with Descriptions of New Species of Anopheles. 379 



The only other unhanded legged Indian species related to it are 

 A. Listoni, Giles, A. culicifacies, Giles, and A. Turkhudi, Listen; the 

 first has the largest right costal area at the base of the wing and the 

 forked scales of the head mostly dark in the ? , and the ? palpi with 

 two narrow rings and a minute white tip. A. culicifacies has only 

 three pale fringe spots. 



A. Turkhudi differs in having the apex of the palpi black in the $> . 



A. Christophersi is abundant in the malarious district of Duars, and 

 is a prominent malaria bearer. 



Anopheles Turkhudi, Liston. 



A . culicifacies <$ . Giles. 



'Indian Med. Gazette,' December 1901, p. 441. 



" Thorax covered with white scales on a dark background, scales so 

 arranged as to show a median and two rather less distinct, lateral, 

 darker, longitudinal markings. Lateral aspects of the thorax covered 

 with brown scales, often tipped with white. Abdomen dark olive- 

 green colour, covered with many light yellow hairs. Legs dark scaled, 

 except for a few yellowish-white scales at the distal extremities of the 

 femora and tibiae. Proboscis dark, yellow at tip. Palpi with black 

 scaled tips, and with three white scaled bands on each ; wing with six 

 white scaled portions to the costa, one at the apex of the wing ; the 

 first long vein has five white areas corresponding with the five outer 

 white ones on the costa, in addition a small white interruption at the 

 position of the marginal transverse vein; fringe with pale interrup- 

 tions, except at the sixth vein. 



" Habitat. Ellichpur. Time of Capture. March and April." 

 Note. I have not seen this species. It is described by Captain 

 Liston, I. M.S., and seems clearly distinct. Unfortunately no measure- 

 ments are given in his paper. The figure given shows the tarsi 

 banded with narrow pale bands, thus differing from the description 

 in the text. The black -tipped palpi should easily enable the observer 

 to identify this Anopheles. (F. V. T.)* 



Anopheles culicifacies. (Giles.) $ . 

 A. Listoni. Giles. 

 A. Indica. Theobald. 



'Ento. Mo. Mag.' p. 197 (1901), Giles; ' Mono. Culicid.,' ii, 

 p. 309 (1901), Theobald. 



Thorax brown, darker at the sides ; abdomen brown, with deep 

 brown apical bands, slightly darker at the sides. Legs dark brown, 

 unbanded. Wings with four almost equal sized pale spots on the costal 



* Since this went to press, Capt. Liston has presented the types to the British 

 Museum. 



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