172 A. T. STANTON. — THE LARVAE OF MALAYAN ANOPHELES. 



arrangement is division of the stem near the base into two, each of which bears two 

 or three branches. Posterior clypeal hairs short, branched, with three or four divisions. 

 Occipital hairs stout, branched. Antenna carrying on its inner side a long stout 

 branched hair. 



Thorax : Sub-median anterior thoracic hairs as in sinensis. No stellate tuft. 



Abdomen : There is no stellate tuft on any segment of the abdomen. This is a 

 unique character ; all other Anopheline larvae so far described bear stellate tufts on 

 several segments of the abdomen. In this species the corresponding structure is a 

 much-branched plumose hair. 



