Anopheles fuliginosus. 



The first longitudinal vein has six white spots. The outer two 

 correspond to the outer two on the costa. The next two are very 

 minute, and situated behind the third dark-scaled area counting from 

 the apex of the wing. The fifth white-scaled portion corresponds to 

 the fourth on the costa. The sixth white spot is situated behind the 

 fifth on the costa, but is considerably larger than that costal spot. 



The second long vein has a very few white scales at its bifurca- 

 tion, and a few on its posterior branch. 



The third longitudinal has three white-scaled portions, one 

 small one near its origin, a median long light-scaled portion, and a 

 terminal small white spot. 



The fourth longitudinal has a few white scales at its bifurcation, 

 and a white-scaled portion on each of its branches. 



The fifth longitudinal has two white-scaled areas OH the main 

 trunk, two white-scaled portions on its anterior branch, and only one 

 on its posterior branch. 



The sixth longitudinal has three white spots. The termina- 

 tions of all the long veins are white-scaled, and at these points the 

 wing fringe is interrupted by white scales. 



The legs are of a dark brown or black colour. In the fore legs 

 there are white scales at the distal extremities of the femora, tibiae 

 and all the tarsal segments except the last two. The middle legs 

 have corresponding white points to those on the fore legs, but there 

 is also a characteristic large white spot on the posterior aspect of 

 each femur near its apex. There are no white scales at the distal 

 extremities of the three last segments of the tarsus. There are 

 white scales at the distal extremities of the femur, tibia, first and 

 second tarsal segments of each hind leg. The last three tarsal 

 segments are entirely white. 



Characters of the larva (PL V, Fig. 2 ). The median frontal hairs 

 are slightly branched ; the external frontal hairs are much branched 

 so as to form a small tuft in front of the whorl organs. 



There is no branching hair on the antenna as the larva of 



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barbirostris and nigerrimus. The thorat does not carry a pair of 

 palmate hairs. 



Habitat and observations. This is a very common and widely 

 distributed species in India. It occurs in Calcutta and many places 

 in the plains of Bengal, in Kurseong (at an elevation of 5,000 feet), 



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