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Character Differences Between CULEX PIPIENS (Female) and CULEX 

 SANLINARIUS, Coq. (Female) 



Culc.r pipiens 



Proboscis: vestiture brown, pale 

 beneath, darker towards tip. 

 Scutellum : tuft of golden-brown 

 bristles on each lobe. 

 Abdomen: each segment except 

 the first with a basal transverse 

 band of yellowish or whitish 

 scales. 



Culcx salinarius 



Proboscis: vestiture black, pale 



beneath. 



Scutellum: group of black bristles 



on each lobe. 



Abdomen: transverse bands of 



yelloivish scales much narrower 



than in pipiens. 



Character Differences (Larval) Between ANOPHELES QUADRIMACU- 

 LATUS and ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS 



Anopheles quadrimacultaus 



Mandible : with 7 large branched 

 hairs on dorsal aspect in a group and 

 two smaller ones near them ; with 

 terminal dentition of 12 teeth, the 

 upper 3, projected bearing the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth on the lower declivity. 



Anopheles punctipennis 



Mandibles with 7 large branched 

 hairs on the dorsal aspect in a line, 

 two smaller ones near them ; with 

 terminal dentition of ii teeth, upper 

 third and fourth produced. 



