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three white-scaled bands. Thorax and abdomen dark. Legs brown, 

 apices of metatarsi and tarsi with narrow pale bands. Costa with two 

 light spots at its apex. Italy and some other parts of Europe. 



Anopheles (Myzomyia) hispaniola, Theobald, and Anopheles (Pyre- 

 tophorus ?) superpictus, Grassi, from Spain and the neighbouring Islands, 

 and from Southern Europe, are described on pages 250 and 251. 



Anopheles (Pyretophorus) cardamatisi, Newstead and Carter. Palpi 

 long and thin, with three white bands, the apical one of which is the 

 broadest. Thorax greyish brown with whitish scales. Abdomen brown 

 with pale hairs. Legs brown with light markings at the joints. Costa 

 with six black spots, the three basal ones small. From Athens. 



NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF ANOPHELES 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) pimctipennis, Say. Palpi with two in- 

 distinct greyish bands, and apices sometimes grey. Thorax chestnut 

 brown. Abdomen brown with golden hairs. Legs brown, except 

 coxae, knees and tips of tibiae, which are yellowish. Costa black, 

 with two yellow spots, one at the apex and the other at the apical 

 third. This species is the winter anopheline of the United States. 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) perplexans, Ludlow. Palpi dark with 

 white tips. Thorax with a broad white median stripe, and covered 

 with white frost. Abdomen dark brown. Legs with extremities of 

 femora and tibiae yellowish. Costa with one small yellowish spot, 

 and a second one at its junction with the first longitudinal vein. 

 From Pennsylvania. 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) franciscanus, McCracken. Palpi with 

 three indistinct pale bands. Legs without any distinct bands. Costa 

 with two yellow spots. From California and Texas. 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) crucians, Wied. Palpi with three white 

 bands, the last one including the apex, which is silvery grey. Legs 

 brown, with tips of femora and tibiae yellowish. Costa with one 

 yellow spot. Widely distributed in North America, where it is a 

 common species. 



Anopheles (sensu restricto) barberi, Coquillett. This is the 'tree- 

 hole' anopheline of the United States; it commonly breeds in the 

 water which collects in hollow trees. Theobald thinks it is very 

 near the European bifurcatus (page 241). It is found in Maryland 

 and New Jersey. 



