Selected petroleum oil fractions, essential oils, pyrethrum, pyrethroids and commercial repellents were tested for area repellency in the laboratory against Aedes aegypti. A petroleum fraction with a high naphthalene content, citronellal, geraniol, allethrin, esbiol, D-trans-allethrin, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and mosquito beater exhibited the best area repellency of the materials tested and warrant continued laboratory tested and warrant continued laboratory testing. Mosquito beater, a commercially available area repellent with methylated naphthalenes, naphthalene, and petroleum distillate comprising approximately 30% of the active ingredients was the most effective material tested.