i6o 
spots, light interruption in basal spot. Fringe, several 
pale areas. Anterior forked cell much longer and 
narrower than posterior. Differs from listoni in palpi. 
Sumatra, Java. 
7. Legs banded and spotted. 
8 . Upper cross vein straight. 
Palpi with three white bands. 
8. M. ludlowi. —Palpi, apex broad white band ; 
a second small one close to it ; a third basal band. 
Wing costa, four large spots, one or two small basal. 
Legs, femora, tibiae and metatarsi, especially in hind 
legs, spotted with yellow. Tarsi, broad apical and 
basal pale banding, especially in hind legs. Length, 
four to five mm. Philippine Isles. 
9. M. indefinata .—Third costal spot as in 
M. rossi. Philippine Isles. 
10. M. tesselata. —Costa, four large, four small 
spots. Fore tarsi apically and basally banded. Mid 
and hind tarsi apically only. Thorax, two dark spots 
in front and a dark area near the scutellum. Malay. 
88 . Upper cross vein markedly curved. 
11. M. pyretophoroides. —Costa four large and 
two small dark spots. Wing scales dense. Legs 
spotted, narrow white apical bands, last hind tarsi dark. 
Palpi, four white bands. Pretoria. 
aa. Legs unbanded. 
e. Palpi banded, apex white. 
12. M. listoni —"Third long vein light. Wing 
fringe, four or more light spots (Fig. 59). Palpi, two 
broad apical bands further apart than in funesta , one 
narrow basal. Basal portion of costa uniformly black 
(characteristic). Attitude, Anopheline-Y\kt. Associ¬ 
ated with high endemic index in the Duars, Bengal. 
* Transmits malaria. 
