Anopheles fomctulatus. 



Abdomen thickly covered with golden hairs, especially accumu- 

 lated at the posterior extremity, forming a brilliant yellow termina- 

 tion to the abdomen. \ 



Wings much spotted, the veins clothed with rather broad 

 spindle-shaped scales. The costa has seven dark areas separated 

 by white-scaled portions increasing in size from base to apex. 

 Apex of wing white-scaled ; base black-scaled. 



The first longitudinal vein has black-scaled areas opposite the 

 five outermost on the costa, but the area opposite the middle 

 and largest costal spot is divided on the first longitudinal into three 

 by two small white-scaled spots. 



The second longitudinal vein has a long black-scaled area at its 

 commencement and two other minute black- scaled portions before 

 it divides ; each branch of this vein has four or five dark-scaled 

 portions. 



The third longitudinal vein has many minute dark-scaled spots. 



The fourth longitudinal vein at its inner third is chiefly light- 

 scaled, its middle third is chiefly black-scaled, while its branches 

 have each two or three dark-scaled portions. 



The fifth and sixth veins have small alternate areas of black 

 and white scales. 



The wing fringe is light scaled at the apex and to the level 

 of the third long vein, thereafter it is dark-scaled except where it is 

 interrupted by light scales at the terminations of the long veins. 



The legs have the tibia? and femora speckled and white scales 

 at the apex of all the segments except the two terminal segments of 

 the tarsus. 



Habitat and observations. This mosquito very closely resem- 

 bles A. leucophyrus and may be a seasonal variety of that species. 

 It was found in Dr. Cogill's house in Karwar during the rains 

 only, while leucophyrus was bred by him from larva? in the cold 

 weather. The larvae of punctulatus were not found. Dr. Cogill 

 remarks that in punctulatus the supernumerary cross vein is op- 

 posite to the mid cross vein, while in leucophyrus the mid cross 

 vein is internal to the supernumerary cross vein.* 



A single specimen of A. punctulatus was taken in a house 

 at Parel near Bombay, in August. Outside India it occurs in the 

 Straits Settlements, in Sumatra and in Borneo. 



* Our specimens show that this character is not constant (see figures). 



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