.
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