Anopheles pulcherrimns . 



into three by two collections of white scales ; the main stem of the 

 second longitudinal vein is white-scaled ; on its anterior branch 

 there are two dark-scaled spots corresponding with the outer two 

 on the costa ; on its posterior branch there are also two small spots ; 

 the third longitudinal vein is white-scaled throughout except for a 

 few black scales near its origin and termination ; the fourth longi- 

 tudinal vein has black scales at its bifurcation, and there are two 

 small black-scaled spots on each of its branches ; the fifth longitu- 

 dinal vein has a single dark-scaled patch on its main trunk, three 

 black-scaled areas on its anterior, and one on its posterior branch ; 

 the sixth longitudinal vein has three small black-scaled spots. 



The wing fringe is interrupted by light-scaled areas at the 

 terminations of all the long veins and by a long area on the inner 

 fourth of its course. 



The legs are covered with brown and white scales ; the fore legs 

 have the femora and tibiae white on their under surfaces and speckled 

 with brown scales on their upper surfaces ; the tarsal segments, 

 except the fourth and fifth, have apical white bands ; in the mid legs 

 the femora have a large white patch near their apices ; the tibiae 

 and tarsal segments, except the fourth and fifth, have apical white 

 bands ; the femora of the hind legs have also a white patch near 

 their apices and the last 3f hind tarsal segments are pure white. 



The palpi of the male have five broad, almost equal, white bands 

 separated from one another by very narrow bands of black scales. 

 The other markings do not differ materially from those of the 

 female. 



Characters of the eggs and larvce. The eggs are of the same 

 type as those of A. rossi. The larvse have the median pair 

 of frontal hairs simple and the external pair branched. Palmate 

 hairs are present from the second to the seventh abdominal 

 segments, and the terminal filaments of the leaflets are long. 



Habitat and observations. This is a somewhat rare species. 

 It occurs with a limited seasonal prevalence in the Punjab (Lahore, 

 Meean Mir, Ferozepore). In Meean Mir it was found in small 

 numbers in the barracks of the native troops and in outhouses of 

 the native bazaars, and in September its larvae were found in an 

 overflow pool of an irrigation watercourse. During the winter a few 

 adult specimens were found in a village near Lahore, and it appears 



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