Genus Pyretophorus. 77 



Pyretophorus elegans. James (in Theobald) 1903. 

 Mysomyia f elegans. James (1903). 

 Anopheles elegans. James (1903). 



Anopheles leucosphyrus. James and Liston (1904) (non 

 Donitz). 



Mono. Culicid. III., p. 51 (1903) (Myzomyia ? elegans) ; Handbk. Mosq. 2nd 

 edit., p. 312, Giles (1902) ; Mono. Anop. Ind., p. 82 (1904), James and 

 Liston (leucosphyrus) ; Eevis. Anop., p. 33 (1904), Giles. 



A few fresh perfect specimens of this species have been 

 examined, which show it to belong to the genus Pyretophorus. 



James and Liston assume it is the same as Donitz' leucosphyrus. 



It appears to come near it, but is quite distinct (vide 

 figures of wings given in vol. iii., fig. 29 and fig. 30, p. 53). 



Donitz' leucosphyrus is not a dark mosquito, the thorax is 

 bright chestnut-brown. 



There is only one dark longitudinal line. James and Liston 

 say " dark longitudinal lines." 



The second long vein in elegans (type) has four black spots 

 on each branch, and only four on the sixth long vein, but the 

 number appears to vary, according to James and Liston, up 

 to six. 



The femora and tibiae are speckled with white, not yellow, as 

 in leucosphyrus the mid legs are banded as the fore, whilst in 

 leucosphyrus the mid legs are always unbanded. The hind legs 

 have a broad pale tibio-tarsal band as in leucosphyrus, but the 

 tarsal banding is apical and does not involve both sides of the 

 joints as in that species. 



The wing markings are very variable. 



Characters of the larva. — Described by James and Liston ; 

 the following are the chief characters : — 



It has simple unbranched frontal hairs and well developed 

 palmate hairs on the first seven abdominal segments. The 

 terminal filaments of the palmate hairs are rather short. They 

 record the larvae as found by Dr. Coghill " in pools in the open 

 while water was abundant, but as a rule in jungle springs, and 

 it was particularly partial to water containing decaying 

 leaves." 



Habits. — The adults are never found in houses. 



