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B. Tips of hind tarsi not white. 

 Apical band of palps only broad. 

 First tarsus not spotted. 

 Fringe spots narrow. 



Femur speckled .. .. .. ..A. costalis. 



Femur not speckled .. .. .. ..A. pseudocostalis. 



Fringe spots broad . . . . . . . . A. merus. 



First tarsus spotted .. .. .. ..A. ardensis. 



Two palpal bands broad. 



A few scales on abdomen . . . . . . A. marshallii. 



Many scales on abdomen . . . . . . . . A. stephensi. 



Group lo. Palps markedly shaggy. Bifurcations of second and fourth 

 veins (one or both) dark scaled. Head scales flattened. 

 {Myzorhynchella. Theobald. Type species M. nigra. Theobald.) 

 General characters of group. 



Appearance. Black species. Palps shaggy. 



Markings. Costa with four main dark spots, the light interruptions 

 in some cases bridged by dark on first longitudinal. 

 Palps. Unhanded or with four bands. 

 Legs. Maj?^ be ornamented. 

 Scale structure. Head scales flattish. Prothoracic tuft present. 

 Mesothorax scaled. Abdomen free from scales. 

 Species. 



A. nigra. Theobald. 

 A. lutzi^. Cruz. 

 A. parva. Chagas. 

 A. nigritarsis. Chagas. 

 A. tihiomaculata. Neiva. 

 A. gilesa. Neiva. 



(c) Abdomen with lateral scale tufts. 

 Group II. 



(Cellia. Theobald. Type species A. pharoensis. Theobald.) 





Fig. 39. Anopheles (Cellia) pulcherrimus. (Group 11.) 

 ^ There are three species of A . lutzi, of which A . {Myzomyia) lutzi Theobald 

 was first so named. A. [Myzorhynchella) lutzi Cruz, therefore, requires 

 reaaming if generic distinctions between the AnopheUnae are dropped. 



