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the claws arc toothed (Fig. 12, b) and in others the 

 claws are not toothed (Fig. 12, a). 



Fig. 11. Heads of mosquitoes, showing relative length of palpi and proboscis, (a) Culi- 

 cine female; (b) male of either subclass; (c) Anopheline (malaria-bearing) female. 



The spotting of the wings is not a safe means for 

 dividing the Culicinse from the Anophelinae, although 



Fig. 12. Ungues or tarsal claws of mosquitoes, (a) Theobaldia, (b.) Anopheles, (c) Culex. 



all species except two or three species of Culicines have 

 clear wings, and all but a few Anopheline mosquitoes 



