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SPECIES OF ANOPHELIN^ 



[CH. 



General characters of group. 



Markings. Costa with four main dark spots. Fringe spots at all 

 veins. 

 Palps. With four light bands. 

 Legs. Ornamented. 

 Scale structure. Head scales expanded. Prothorax may have a few 

 scales or a tuft. Mesothorax covered with scales. 

 Abdomen with scales and lateral scale tufts. 

 Species. 



A. argyrotarsis. Desvoidy. A 



A. albimanus. Wied. A 



A. jacobi. Hill and Haydon. A 



A . cincta. Newstead and Carter. A 



A. pulcherrima. Theobald. A 

 A. pharoensis. Theobald. 



pharoensis var. alba. Ventrillon. 

 bigotii. Theobald. 

 gorgasi. Dyar and Knab. 

 squamosa. Theobald. 

 squamosa var. arnoldi. Newstead 

 and Carter. 



A. 

 A. 

 A. 

 A. 



1 

 I 

 J>=/1. albimanus. 



Wied. 



Synonymy, 

 bes. Theobald 

 cubensis. Agramonte 

 tarsi-maculatiis . Goeldi 

 argyrotarsis. Theobald J 

 A. albitarsis. Arribalzaga = ^. argyrotarsis. Desvoidy. 

 A. albofimbriata. Giles = /1. pharoensis. Theobald. 

 A. bozasi. Neveu-Lemaire = (?) ^. pharoensis. Theobald. 

 A. braziliensis. Chagas = (?) yi. argyrotarsis. Desvoidy. 

 A. punctipennis. Bigot. MSS. = ^. bigotii. Theobald. 



A. squamosa arnoldi. Stephens and Christophers =^. squamosa var. arnoldi. 

 Stephens and Christophers. 



Differentiation of species. 

 Tips of all legs pale. 



Metatarsus with distinct bands 

 Metatarsus with flecks of white only . . 

 Tips of hind-legs only pale. 



{a) Three segments of hind tarsus altogether white. 

 Apex of abdomen dark 

 Apex of abdomen whitish grey 

 (6) Three segments of hind tarsus white except for 



small dark band on last segment 

 (c) One segment only of hind tarsus white. 

 Femora and tibiae mottled 

 Femora and tibis not mottled 

 Tips of hind-legs not pale . . 



A. 

 A. 



A. 

 A. 



A. 

 A. 

 A. 



cincta. 

 jacobi. 



argyrotarsis . 

 braziliensis. 



albimanus. 



pharoensis. 



bigotii. 



squamosa. 



C. Neoanopheles. 



Costa wth four main dark spots. Sixth vein with more 

 than three dark spots. Junctions of cross-veins with longi- 

 tudinal veins and bifurcations of second and fourth veins the 

 seat of pale interruptions. 



