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SOME SOI 111 INDIAN INSECTS, ETC. 



Besides the actual annoyance caused by the mosquitos to man 

 .mil other animals, they arc extremely common carriers of disease. 

 Malaria is carried solel) by various species of Anophclinc 

 mosquitos and other diseases may be carried by Culicines. For 

 characteristic differences in resting-attitudes of these mosquitos, 

 see figures 78 and 79. Anophelines are usually long and slender. 

 blackish in colour, with spotted wings. 



Control should aim al prevention rather than remedy and this 

 ma) be obtained by rendering water unsuitable for the breeding 

 of mosquitos, by methods such as screening, the use of larvicides, 

 fish, draining, etc. Screening of houses and beds by fine netting 

 and use of repellents are also indicated. The treatment of diseases 

 carried by mosquitos cannot be dealt with here. 



PSYCHODID^;. 



PHLEBOTOMUS MINUTUS, Rond. 



Phlebotomus minutus, Rondani, Ann. S.E. France (2), I. 263 (1843) ; 

 Annandale, Spol. Zeyl., VII, 203; Newstead, Hull. Ent. Res.. II. 62. 

 69-70, figs. 



Phlebotomus babu, Annand., Rec. bid. Mus., IV. 4<) 50, t. 4. f. 1. t. 

 6, ff. 3- 3 a - 



i [G '. - Phlebotomus minutus. l,Egg; 2, Larva; 3, Pupa; 4, Fly. All 



the i msiderably magnified, their natural sizes being indicated 



by tin smallei figures inside the dotted lines. (After Howlett.) 



Distribu Hon . — Trava ncore ; Coimbatore. Probably throughout 



the Plains of Southern India. 



Lifehistory. The eggs are laid singly or in small clusters in 

 damp places. The verj minute larva.' live in damp places (e.g., 



