Anopheles willmori. 



to be one of the few species which can tide over the Punjab winter 

 in the adult condition. It has recently been found to occur in Goa 

 in the Bombay Presidency. 



6. ANOPHELES WILLMORI (James). 



Reference .-Theobald, Monog. Culicid., Vol. Ill, p. 100. 

 Synonym, Nyssorhynchus Willmori (Theobald). 



Palpi with three white bands. Thorax dark brown, covered 

 with white scales and hairs. Abdomen brown with many golden 

 scales and hairs. Legs deep brown thickly speckled with white ; 

 the last tarsal segment of the hind leg pure white. Wings spotted. 



Head black with some upright white scales ; antennae light 

 brown with white hairs ; palpi scaled and with three white bands, 

 the two terminal of which are equal and broad and the third 

 narrow ; proboscis dark brown. 



Thorax dark brown covered with white scales and a few hairs ; 

 pleurae black ; scutellum with a few white scales and long bristles. 



Abdomen deep brown, with many golden hairs and scales- 

 the scales and hairs on the last segment are very closely packed 

 together, so that this segment is almost entirely of a golden brown 

 colour ; some of the scales which project from the sides and 

 termination of this segment are dark brown in colour. 



The halteres carry a number of short thick scales. Legs 

 dark brown thickly speckled with white spots ; in the fore and 

 mid legs there are apical white bands to the femora, tibiae and to 

 all the tarsal segments except the fourth and fifth ; the femora, 

 tibiae and the first and second tarsal segments are brilliantly marked 

 with bands and patches of white scales ; the apical banding of the 

 first, second and third tarsal segments extends over the joint to the 

 base of the next segment. In the hind legs the femora, tibiae and first 

 tarsal segment are thickly speckled with white patches ; the tibia 

 and first tarsal segment have apical white bands, and the second, 

 third and fourth tarsal segments have both apical and basal bands ; 

 the last tarsal segment is wholly white. 



The wing veins are clothed with black and white scales ; the 

 costa shows four large and three small black areas, the latter being 

 near the base of the wing ; the first longitudinal vein has four 



