90 SPECIES OF ANOPHELIN^ [CH. 



B". Apical segment of female palps at least half length of 

 penultimate. Tarsi broadly banded. 



(a) Mesothorax not completely clothed with true scales. 



Group 8. 



(Psetidomyzomyia. Theobald^. Myzomyia. Blanchard. Type species, 

 Ps. rossii. Giles.) 

 General characters of group. 



Appearance. Light fawn to moderately dark species. Palps rather 



shaggy. 



Markings. Wings with hght areas much developed. Costa with 



four main dark spots. Third spot completely broken. 



Sixth vein with two dark spots. Fringe spots at all veins. 



Palps. Three light bands, the apical one including 



whole of last segment. 

 Legs. Tarsi banded. May be speckled. Tips of hind 

 tarsi not white. 

 Scale structure. Head scales expanded. No prothoracic tufts. 

 Mesothorax mostly with narrow hair-like scales. 

 Abdomen with some scales on last segment, 

 especially in male. 

 Species. 



A. rossii. Giles. 

 A. indefinata. Ludlow. 

 A. ludlowi. Theobald. 

 A. mangy ana. Banks. 

 Synonymy. 



A. mangy ana. Banks = (?)^. ludlowi. Theobald. 



A. vagus. 'D6n\tz = A. rossii. Giles. 



A. rossii var. indefinata. Ludlow = ^. indefinata. Ludlow. 



Differentiation of Species. 

 Legs not speckled. 



Apical palpal band very broad . . . . A. indefinata. 



Apical band not so broad . . . . . . A. rossii. 



Legs speckled. 



Large species . . . . . . . . A. ludlowi. 



Smaller species . . . . . . . . A. mangyana. 



(6) Mesothorax completely clothed with true scales. 

 Abdomen without lateral tufts. 

 Group g. Palps moderately shaggy only. Bifurcations of second and 

 fourth veins both sites of pale interruptions. Head scales as 

 in majority of Anophelines. 

 {Nyssorhynchus. Blanchard^.) 



1 Vide footnote to Group 6, on page 86. 



2 Here again there is confusion in the nomenclature. The type species of 

 Laverania Theobald ( = Nyssorhynchus Blanchard) is A. (Cellia) argyrotarsis. 

 The well-known group of so-called Nyssorhynchus, therefore, is incorrectly so 

 called. 



