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The larva is much like those of the other species of Anopheles. 

 In importance this species does not compare with the one which 

 follows, although recently King has shown that it is able to trans- 

 mit the malarial parasite. Le Prince has reported that it does not 



Fig. 60. Adult of the Mottled-Wing Anopheles. (After John B. Smith). 



I, female adult; 2, her palpus; 3, genitalia; 4, part of wing vein showing 

 scales; s, anterior and 6, middle claws of the male (all much enlarged). 



show the same fondness for entering houses that characterizes A. 

 quadrimaculatus . This species occurs throughout the state while 

 the disease of malaria occurs only in very limited areas. These 

 areas are always marked by a great abundance of A. quadrimacula- 



