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species is found in Sylhet, Assam. Its larva has a stumpy appearance ; 

 the median frontal hairs are simple and widely separated; the external 

 ones are simple and very short, arising from papillae close to the bases 

 of the median hairs. Palmate hairs present on third to seventh seg- 

 ments ; leaflet of moderate length. 



MALAYAN AND PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF ANOPHELES 



Anopheles (Stethomyia) fragilis, Theobald. Palpi dark and without 

 bands. Thorax brown. Abdomen brown or almost black. Legs brown 

 and unbanded. Costa dark without spots. A small species found in 

 the jungles near Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States. It breeds in 

 jungle pools, and has a resting attitude like that of Culex. 



Anopheles (Myzorhynchus ; Patagiamyia) separatus, Leicester. Palpi 

 with three w y hite bands, the basal ones indistinct, the apical one includ- 

 ing the tip. Thorax brown. Abdomen brown. Legs brown with in- 

 distinct bands at first three tarsal joints. Costa with two small spots. 

 From Kuala Lumpur. 



Anopheles (Myzorhynchus) peditaeniatus, Leicester. From the Malay 

 States ; considered by James and Stanton to be a variety of sinensis 

 (see page 236). 



Anopheles (Myzorhynchus) minutus, Theobald. From the Malay 

 States and India, also considered by James and Listen to be a variety of 

 sinensis. 



Anopheles (Lophoscelomyia) asiaticus, Leicester. Palpi dark, un- 

 banded. Thorax brown. Abdomen greenish yellow. Legs brown 

 with a characteristic tuft of long scales at the joint between the hind 

 femora and tibiae. Costa with two well-marked yellow spots. From 

 Kuala Lumpur. 



Anopheles (Myzomyia) albirostris, Theobald. Palpi with two broad 

 yellowish white apical bands, and a much narrower one at the basal 

 third. Thorax slate grey in middle, brown at sides. Abdomen brown 

 with golden hairs. Legs brown with minute spots at the joints. 

 Costa of wing black with three almost equal yellow spots, and a very 

 small one near the base. From the Malay States. According to 

 James and Stanton, it is a common species on some of the rubber 

 plantations at Kuala Lumpur, where it has been found naturally 

 infected with the parasites of malaria. 



Anopheles (Myzorhynchus} albotaeniatus, Theobald. From the 

 Malayan Region. It is similar to albirostris but said to differ from it as 

 follows : the first segment of the hind tarsus has narrow white basal 



