THE MALARIAL MOSQUITO 113 



Anoplieles (Myzorhynchus) maurilanus. 

 ,, ,, paludis. 



IN AUSTRALIA. 



Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) annulipes. 



IN NORTH AMERICA. 



Anopheles maculipennis. 

 ,, bifurcatus. 



IN TROPICAL AMERICA. 



Anopheles (Myzomyia) lutzii. 



,, (" CelHa ") argyrotarsus. 



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IN THE UNITED STATES (Von Ezdorf). 

 Anopheles allumanus. 



,, argyrotarsus. 



,, crucians. 



,, intermedium. 



,, quadrimaculatus. 



,, pseudomaculipes. 



,, pseudomaculipennis. 



,, tarsimaculata. 



The following species are known to carry the larvcs of Filaria 

 bancrofti : — 



Anopheles maculipennis. 



,, (Myzomyia) rossii. 



,, (Myzorhvnchus) nigerrimus. 



,, ,, mmutus. 



,, (Mvzomyia) funes(us. 



(" Pyretophorus ") costalis. ' The Malarial parasite also. 

 ,, {" Cellia ") argyrotarsus. ) 



SUMMARY OF FACTS RELATING TO THE ANOPHELES 



{ai'0)(f)6\i']s =^ unprofitable, harmful). 



CULICIDiE. 



Adults. — The head is small, hemispherical, has a distinct neck, 

 brown cheeks covered with scales, used for differentiation of species. 



Eyes reniform ; no coelli. 



Antennae long, slender, 14-15 segments, first globose; others carry 

 whorls of hairs, wispy in female, thick and bottle-brush-like in male. 



Labium, in the majority, is long and slender, covered with scales ; 

 ends in pair of small stiflfish labella, bent when piercing. 



Maxillary palps, covered with scales, show specific and sexual 

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