THE ANOPHELES OF KARWAR {NORTH KANARA). 331 



Antennas : with a ring of white scales at the base, and a tuft of white 

 scales at the apex of first segment, and many white scales on the rest 

 of same segment. 



Head : with a well marked crest composed of white scales, and long 

 white hairs. The forked scales are all black. 



Thorax : slate-grey, with many short, white, hair-like scales on the 

 dorsum. There are fairly well marked dorsal and dorso-lateral lines of 

 a dark colour, and two irregular-shaped black spots laterally in the 

 wing-plane. 



Pleurae. : with dull white decoration. 



Halteres : white-scaled, with a patch of black scales on the centre of 

 knob. 



Abdomen : slate coloured, bare, with only a few slender, curved 

 hairs. 



Legs : yellowish white articular bands on all tarsal joints, most 

 marked on the fore-legs and hind-legs. On the tilio-tarsal joint of 

 the hind-legs there is a very broad yellowish white band, 1/8 

 of the first tarsal joint, and 1/5 of the tibia participating. The 

 tibio-femoral articulation of the leg is white. All legs, with the 

 exception of their 3rd, 4th and 5th tarsal joints, are most elaborately 

 ringed and speckled with yellowish white scales. The tibia of the 

 fore-leg has a narrow apical white band. Coxse of all legs with many 

 white tufts. 



Wing : of the male is much lighter coloured than the female, es- 

 pecially towards the inner margin, the paleness being due to the mark- 

 ings being much less pronounced. In both sexes the 2nd transverse 

 vein is slightly external to the 3rd, and the 4th is much internal to both. 

 The wing fringe is black for the most part, and is light coloured at 

 the apex ; there are small light interruptions at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th (both 

 branches) and at the outer branch of 5th longitudinals. 



Length : 7 mm. including proboscis which is 2 mm. 



A. pundula- * s on ty mentioned by Giles in his second edition of 

 tus, Donitz, " Gnats and Mosquitoes " on pp. 287. 



The only specimens obtained were females caught in the bungalow 

 during the heavy rains from July to October. The imago very closely 

 resembles A. leucophjrus, var. A. elegans, but it differs from that species 

 in the markings on the palpi, and in not having the broad white band 

 on the tibio-tarsal articulations of the hind leg. ( For sketches, vide 

 Plate, figs. 3a and 3b.) 



