94 SPECIES OF ANOPHELIN.E [CH. 



General characters of group. 



Markings. Costa with four main dark spots. Fringe spots at all 



veins. 



Palps. With four light bands. 

 Legs. Ornamented. 



Scale structure. Head scales expanded. Prothorax may have a few 

 scales or a tuft. Mesothorax covered with scales. 

 Abdomen with scales and lateral scale tufts. 

 Species, 



A. argyrotarsis. Desvoidy. A. pharoensis var. alba. Ventrillon. 



A. albimanus. Wied. A. bigotii. Theobald. 



A. jacobi. Hill and Haydon. A. gorgasi. Dyar and Knab. 



A. cincta. Newstead and Carter. A. squamosa. Theobald. 



A. pulcherrima. Theobald. A . squamosa var. arnoldi. Newstead 



A. pharoensis. Theobald. and Carter. 



Synonymy. 

 A. albipes. Theobald ^ 



A . cubensis. Agramonte ' , . 



. ~r _ .,. y = A. albimanus. Wied. 

 A. tarsi-maculatus. Goeldi f 



A. argyrotarsis. Theobald j 



A. albitarsis. Arribalzaga=vl. argyrotarsis. Desvoidy. 

 A. albofimbriata. Giles = ^4. pharoensis. Theobald. 

 A. bozasi. Neveu-Lemaire = ( ? ) A . pharoensis. Theobald. 

 A. braziliensis. Chagas = ( ? ) ^4 . argyrotarsis. Desvoidy. 

 A. punctipennis. Bigot. MSS.=^4. bigotii. Theobald. 



A. squamosa arnoldi. Stephens and Christophers = A. squamosa var. arnoldi. 

 Stephens and Christophers. 



Differentiation of species. 

 Tips of all legs pale. 



Metatarsus with distinct bands . . . . . . A . cincta. 



Metatarsus with flecks of white only . . . . . . A . jacobi. 



Tips of hind-legs only pale. 



(a) Three segments of hind tarsus altogether white. 



Apex of abdomen dark .. .. .. ..A. argyrotarsis. 



Apex of abdomen whitish grey .'. .. .. A. braziliensis. 



(b) Three segments of hind tarsus white except for 



small dark band on last segment .. .. A. albimanus. 



(c) One segment only of hind tarsus white. 



Femora and tibiae mottled .> . . . . A . pharoensis. 



Femora and tibiae not mottled . . . . A . bigotii. 



Tips of hind-legs not pale . . . . . . . . ..A. squamosa. 



C. Neoanopheles. 



Costa with four main dark spots. Sixth vein with more 

 than three dark spots. Junctions of cross-veins with longi- 

 tudinal veins and bifurcations of second and fourth veins the 

 seat of pale interruptions. 



