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result is to give to an Anopheline ■ mosquito a 

 peculiar and very characteristic awl- like appear- 

 ance (Fig. 15). 



4. The attitude adopted by Anophelines is, as 

 a rule, characteristic. When an Anopheline rests 

 upon a wail, its body projects so as to form a 

 distinct angle with it. In some cases the angle 

 assumed is almost a right-angle. In the case of 

 almost all other mosquitoes, the body is held 

 either parallel with the wall, or what is more 

 frequent, the tail approaches the wall, giving the 



Fig. 15. Shewing distinction between resting attitude of 

 an Anopheline (left) and Taeniorhynehus (right). 



insect a 'hunchbacked' appearance. This differ- 

 ence is readily seen by any careful observer, and 

 is a practical and useful distinction. A charac- 

 teristic of an Anopheline is that it rests by preference 

 on the first two pairs of legs only, and keeps the 



