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GENUS ANOPHELES 



Wings unspotted or slightly spotted. Mostly 

 belong to temperate climes or hill districts. 



a. Wings spotted, legs unbanded, costa unspotted. 



1. A. maculipennis* . Wing field four spots. 

 Palpi, unhanded. Europe and North America. 



2. A. crucians. White spots on dark veins. 

 Three dark spots on sixth vein. Tarsi unhanded ; 

 palpi three white bands. North America. 



3. A. eiseni. Apical fourth of hind tibiae 

 yellowish. Sixth vein wholly black. Guatemala. 



aa. Wings spotted, legs unbanded, costa spotted. 



4. A. punctipennis. Costa, characteristic yellow 

 spot near apical fourth of wing fringe ; no spots. 

 North America. 



5. A. pseudopunctipennis. Wings as in previous 

 species but wing fringe with several yellow spots ; 

 (?) a distinct species. North America. 



6. A. franciscanus. Small species : costa, a spot 

 about middle, and a pure yellow apical spot ; third 

 vein white with two black spots. Fringe spotted. 

 N. America. 



aaa. Wings spotted, legs banded. 



j. A. gigas. Costa, two large costal spots. Legs 

 with pale basal bands. A hill species. India. 



8. A. wellcomei. Costa, two small yellowish spots. 

 Legs with narrow apical bands. Sudan. 



9. A. arabiensis.* Costa, seven dark spots, four 

 long and three short. Other veins much spotted. 

 Fringe spots at all tke vein junctions. Hind femur 

 and tibia speckled latter often has an apical band. 



* Transmits malaria. 



