INDIAN SPECIES OF ANOPHELES 231 



Early stages unknown. It is found at Barian in the Murree Hills 

 in the Punjab. Its habits are unknown. 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) immaculatus, Theobald and James. Palpi 

 with three whitish bands, basal ones narrow, apical band broad. 

 Thorax ash grey with a dark median line. Abdomen brown with 

 golden hairs. Legs brown, apices of tarsal joints with bands, best seen 

 in the hind tarsi. Costa without spots. Early stages and habits 

 unknown, and the male has not been recorded. It was found at Ennur 

 near Madras, by Stephens. 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) turkhudi, Listen. Palpi with three white 

 bands, apices black. Thorax brown with a median light rectangular area. 

 Abdomen olive green, with golden hairs ; legs brown with yellow 

 patches at the apices of the femora and tibiae. Costa with six black 

 spots, two situated near the base. Egg bullet-shaped, one end more 

 rounded than the other ; the upper surface with a rudimentary rim near 

 the rounded end ; floats entirely wanting. Larva with simple and 

 unbranched frontal hairs, and a posterior one on each side, unbranched 

 and projecting over the oral cavity between the frontal hairs ; palmate 

 hairs only present on the fourth to the seventh segments ; leaflet long, 

 spear-shaped, serrated, and without any free filament. The larva rests 

 at the surface of the water in a culex-\'\ke attitude. This species is 

 common in the Berars, Central Provinces, Kashmere, and in the Punjab. 

 It breeds chiefly in clear pools, especially in pools in dry river beds, 

 during the rains. It is not known to be a natural carrier of the parasites 

 of malaria, but it can be infected in the laboratory. 



Anopheles (Pyretophorus] jeyporiensis, James. Palpi with three white 

 bands ; the apical one, which includes the tip, is broader than the others. 

 Thorax with somewhat dark lines. Abdomen dark brown with golden 

 hairs. Legs dark, with very small clear white bands at all the joints. 

 Costa with six black spots, the basal one small. Egg unknown. Larva 

 with frontal hairs thickly branched, and a posterior one, also branched, 

 between them ; palmate hairs present on thorax and abdominal segments, 

 not unlike those of listoni but broader, with the filament much shorter. 

 It is found in the Jeypore Agency in the Madras Presidency, also in the 

 Central Provinces and in several parts of South India. The larvae 

 are usually found in streams, and in irrigation channels in rice fields. 



Anopheles (Pyretophonis) nigrifaciatus, Theobald. Palpi with three 

 white bands, the apices black. Thorax ash grey in the middle, and 

 brown at the sides. Abdomen brojvn with golden hairs. Legs brown, 

 unhanded. Costa with four large black spots and two smaller ones. 



