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  the 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  vein 
  all 
  dark 
  ; 
  no 
  pale 
  fringe-spot 
  at 
  the 
  sixth 
  vein. 
  The 
  

   amount 
  of 
  dark 
  scaling 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  vein 
  is 
  variable 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   only 
  the 
  middle 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  vein 
  is 
  pale. 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  mention 
  here 
  what 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  distinguishing 
  character 
  

   of 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  : 
  the 
  chitinised 
  plates 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  are 
  all 
  extremely 
  large, 
  so 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  almost 
  all 
  other 
  

   Anopheles 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  recognised 
  at 
  a 
  glance 
  under 
  a 
  hand 
  lens. 
  Swellen- 
  

   grebel 
  has 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  these 
  structures 
  in 
  A 
  . 
  minimus 
  var. 
  aconitus, 
  but 
  does 
  

   not 
  emphasise 
  their 
  importance 
  or 
  make 
  use 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  key. 
  The 
  plates 
  are 
  

   almost 
  or 
  quite 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  African 
  A 
  . 
  funeshis, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  species, 
  

   among 
  those 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  examined, 
  which 
  shows 
  them 
  of 
  anything 
  like 
  the 
  same 
  

   size 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  minimus. 
  According 
  to 
  James 
  and 
  Liston's 
  figures 
  the 
  plates 
  are 
  

   quite 
  small 
  in 
  A. 
  culicifacies 
  , 
  but 
  large 
  in 
  A. 
  listoni, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  this 
  

   latter 
  species 
  they 
  appear 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  A. 
  minimus 
  and 
  A. 
  

   funeshis. 
  If 
  Christophers 
  is 
  correct 
  in 
  regarding 
  A. 
  listoni 
  as 
  identical 
  with 
  A. 
  

   funestus, 
  this 
  figure 
  is 
  probably 
  inaccurate. 
  A. 
  funeshis 
  and 
  A. 
  minimus 
  are 
  very 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  species, 
  differing 
  mainly 
  in 
  the 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  palps, 
  the 
  two 
  

   outer 
  pale 
  bands 
  being 
  broader 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  species. 
  The 
  two 
  occupy 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  

   extent 
  separate 
  geographical 
  areas, 
  and 
  might 
  perhaps 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  representative 
  

   forms 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

  

  Uranoiaenia 
  alboannulata, 
  Theo. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  contains 
  1 
  $, 
  2 
  $. 
  The 
  species 
  was 
  previously 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  

   Theobalds' 
  type 
  $. 
  I 
  have 
  formerly 
  considered 
  it 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  Malayan 
  U. 
  

   trilineata, 
  Leic, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  white 
  ring 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  hind 
  

   tarsal 
  segment, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  in 
  some 
  other 
  small 
  particulars. 
  The 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  o 
  

   e 
  xhibit 
  no 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  structure. 
  

  

  Uranotaenia 
  campestris, 
  Leic. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  contains 
  several 
  specimens, 
  representing 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  they 
  agree 
  

   well 
  with 
  Leicester's 
  cotypes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  scales 
  towards 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  vein 
  are 
  less 
  conspicuously 
  white, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  hardly 
  

   paler 
  than 
  the 
  remaining 
  wing-scales. 
  The 
  first 
  front 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  $ 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  is 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  9 
  being 
  about 
  one-half 
  longer. 
  

   The 
  species 
  has 
  previously 
  been 
  recorded 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  Uranotaenia 
  recondita, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  clothed 
  with 
  rather 
  light 
  brown 
  flat 
  scales 
  and 
  dark 
  brown 
  upright 
  scales. 
  

   Proboscis 
  dark, 
  moderately 
  slender, 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  scarcely 
  

   swollen 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Palpi 
  longish, 
  exceeding 
  the 
  clypeus 
  by 
  nearly 
  twice 
  its 
  length. 
  

   Antennae 
  of 
  $ 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis 
  by 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments, 
  

   pubescence 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  evenly 
  distributed 
  along 
  the 
  segments 
  ; 
  of 
  $ 
  scarcely 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis. 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  integument 
  of 
  pleurae 
  lighter, 
  without 
  

   dark 
  markings. 
  Mesonotal 
  bristles 
  very 
  long, 
  black 
  ; 
  scales 
  narrow, 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   no 
  pre-alar 
  line 
  of 
  flat 
  scales 
  ; 
  two 
  bare 
  lines 
  between 
  the 
  rows 
  of 
  bristles. 
  Pro- 
  

   epimera 
  and 
  sternopleura 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  light 
  brown 
  flat 
  scales. 
  One 
  spiracular 
  bristle. 
  

   Abdomen 
  blackish 
  brown 
  above, 
  light 
  brown 
  below, 
  devoid 
  of 
  markings. 
  Legs 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  undersides 
  of 
  femora 
  somewhat 
  lighter. 
  First 
  segment 
  of 
  front 
  tarsi 
  

   of 
  £ 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibia, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  $ 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  ; 
  legs 
  of 
  £ 
  otherwise 
  

   unmodified. 
  Wings 
  with 
  the 
  scales 
  all 
  dark 
  on 
  the 
  veins, 
  outstanding 
  scales 
  trans- 
  

   lucent 
  and 
  lanceolate. 
  Upper 
  fork-cell 
  only 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  stem. 
  

   Wing-length, 
  2-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  $, 
  Karwar, 
  13.X.1902 
  ; 
  paratypes, 
  3 
  $, 
  12-14.viii.1902. 
  

   This 
  is 
  an 
  obscure 
  species, 
  not 
  very 
  easy 
  to 
  recognise 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  perhaps 
  most 
  nearly 
  

   allied 
  to 
  U. 
  brevirostris, 
  Edw., 
  and 
  U. 
  obscura, 
  Edw., 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  shorter 
  

  

  