igio.] S. P. James : The Indian Anophelinse. 99 



Indian species in the genus is lindesayi, Giles. The distinguish- 

 ing generic characters are shown in Plate ix, fig. 3. 



Genus ^. PYRETOPHORUvS, Blanchard. Abdomen with hairs 

 but without scales of any kind. Thorax and scutellum with moder- 

 ately broad, rather short, true scales some of which are blunt ended 

 (ob-lanceolate). Prothoracic lobes with hairs and sometimes with tivo 

 or three scales scattered irregularly , but always without a bunch or 

 tuft of scales. Upright forked cephalic scales of the usual broadlv 

 expanding type. 



Type example of the genus: palestinensis. Theobald.' The 

 generic characters are shown in Plate ix, fig. 4. 



I place the following species in the genus : — 



elegans, James. 

 jeyporiensis, James. 

 nigrifasciaius, Theobald.* 

 nursei, Theobald.* 

 punctulata, James and Liston.* 



I now take up the arrangement of the species which have 

 scales on some part or the whole of the abdomen. Omitting 

 certain varieties and doubtful forms they number 19 in all. At 

 present 17 of these species are usually classified in Mr. Theobald's 

 genera as follows : — 



In the genus Nyssorhynchus: maculatus, Theobald. 



fuliginosus, Giles. 



jaincsi, Theobald. 



theobaldi, Giles. 



maculipalpis, James and Liston. 



karwari, James. 



stephensi, I^iston. 



willmori, James. 

 In the ^QWMs Myzorhynchus : barbirostris , Van der Wulp. 



sinensis, Wiedmann. 



nigerrimus , James and Liston, 



nigerrimus, Giles. 

 In the genus Cellia : pulcherrima, Theobald. 



1 1 name palestinensis as my type species because Mr. Theobald on page 71 

 of vol. iii of his monograph has figured the thoracic scales of this species The 

 figure shows quite broad true scales some of which are blunt ended, and on page 

 74 Mr. Theobald says that these scales " of quite a different structure to tlie 

 narrow hair like scales on turkhiidi, clearly relegate it to the genus Pyretophoiiis.' ' 

 According to my view a simple definition of the generic characters of Pyretopliorn<i 

 would be " with Nyssorhynchuslike thoracic scales but with no scales on the 

 abdomen. " Costalis, which I have not examined, is sometimes named as the type 

 species of tho genus, but if its thoracic scales do not correspond to this simple 

 definition I should remove it. 



