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LARVA (Fig. 36). — Head: Inner clypeal hairs (2) simple, arising from 

 basal tubercles separated by less than the diameter of one of the tubercles; 

 outer clypeal hair (3) densely, dichotomously branched, fan-shaped; post- 

 clypeal hair (4) small, branched, rarely reaching preclypeus; frontal hairs 

 (5-7) large, plumose; sutural (8) and trans-sutural (9) usually 5- to 7- 

 branched (trans-sutural rarely reaching beyond base of outer frontal hair) . 

 Antenna spinose; terminal hair (10) with several branches, longer than the 

 sabres; antennal tuft (11) inserted at basal third of shaft, several-branched. 



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Fig. 36. Larva of Anopheles punctipennis (Say). A, Head and thorax. 

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



