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2. Oriental Species. 



Anopheles {Cellia) pulcherrimus, Theobald. Palpi with 

 three white bands and white tip. In the hind legs the end 

 of the 1st tarsal segment is white, the 2nd tarsal segment is 

 white except for a black band at the base, and the remaining 

 3 segments are white. Costa with two minute black spots 

 followed by four large ones. India, common ; also Turkestan 

 (Palseartic). 



Anopheles {Cellid) kochii, Donitz. Palpi dirty whitish at 

 base, yellowish-white distally, with four equidistant narrow 

 dark brown rings. Legs much speckled and finely banded ; 

 the last 3 tarsal segments of the front and hind legs are 

 yellowish, the last segment being often darker at the base. 

 Abdominal tufts of scales ventral in position. Wings black 

 and yellowish ; costa with four black spots. Two dark brown 

 spots on the scutum and one on the scutellum. Malay 

 Peninsula and Islands. 



Anopheles {Cellid) punctulatus, Donitz. Differs from the 

 preceding {A. kochii') in having all the tarsi banded, very con- 

 spicuously so in the hind legs. Malay Peninsula and Islands ; 

 (also New Guinea). 



Anopheles {Cellid) flavus, Ludlow. Palpi much banded, 

 a broad white band including the tip. Legs mottled, the 

 tarsi with light tips ; in the hind legs the tarsi are broadly 

 white banded. Philippines. 



Anopheles {Cellid) hallii, James {Christophersia hallii, 

 James). The tufts of scales of the abdominal segments are 

 in the mid-ventral line ; palpi with five white bands. India. 



3. South American and West Indian Species. 



Anopheles {Cellid) argyrotarsis, Robineau-Desvoidy. Palpi 

 black, with two narrow white bands and white tip. In the 

 hind legs the distal half, or more, of the 2nd tarsal segment 

 and all the 3 following segments are white. Scutum with 

 three well-defined dark spots, the largest of which invades 

 the scutellum. Costa black, with three small whitish spots, 

 besides some whitish specks at the basal end. West Indies 

 and Tropical South America. 



Anopheles {Cellid) albimanus, Wiedemann, is a variety of 



