Thorax and abdo- 

 men with true 

 scales. 



Some objections to it. 



SUB-FAMILY ANOPHELINA. (contd.) 



Abdominal scales as lateral tufts and dorsal 

 patches of small flat scales ; thoracic 

 narrow curved or spindle-shaped ... Nyssorhynchus. 



Abdomen nearly completely scaled with irre- 

 gular scales and with lateral tufts ... Cellia. 



Abdomen completely scaled with large flat 



scales as in Gulex ... Aldrichia. 



The Indian species of " anopheles " described by Mr. Theobald 



are placed by him in the following of these new genera. 



In the genus Anopheles (1) lindesayi, Giles ; (2) gigas, Giles ; 



(3) aitkeni, James ; (4) immaculatus, Theobald. 

 In the genus Myzomyia (1) rossi, Giles ; (2) culicifacies, Giles ; 

 (3) Ustoni, Listen ; (4) turkhudi, Liston ; (5) leucophyrus, 

 Donitz ; (6) elegans, James. 



In the genus Pyretophorus (1 ) jeyporiensis n. sp. 

 In the genus Myzorhynchus (1) sinensis, Wiedmann ; (2) nigerri- 

 mus, Giles; (3) indiensis, Theobald; (4) barbirostris, 

 Van der Wulp ; (5) minutus, Theobald. 



In the genus Nyssorhynchus (1) maculatus, Theobald ; (2) ful- 



ginosus, Giles; (3) jamesi, Theobald; (4) theobaldi, 



Giles; (5) stephensi, Liston; (6) willmori, James; 



(7) maculipalpis, Giles; (8) karwari, James. 



In the genus Cellia (1) pulcherrimus, Theobald. 



We have given this short account of Mr. Theobald's method of 



classifying " anopheles," for purposes of reference rather than because 



we agree that it is the best method by which these insects may 



be arranged. Omitting any consideration of the result of the 



new classification, viz., that if it is adopted it will be necessary 



to say that malaria is transmitted not only by mosquitoes of 



the genus Anopheles but also by those of the genera Myzomyia, 



Pyretophorus, Nyssorhynchus, etc., for in spite of their new 



names the members of these new genera still remain malaria 



carriers we may enumerate some of the more obvious objections 



to the method, 



1. The fact that the scale structure of one species of "ano- 

 pheles" (Aldrichia error, Theobald) is apparently similar 



