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Distribution.— Essentia-Wy an Ethiopian species, througnout which region it is 

 abundant. I only inchide it among the Palaearctic species on the strength of a 

 single female in the Paris Museum captured in Algeria (locaHty not noted) by 

 M. E. Roubaud. It does not appear to have been recorded from Egypt, though 

 there seems no reason why it should not spread there from the south. 



14. Anopheles (Myzomyia) rhodesiensis, Theo. (fig. 2, j). 

 Anopheles rhodesiensis, Theobald, Mon. Cul. i, p. 184 (1901). 

 Anopheles d'thali, Patton, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xvi, p. 627 (1905). 



This species could not be confused with any other in the Palaearctic fauna, 

 although the darkest varieties of the African A . fiinestus approach it rather closely. 

 A detailed description nas been given by Christophers (1915), who records it from 

 Arabia, Baluchistan and Ouetta. Its occurrence in Baluchistan is the only reason 

 for including it in this paper. It occurs also in widely separated parts of tropical 

 Africa. 



15. Anopheles ( Myzomyia) superpictus, Grassi (fig. 3). 



Anopheles superpictus, Grassi, Reale Accad. Lincei., p. 78 (1900). 



Pvretophorus palestinensis, Theobald, Mon. Cul. iii, p. 71 (1903). 



Pyretophorus nursei, Theobald, Mon. Cul. iv, p. 66 (1907). 



Pyretophorus cardamitisi, Newstead & Carter, Ann. Trop. Med. iv, p. 379 (1910). 



Anopheles superpictus var. macedoniensis, Cot & Hovasse, Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 

 X, p. 890 (1917). 



Distinguished from the nearly allied A. multicolor by the broad white tips to the 

 female palpi. In both species the scutum bears distinct scales, at least at the sides. 

 The wing markings of A. superpictus are very variable, the pale costal spots being 

 sometimes much reduced. According to Ficalbi the tarsi are faintly ringed with 



Fig. 3. Larva of Anopheles superpictus, Grassi: a, palmate tuft; b, mentum. 



pale at the joints, when viewed through a lens. This is certainly true of a few of the 

 specimens I have examined, but the majority have the tarsi entirely dark. I think, 

 however, that there is no doubt that A. superpictus and A. palestinensis are the 

 same species. 



