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species, and in 16 per cent, sporozoites indistinguishable from 

 those of malaria were demonstrated. 



Pyretophorus cinereus Tlteohahi. 



Essential points in the markings of the female of this 

 species are thus described by Theobald (vol. i, p. 161, and 

 vol. iii, p. 78) : 



" Palpi quite straight, of nearly equal thickness throughout, 

 but slightly dilated at the base owing to long scales, dark 

 purplish brown, with four white rings, the last apical, the 

 three median ones involving both sides of the joints, apex 

 with a brush of golden bristles. 



" Legs very thin, deep black, coxa3 and trochanters very 

 pale yellowish white, greatly contrasted with the dark 

 femora ; apex of the femora and tibias with a pure white 

 spot, apices of the fore and hind metatarsi and tarsi with 

 minute yellow apical bands, which seem absent in the mid 

 legs ; last larval joint of all three pairs rather paler than the 

 rest, hind metatarsi longer than the tibiffi. 



" Wings with the costa black scaled, with three yellow 

 spots and yellow and black apical fringe ; the yellow spots 

 extend on to the first longitudinal, which has also yellow 

 scales at the base and a small spot in the middle, two small 

 ones on the upper branch of the first fork cell, one on 

 the lower branch and one at the base, the greater part of 

 the third vein pale with three black spots, two on the upper, 

 one on the lower branch of the second posterior cell, and one 

 at the base and another on the stem ; two black spots on 

 the upper and one on the lower branches of the fifth long 

 vein, one at the fork, and another black spot near the base of 

 the fifth vein ; the sixth mostly pale with three black spots ; 

 .... fringe yellow at the apex, with or without two small 

 dark spots, remainder brown, but the scales where the 

 branches of the fourth and fifth join the border somewhat 



paler. 



"Length, 5 to 5-2 nnn." 



