CHAP. XX. | 



INSECTS AND DISEAslv. 



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recognisable as a rule by theirspotted wings, long narrow abdomen, 

 alpi, and especially by their characteristic attitude when at 

 rest, when the head and bodj .ire held in an approximately straight 

 line, the head held down towards the resting-surfa ody held 



well away at a considerable angle from the resting-surface. lh< 

 Culicine mosquitos, on the contrary, may usually be distinguished 

 by their unspotted wings, short thick abdomen, short palpi and 

 resting attitude in which the head is bent down but the abdomen 

 held parallel with tin- re>tmg surface, so that the head and body 

 are not held in one plane. 



1 he following list includes most of the Anopheline mosquitos 

 known to occur in Southern India, those which have been incrimi- 

 nated as malaria-carriers under natural conditions being marked 

 with a, those capable ol infecting man with Filaria bancrofti being 

 marked J : — 



en held parallel with the resting surface. 



