Examples in Identification. 



Example II. A FEMALE " ANOPHELES." 



Wings. Spotted. 



Palpi. With three white rings, the outermost of which includes 

 the tips. The two outer rings are broad and the third narrow. 

 In addition to the three complete rings there are one or two small 

 patches of white scales which do not amount to a complete ring or 

 band, on the upper surface of each palpus ; i.e., the palpi are marked 

 with three bands and are " speckled " in addition. 



The mosquito comes under the group C, sub-group 2. 



Legs. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th tarsal segments of the hind legs 

 are pure white in their whole length. 



(NOTE. It is sometimes rather difficult to determine by the naked eye or with 

 a hand-lens the exact number of tarsal segments which are pure white, for the 5th 

 segment is very short. The matter can easily be decided by an examination under 

 a low power of the microscope.) 



The mosquito is therefore either A. fuliginosus, A. jamesi, 

 or A. maculipalpis. 



The femora and tibiae are brilliantly speckled with white scales. 



This excludes A. fuliginosus, and the speckling of the palpi 

 together with the fact that there are two broad and one narrow 

 bands 011 the palpi, instead of one broad and two narrow ones, 

 excludes A. jamesi, so that the diagnosis is A. maculipalpis. 



Confirm as for example I. 



Example III. A FEMALE " ANOPHELES. " 



Wings. Spotted. 



Palpi. With three white rings, the outermost of which 

 includes the tips. 



As in the other examples, the mosquito comes under the group 

 C, sub-group 2. 



Legs. Uniformly coloured without distinct bands at the tarsal 

 joints. 



(NOTE. In several of the unbanded legged species the segments may be lighter 

 coloured at the tarsal joints, and in A, jeyporiensis this may be so marked as to form 

 faint whitish spots. It will readily be recognised, however, that this lighter coloura- 

 tion does not amount to the fairly broad " distinct white bands," about the presence 

 or absence of which there can be no doubt even with the naked eye.) 



The mosquito is either A. listoni, A. culictfacies, or A. jey- 

 poriensis. 



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