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spots, light interruption in basal spot. Fringe, several 

 pale areas. Anterior forked cell much longer and 

 narrower than posterior. Differs from listoni in palpi. 

 Sumatra, Java. 



7. Legs banded and spotted. 



S. Upper cross vein straight. 

 Palpi with three white bands. 



8. M. ludlowi. Palpi, apex broad white band ; 

 a second small one close to it ; a third basal band. 

 Wing costa, four large spots, one or two small basal. 

 Legs, femora, tibiae and metatarsi, especially in hind 

 legs, shotted with yellow. Tarsi, broad apical and 

 basal pale banding, especially in hind legs. Length, 

 four to five mm. Philippine Isles. 



9. M. indefinata. Third costal spot as in 

 M. rossi. Philippine Isles. 



10. M. tetselata. Costa, four large, four small 

 spots. Fore tarsi apically and basally banded. Mid 

 and hind tarsi apically only. Thorax, two dark spots 

 in front and a dark area near the scutellum. Malay. 



88. Upper cross vein markedly curved. 



11. M. pyretopboroides. Costa four large and 

 two small dark spots. Wing scales dense. Legs 

 spotted, narrow white apical bands, last hind tarsi dark. 

 Palpi, four white bands. Pretoria. 



aa. Legs unbanded. 

 e. Palpi banded, apex white. 



12. M. listoni* Third long vein light. Wing 

 fringe, four or more light spots (Fig. 59). Palpi, two 

 broad apical bands further apart than in funesta, one 

 narrow basal. Basal portion of costa uniformly black 

 (characteristic). Attitude, Anopheline-Yikz. Associ- 

 ated with high endemic index in the Duars, Bengal. 



* Transmits malaria. 



