VIII] SPECIES OF ANOPHELIN^: 8l 



Markings. Wings devoid of any pale spots (except A. crucians and 



A. eiseni). 

 Palps. Unhanded (except in A . smithii and faint bands 



in A. immaculatus). 

 Legs. Unornamented except for pale areas at tibio- 



femoral and tibio-tarsal joints. Tarsi unbanded. 

 Scale structure. Head scales expanded. No prothoracic tuft. No 

 scales on mesothorax or abdomen. Wing scales 

 moderately broad. 

 Species. 



A. maculipennis. Meigen. 



A. bifurcatus. Linnaeus. 



A. plumbeus. Haliday. 



A. algeriensis. Theobald. 



A. barianensis. James and Listen. 



A. barberi. Coquillet*. 



A. immaculatus. James. 



A. smithii. Theobald. 



A. eiseni. Coquillet. 



A. crucians. Wiedemann. 



* Ccelodiazesis barberi. Coquillet. 

 Synonymy. 



C. bifurcatus. Meigen 



A. quadrimaculatus. Say >^A. maculipennis. Meigen. 



A. annulimanus. Van der Wulp 



C. claviger. Fabricius \ =A. maculipennis. Meigen. 



A . grisescens. Stephens / or A . bifurcatus. Linn. 



A . atropos. Dyar and Knab "i 



A. occidental. Dyar and Knab/ = ? A ' maculipennis. Meigen. 



C. trifurcatus. Fabricius ^j 



A. villosus. Desvoidy ^ = A. bifurcatus. Linnaeus. 



A. walkeri. Theobald J 



A. nigripes. Staeger=^4. plumbeus. Haliday. 



A. ferruginosus. Wied.=^4. crucians. Wied (?). 



Differentiation of species. 

 V. Wings without pale spots on any of the veins. 



Dark spots at cross-veins and bifurcations . . A . maculipennis. 



Wings uniformly dark without any spots. 

 (i) Palps unbanded. 



Petiole of first forked cell more than length of cell. 

 Thorax with pale but not white streak anteriorly. 



Abdomen with yellow hairs . . . . A . bifurcatus. 



Abdomen with brown hairs . . . . A . algeriensis. 



Abdomen with black and white hairs . . A . barianensis. 



Thorax with white streak . . . . . . A . nigripes, 



Petiole of first forked cell length of cell . . A . barberi. 

 (ii) Palps banded. 



Banding indistinct, light mosquito .. .. A. immaculatus. 



Banding narrow but distinct, dark mosquito A. smithii. 



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