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Another variety nagpori, James and Listen, is found in the Central 

 Provinces and in the Punjab. The palpi are black tipped, and two 

 and one-third tarsal segments of the hind leg are white. 



Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) jamesi, Theobald. Palpi black with 

 three white bands, the apical band including the tip, and broader than 

 the others. Thorax black, clothed with short white scales. Abdomen 

 black with whitish scales. Legs light brown and speckled, four tarsal 

 bands on fore and mid legs ; in hind legs last three tarsal seg- 

 ments pure white. Costa with six black spots, the two basal ones 

 being small. Larva with branched frontal hairs. Palmate hairs on 

 the first to the 'seventh abdominal segments, rudimentary ones on the 

 thorax. This species is common in Bengal, Central Provinces, and 

 in parts of South India ; it is occasionally seen in Madras City. 



Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) maculipalpis, James and Listen. Palpi 

 black, with three white bands, and specks of white between them. 

 Thorax black, clothed with white scales. Abdomen dark with a 

 white sheen. Legs black, spotted all over, the last three and a part 

 of the second hind tarsi pure white. Costa with four black spots, 

 and two smaller ones near the base. Egg with a narrow rim, floats 

 arising from it, but not altering its contour. Larva with frontal 

 hairs thickly branched. Palmate hairs or the thorax as well as the 

 abdominal segments ; leaflets moderately long with a medium-sized 

 pointed filament. This species is found in the Central Provinces, 

 Bombay Presidency, South India, and at Drosh in Chitral. 



Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) theobaldi, Giles. Palpi with three white 

 bands, the apical one including the tip, the basal band very narrow. 

 Thorax black, with cream coloured scales and white hairs. Abdomen 

 black with white hairs. Legs dark and much speckled, last two 

 segments of hind tarsi pure white. Costa with six black spots, the 

 basal one small. Larva with slightly branched frontal hairs. Palmate 

 hairs rudimentary on the thorax but present on all abdominal segments ; 

 leaflet moderately long, filament very short and blunt. This species 

 is found in the Berars, Central Provinces, Jeypore State, and Karwar 

 in the Bombay Presidency. It breeds in streams. 



Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) karwari, James. Palpi with four white 

 bands, the apical one including the tip. Thorax dark, almost black, 

 with snowy white scales. Abdomen black with golden scales. Legs 

 dark without any speckling, except on the fourth and fifth tarsal 

 segments of. the fore and mid legs ; all the others have distal white 

 bands; the tibiae and all the tarsal segments of the hind legs have 

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