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39. Last 2-3 joints of hind tarsi white ; female with a tuft of scales 



on the ventral side of the last abdominal segment (My zorliynchus) 



37. mauritianus. 

 Last joints of hind tarsi not white ; female without ventral scale- 

 tuft 40. 



40. Blackish species ; wings with some pale spots ... ... ... 41. 



Lighter species ; wings without any pale spots ... ... ... 42. 



41. Female palpi shaggily scaled ; pale scales of wings occurring 



mainly on the fourth, fifth and sixth veins ... ... 38. umbrosus. 



Female palpi with appressed scales ; pale scales of wings less 



numerous and occurring mainly on the first vein ... 39. smith?'?'. 



42. Wings with dark spots formed by accumulation of scales 40. maculipennis. 

 Wings without any dark spots ... ... ... ... ... 43. 



43. First fork-cell longer than second ... ... ... 41. algeriensis. 



Fork-cells of equal length ... ... ... ... 42. antennatus. 



Unidentified species : A. minuta, Macq., Dipt., I, p. 33 (1834). The complete 

 description is as follows : "3. A. Nain. — Anopheles minuta, nob. Long. 2 lig. 

 Gris. Palpes a anneaux blancs. Ailes a bord brun, et a trois petites taches 

 blanchatres. Q. Du Senegal. Museum d'histoire naturelle a Paris." If the 

 type is still in existence the species might be identifiable, but not otherwise. 



1. A. pharoensis, Theo., Mon. Cul. I, p. 169 (1901). 



Cellia pharoensis, Theo., Mon. Cul. Ill, p. 109 (1903). 

 Nyssorhynchus bozasi, N.-L., Arch. Parasit. X, p. 246 (1906). 

 Neveu-Lemaire gives good figures of this species. 



Palestine ; Egypt ; Sudan ; Gambia ; N. and S. Nigeria ; Togo ; Belgian 

 Congo ; Angola ; S. Rhodesia ; Madagascar. 



2. A. cinctus, Newst. and Cart. (Cellia), Ann. Trop. Med. IV, p. 381 (1910). 

 Ashanti. 



3. A. jacobi, Hill and Haydon (Cellia), Ann. Natal Mus. I, p. 144 (1907). 

 Natal. 



4. A. arg'enteolobatus, Gough (Cellia), Transvaal Dept. Agric, Kept. Gov. 



Vet. Bact, 1908-09, p. 116 (1910). 

 Cellia pseudo squamosa, Newst. and Cart., Ann. Trop. Med. V, p. 236 (1911). 

 Transvaal ; N.E. Rhodesia. 



5. A. squamosum, Theo., Mon. Cul. I, p. 167 (1901). 



Cellia squamosa, Theo., Mon. Cul. Ill, p. 109 (1903). 

 Cellia tananarivensis, Ventr., Bull. Mus. Paris, XII, p. 198 (1906). 

 ? Cellia pretoriensis, Gough (nee Theo.), Transvaal Dept. Agric, Kept. Gov. 

 Vet. Bact. 1908-09^ p. 117 (1910). 

 Egypt ; Sudan : N. Nigeria ; Sierra Leone : Gold Coast ; Angola : Natal ; 

 Transvaal ; S. Rhodesia ; Nyasaland ; British E. Africa ; Madagascar. 



I am unable to separate C. pretoriensis and C. tananarivensis from A. squamosus 

 by comparing the descriptions, and consider them the same. 



Cellia squamosa, var. arnoldi, Newst. and Cart., Ann. Trop. Med. V, p. 238 

 (1911), (Cellia arnoldi, Stph. and Chr., Prac. Stud, of Malaria, Ed. Ill, 1908, 

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