290 GNATS OR MOSQUITOES — CHAPTER XII 



7. A. fiiliginosus, Giles. Costa black with three small white 



spots ; wings very dark ; frinj^e at apex black.' 



8. An. Jamcfiii, Theob. Costa black, with 5 obvious white 



interruptions, besides smaller dots ; 3rd and 4th mid tarsi 

 banded ; ant. 1st tarsal banded in middle ; fringe at apex 

 yellow. 



/3. With tlie last 2 hind tarsal joints all white. 



9. An. Tlieohaldi, sp. n. Costa black with 5 obvious small 



white spots and an apical spot. Long veins with less white 

 on them than in An. Jamesii. 



y. With 3 last hind tarsal jomts white but for a muiute black 

 band on the last. 



10. An. ahlipes, Theob. Closely, otherwise resembles .4??. argy- 



rotarsis, Desv., but has cross veins of the <? , 2 || 3, 4 

 internal. 



5. With the terminal joint only of the hind tarsi all white. 



11. An. maculatus, Theob. With 3 small white spots on the 



black costa, and 2 basal dots. Thorax, black with indistinct 

 lines of white scales. Femora and tibi« banded and spotted. 

 Abdomen with lateral tufts. 



12. An. Pharcensis, Theob. Wings with the j-ellow costa inter- 



rupted by 3 black spots, tlie middle most conspicuous. 

 Thorax pale, with median dark line and yellow lateral 

 scales. Tibife maculated. Abdomen yellow-scaled, with 

 lateral dark t^^fts. 



13. An. Pharcensis, var. alhofinihriatus , var. n. Wings with 



the costa and its apex straw-coloured, with 4 distinct black 

 spots in addition to 2 basal dots, and the entii'e internal 

 fringe iiale. 

 r. Last hind tarsal joints white tipped, but dark at the base. 



14. An. Lutzii, Theob. Wings with 3 small white interruptions 



of the black costa, 2 near the apex, the 3rd close to base. 

 Thorax black, with white-scaled adornment. First fore 

 tarsal joint with basal, apical, and middle white rings. 

 Femora and tibiie unhanded. 



15. An. tesselatns, Theoh. Wing with the costa black, includmg 



the apex, but the absolute base white, with 2 obvious spots 

 far out, and 5 white dots in two groups, more towards the 

 base. Thorax scaly, adorned with curious, tesselatcd mark- 

 ings. Femora and tibiai banded and mottled. 



il. Witli some or all the tarsal joints apicallj' lighter banded, but 

 with the last joints dark at the apex. 



16. .47!. sinensis, Wied. With 2 small ferruginous spots on the 



dark costa, one sub-apical, the other a little in front of the 



Includes Mr. Theobold's variety Pallidus. 



