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tuft of white hairs projects forwards between the eves and also 
a few golden bristles; antennae brown, basal joint dark, base of 
the second joint testaceous, second joint rather long, equal to two 
of the following, the first few with white scales on one side; 
pubescence pallid ; palpi quite straight, of nearly equal thickness 
throughout, but slightly dilated at the base owing to long scales, 
dark purplish-brown, with four white rings, the last apical, the 
three median ones involving both sides of the joints, apex with 
a brush of golden bristles; proboscis dark brown, thin, as long 
as the palpi. 
Thorax with a broad ashy-grey line in the middle, dark 
brown on each side; on the grey central portion may be seen 
a median and two lateral chestnut-brown longitudinal lines; the 
median grey area covered with long whitish hair-like scales, 
Fig. 43. 
Anopheles cinereus. n. sp. 
a, Scutellum of 9; b, basal joints of the 9 antenna. 
which become a little golden-brown in front of the scutellum, 
and with three rows of brown bristles (most prominent near the 
scutellum), with a golden hue in certain lights; similar bristles 
adorn the dark brown lateral area of the mesonotum, especially 
over the roots of the wings; scutellum black, with grey sheen 
and a slight testaceous hue on the lateral lobes, border-bristles 
brown or golden-brown according to the light, very numerous, 
spreading on to the median lobe of the scutellum ; metanotum 
deep brown; pleurae dull, paler brown. 
Abdomen dark brown, the posterior borders of the segments 
darkest, covered with dull golden hairs. 
Legs very thin, deep black, coxae and trochanters very pallid 
yellowish-white, greatly contrasted with the dark femora : apex 
of the femora and tibiae with a pure white spot, apices of the 
fore and hind metatarsi and tarsi with minute apical yellow 
bands, which seem absent in the mid-legs; last tarsal joint of all 
