78 MORE MINOR HORRORS 



laid about one hundred and fifty. According 



Fig. 19. — Larva and eggs of Anopheles maculipennis. 

 A, Egg seen from the side, x about 20 ; ft, the float, b. 

 Egg seen from the upper surface, x about 20 ; fl, ridge 

 of air-chambers, which acts as a float, c, Very young 

 larval stage, x about 20 ; st, stigma, d. Fully grown 

 larva, x about 20 ; b, brush ant, antenna ; mp, palp of 

 maxilla ; st, stigma ; t, tergum ; ap, anal papillae. E, 

 Flabellum or flap, which overhangs the base of certain 

 thoracic hairs, f, A palmate hair, highly magnified. 

 (From Nuttall and Shipley.) 



to Grassi, the eggs of A. maculipennis lie 

 side by side like the bridges of boats which 

 span the Rhine, whilst those of A. bifur- 

 catus arrange themselves with their ends in 



