374 Mr. F. V. Theobald. On the Culicidce of India, 



Anopheles barbirostris. (Van der Wulp.) 



' Leyden Museum Notes,' 6, p. 48, Van der Wulp ; ' Mono. 

 Culicid.,' 1, p. 146 (1901), Theobald. 



Thorax deep grey with slaty reflection, dark longitudinal lines and 

 minute black specks, with long scattered golden hair-like scales. Palpi 

 densely scaled, entirely black, palpi and scaled proboscis forming a very 

 prominent black projecting mass. Abdomen nearly black. Legs dark 

 brown, usually unbanded, but with sometimes narrow apical and basal 

 banding. Costa black, with two small yellow spots ; apical fringe 

 black, except between the second and third veins. Scales much more 

 robust than in A. sinensis and its sub-species. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Habitat. Calcutta ; Selangor ; Old Calabar (West Africa). 



Observations. This Malay and East Indian species, which has also 

 recently been found in India, can at once be told from the others of 

 this group by the entirely blqck palpi and the much broader wing 

 scales. Dr. Christophers sent me a note (undoubtedly concerning this 

 species) from Gopal Chunde Chatterpee, stating that in living specimens 

 the halteres are to be seen rythmically moving backwards and forwards, 

 and thus differing from sub-species nigerrimus, in which the halteres 

 are not so fully developed, and do not move about. 



Anopheles gigas. (Giles.) 



' Ento. Mo. Mag.,' p. 196, vol. 37, 1901, Giles ; ' Mono. 

 Culicid.,' 2, p. 308, 1901, Theobald. 



Thorax fawn coloured in the middle, dark brown on each side ; 

 abdomen dark brown ; palpi long and thin, deep brown ; legs dark 

 brown, with basal pale banding, especially to the hind legs, bases of 

 the legs pale, almost white. 



Wings with two large black spots on the costa and black patches on 

 the wing-field ; fringe pale where the veins join the border of the wings 

 except at the ends of the fifth vein, which have a pale patch between 

 them. 



Length. 6 to 7 mm. 



Habitat. Conoor, Nehilgerri Hills, India. 



Observations. The largest and handsomest Indian anopheles I have 

 seen. The two pronounced black costal spots should at once identify 

 it. Taken at an elevation of 6,000 feet. 



Anopheles metaboles. n. sp. 



Thorax brown, with frosty-grey scales in the middle, the brown 

 forming a broad line on each side. Abdomen deep brown with golden 



