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curved, narrower medially, bluntly pointed at tip; numerous spicules (minute 

 non-papillated hairs) present on basal third or basal half of dististyle; ter- 

 minal claw (Ds-C) is short, blunt. 



larva (Fig. 25). — Head: Inner clypeal hairs (2) sparsely feathered at 

 tip (sometimes simple), basal tubercles may or may not be separated by 

 more than the diameter of a single tubercle: outer clypeal (3) sparsely 

 branched (5 to 10 short branches on distal half); postclypeal (4) simple or 

 branched distally, reaching near base of inner clypeal hairs (2); frontal hairs 



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Fig. 25. Larva of Anopheles airopos Dyar and Knab. A, Thorax and 

 abdomen. B. Pecten. C, Head. D, Leaflets of palmate hair. 



