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  and 
  nowhere 
  else 
  in 
  India. 
  Two 
  other 
  species, 
  A. 
  pidchernmus 
  and 
  

   A. 
  turkkudi, 
  though 
  their 
  distribution 
  extends 
  beyond 
  the 
  Trans- 
  

   Indus 
  tract, 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  here 
  than 
  elsewhere 
  and 
  are 
  species 
  

   whose 
  main 
  distributional 
  area 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  of 
  India. 
  A. 
  super'picius 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  a 
  belt 
  stretching 
  from 
  North 
  Africa 
  and 
  South 
  Europe 
  through 
  

   the 
  Caspian 
  area 
  and 
  Turkestan 
  to 
  the 
  Quetta 
  hills. 
  A. 
  iurkhudi 
  has^a 
  

   distribution 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  described 
  as 
  Saharan. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  North- 
  

   Western 
  India 
  and 
  the 
  Deccan, 
  being 
  unknown 
  in 
  the 
  east. 
  A. 
  pulcher- 
  

   rimus 
  is 
  the 
  dominant 
  anophehne 
  of 
  Mesopotamia 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  

   the 
  Oxus. 
  Its 
  Indian 
  home 
  is 
  the 
  Indus 
  plain 
  though 
  it 
  occurs 
  sparnigly 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  United 
  Provinces. 
  A 
  . 
  rhodesiensis 
  is 
  an 
  African 
  species 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  Arabia. 
  Any 
  collection 
  of 
  mosquitos 
  from 
  the 
  Trans-Indus 
  is 
  

   generally 
  easily 
  to 
  be 
  located 
  by 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  features. 
  

  

  (3) 
  The 
  Malabar 
  area. 
  This 
  region 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  conspicuous 
  one, 
  

   From 
  somewhere 
  north 
  of 
  Bombay 
  down 
  the 
  South-Western 
  Coast 
  is 
  

   encountered 
  a 
  complexus 
  of 
  species 
  in 
  striking 
  contrast 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indo-gangetic 
  area. 
  Characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  occurrence 
  

   of 
  A. 
  jamesii, 
  A. 
  karwari, 
  A. 
  jmnctulata, 
  A. 
  aitkeni, 
  and 
  A. 
  jeyforiensis. 
  

   In 
  this 
  area 
  is 
  found 
  the 
  tree-breeding 
  species, 
  A. 
  culiciformis, 
  Cogill, 
  

   unrecorded 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  (4) 
  The 
  Peninsular 
  area. 
  Regarding 
  this 
  area 
  we 
  require 
  far 
  more 
  

   detailed 
  information. 
  For 
  the 
  present 
  we 
  may 
  treat 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  single 
  

   area 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  clearly 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  degree 
  composite. 
  On 
  the 
  west 
  

   it 
  merges 
  gradually 
  into 
  the 
  Malabar 
  area 
  and 
  its 
  common 
  species 
  are 
  

   largely 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Indo-gangetic 
  area. 
  On 
  the 
  coast 
  are 
  conditions 
  

   suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  Assam 
  and 
  Burmese 
  areas, 
  e.(/., 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   A. 
  minimus, 
  A. 
  vagus, 
  A. 
  leucosfhmas 
  and 
  A. 
  ludlowi. 
  

  

  Regarding 
  Ceylon 
  there 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  particularly 
  distinct 
  

   anopheline 
  fauna 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  best 
  I 
  think 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   included 
  in 
  the 
  Malabar 
  area. 
  From 
  it 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  :— 
  

  

  A. 
  rossii, 
  Giles. 
  A. 
  Juliginoms, 
  Giles. 
  A. 
  minimum, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  A. 
  vagus, 
  Don. 
  A., 
  maculatus, 
  Theo. 
  A. 
  asiatka, 
  Leic. 
  

  

  A. 
  ludlowi, 
  Theo. 
  A. 
  karwari, 
  James. 
  A. 
  sinensis, 
  Wied. 
  

  

  A. 
  tesselatus, 
  Theo. 
  A. 
  culiciSacies, 
  Giles. 
  A. 
  pediKxniatus, 
  Leic. 
  

  

  A. 
  jamesii, 
  Theo. 
  A. 
  listoni. 
  Listen. 
  A. 
  barbirosfris, 
  V. 
  d. 
  W. 
  

  

  (5) 
  The 
  Assam-Burma 
  area. 
  From 
  about 
  east 
  of 
  Calcutta 
  the 
  

   Indo-Gangetic 
  fauna 
  shows 
  a 
  marked 
  change 
  approximating 
  to 
  that 
  

   already 
  noted 
  for 
  the 
  Malabar 
  area. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  A. 
  rossii, 
  Giles, 
  of 
  

   more 
  westerly 
  regions, 
  occurs 
  also 
  the 
  eastern 
  A. 
  vagus, 
  Don. 
  There 
  is 
  

   also 
  an 
  eastern 
  species 
  so 
  far 
  unrecorded 
  from 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  India, 
  wz., 
  

   A. 
  kochi, 
  Don., 
  very 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  Malayan 
  fauna 
  further 
  east. 
  ^ 
  

  

  (6) 
  Of 
  great 
  interest 
  is 
  the 
  Himalayan 
  area. 
  The 
  characteristic 
  

   species 
  are 
  A. 
  gigas 
  and 
  A. 
  lindesayi. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  

  

  