Anophelines (Position uncertain ). 83 : 
malaria transmitter in nature It loves breeding in running' 
water, and is found in all the small streams and irrigation 
channels round about Lahej. It is also found breeding in'wells. 
In most parts of the country water is obtained from deep wells,. 
40-50 feet below the surface. It abounds in all the pools and 
streams around Lahej and Salim, where there is'much cultivation. 
The tents occupied by the Sepoys at Salim contained large 
numbers of this mosquito in September, January and February. 
A much damaged specimen said to be this species was sent' 
me by Patton (all $ ’s)-, and it could not be separated from 
Anopheles ivellcomei, Theobald. It was examined with that' 
species and I could detect no difference; but according to Patton 
(p. 627), they were also compared by Dr. Stephens with the type 
of A, wellcomei, which I later sent to the British Museum, and 
he informed Mr. Patton that they were distinct. 
The larva is described as follows :—“ Head black, thorax 
dark, brown in centre, paler at the sides, abdomen dark brown. 
The antennae have no spine on outer side.- Frontal hairs simple 
and unbranched. Palmate hairs are present on 2-7th segment 
inclusive ; there are undeveloped hairs on the first segment. The 
blade is long and dark, the shoulder serrated and the filament 
long and pointed.” 
“ The egg is boat-shaped, with a narrow striated frill ex¬ 
tending all round the margin of the upper surface.- The float is 
lateral, extending nearly to each end, but nearer the narrower. 
It does not encroach on the frill. The ova are laid, as a rule, in 
the early morning on the surface of some floating object. They 
are laid in irregular groups, and only display star-shaped and 
other patterns when disturbed by the wind or current.” 
Anopheles? rictus. Loew (1845). 
Myzorhynchus ? pictus . Loew. 
Dipt. Beitrage Posen, 4 (1845-1850); Mono. Gnlicid. I., 210-89 (1901); 
IV., 124 (1907), Theobald. 
Rhode Island, Asia Minor. 
Anopheles? martini. Laveran (1902). 
C. R. Soc. Bio. LIV., 907 (1902), Laveran; Mono. Gnlicid. IV., 125 (1907), 
Theobald. 
Gamboge. 
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