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  PEOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOITRTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  IMEETING 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  Indian 
  Province 
  proper, 
  including 
  all 
  India 
  east 
  of 
  Delhi 
  and 
  

  

  Kathiawar 
  to 
  the 
  Rajmahal 
  hills 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  Penhi- 
  

   sula 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Ganges, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  

   coast 
  and 
  including 
  north 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  Province, 
  including 
  areas 
  east 
  of 
  Calcutta. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Malabar 
  and 
  South 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  later 
  paper 
  Blanford 
  (^) 
  divides 
  India 
  into 
  19 
  sub-areas 
  grouped 
  

   under 
  five 
  main 
  provinces, 
  (1) 
  the 
  Indo-gangetic 
  plain, 
  (2) 
  the 
  Peninsula, 
  

   (3) 
  Ceylon, 
  (4) 
  the 
  Himalayan 
  area 
  and 
  (5) 
  Assam, 
  Burma 
  and 
  East 
  of 
  

   Bengal. 
  The 
  Peninsular 
  area 
  includes 
  5 
  of 
  the 
  sub-areas, 
  namely 
  

   (a) 
  Rajputana 
  and 
  Central 
  India, 
  (6) 
  the 
  Deccan 
  tract, 
  (c) 
  Bihar 
  and 
  

   Orissa 
  tract, 
  {d) 
  the 
  Carnatic 
  or 
  Madras 
  and 
  (e) 
  the 
  Malabar 
  Coast. 
  

   The 
  limits 
  of 
  these 
  areas 
  and 
  sub-areas 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  Map 
  1 
  (Plate 
  

   XXXVII). 
  

  

  in 
  regard 
  to 
  these 
  areas 
  the 
  Punjab 
  tract 
  is 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  Holarctic, 
  

   the 
  remaining 
  tracts 
  Oriental. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  feature 
  would 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  a 
  strong 
  Malayan 
  facies 
  in 
  those 
  parts 
  east 
  of 
  

   Calcutta 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  isolated 
  Malabar 
  tract 
  which 
  includes 
  also 
  Southern 
  

   Ceylon. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  some 
  extension 
  of 
  Malayan 
  affinities 
  to 
  the 
  Hima- 
  

   layan 
  area 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  Himalayan 
  tract. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  

   area 
  is 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  in 
  Southern 
  India 
  which 
  is 
  characterised 
  

   chiefly 
  by 
  lower 
  vertebrate 
  forms 
  and 
  is 
  termed 
  " 
  Dravidian." 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  for 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  mammals. 
  Considering 
  the 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  Anopheles, 
  at 
  first 
  quite 
  independently 
  of 
  these 
  results, 
  it 
  is 
  obvious 
  

   that 
  certain 
  quite 
  definite 
  distributional 
  sub-divisional 
  areas 
  exist 
  in 
  

   India 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  this 
  group. 
  To 
  give 
  precise 
  limits 
  to 
  these 
  areas 
  is 
  

   often 
  difficult 
  but 
  we 
  may 
  distinguish 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  The 
  Indo-Gangetic 
  area, 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  

   A. 
  calicifacies, 
  Giles. 
  

  

  A. 
  rossii, 
  Giles. 
  

   A. 
  juliginosiijS, 
  Giles. 
  

   ^. 
  stephensii, 
  Liston. 
  

   A. 
  sinensis, 
  Wied. 
  

   A. 
  hurhirostris, 
  Van 
  cler 
  Wulp. 
  

  

  (2) 
  The 
  Trans-Indus 
  area. 
  — 
  Whilst 
  this 
  area 
  has 
  a 
  rich 
  anopheline 
  

   fauna 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Indo-gangetic 
  area 
  as 
  well 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayan 
  

   area 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  later, 
  it 
  is 
  strikingly 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  nowhere 
  else 
  in 
  India. 
  This 
  character 
  

   applies 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  C^ulicidse 
  other 
  than 
  Anopheles, 
  so 
  that 
  whilst 
  this 
  

   area 
  might 
  be 
  considered 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Indo-gangetic 
  area 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  

   more 
  useful 
  to 
  treat 
  it 
  as 
  distinct. 
  Two 
  species 
  of 
  Anopheles 
  which 
  are 
  

   common 
  to 
  it, 
  A. 
  superpictas 
  and 
  A. 
  rJiodesicnsis, 
  are 
  found 
  here 
  

  

  