MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA. 129 
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ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS, Mia. @ x4. 
The carrier of malaria in Southern Europe. 
THE SITTING POSTURE ADOPTED BY MosqQuiTogs. 
A. Anopheles. B. Culex. 
The above figures are taken from a pamphlet entitled Mosquitoes 
and their Relation to Disease, issued by the Trustees of the British 
Museum (Nat. Hist.), Heonomic Series no. 4. Price one penny. 
It will be remembered that in a previous number the larve of the 
Anopheles were stated to lie under and parallel to the surface of the 
water, communicating with the outer air by a series of rosette-shaped 
tufts situated along the body, by which it is held to the ‘“‘skin” of the 
water. The larve of other mosquitoes, it was stated, hang head down- 
