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Genus Anopheles. 
the hind legs, the last three tarsi are pure white and there is 
also a broad band on the apex of the first tarsal and the meta¬ 
tarsus. Ungues small, equal, and simple. Wings with four 
prominent and one or two small snowy-white costal spots, rest of 
the costa jet black ; first long vein black, with four small white 
spots; first sub-marginal cell considerably longer and narrower 
than the second posterior cell, its stem and fork dark scaled, 
except a patch towards the apex of the lower branch ; third 
long vein with a patch of yellow scales on the middle, rest of it 
black ; base of the small posterior fork-cell nearer the apex of 
the wing than the base of the first sub-marginal cell; a pale 
patch on each branch of the fork, the remainder black scaled ; 
Fig. 28. 
A. Wing of ? Anopheles fuliginosus, Giles. 
B. Of the variety pallida, mihi. 
a and b, Enlarged “ border scales. ’ 
(X. 15.) 
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fifth long vein with two yellow patches on the upper branch 
and one long one on the lower, and a patch of yellow towards 
its base; posterior cross-vein more than its own length distant 
from the mid cross-vein; fringe black, except where the veins 
join the border, where it is yellow. Halteres with a pale stem 
and jet-black knob. 
Length. —3 *5 to 4*2 mm. 
Habitat. —Chingelput, Madras (Captain Cornwall); Quilon 
(James) ; Punjab (Giles); Calcutta (Daniels) (7. 4. 1899) ; Behar, 
Bengal (Green) (88). 
Time of capture .—Madras in March ; Punjab in June. 
Observations. —This small mosquito is evidently closely related 
to argyrotarsis, but distinct from it, the wings differing consider¬ 
ably both in markings and in colour. It is called by Ross the 
