Genus Anopheles. 175 
yellowish, those of the mid legs with dark basal scales. The last 
tarsal joint has often darker scales at the base, and also some¬ 
times there is a pale band in the middle of the others. 
Length .—3 mm. 
Habitat. —Taipang, Perak, Straits Settlements (L. Wray) 
(22. 11. and 21. 12. 1899) ; Sumatra and Java (Donitz). 
Observations .—A very distinct and beautiful pale species, 
easily told by the two clear, dark, eye-like spots on the thorax, 
and the dark area on the scutellum, and the much banded legs 
and tarsal markings. Described from two 9 s only. 
23. Anopheles punctulatus. Donitz.*' 
(Insecten Borse, 5 Jr. 18. 31 Jan. 1901, p. 37.) 
(Fig. 148, PL XXXVII.) 
Thorax brown with frosty-grey tomentum, two dark spots in 
front and another near the scutellum ; abdomen almost black 
with golden hairs; costa yellow, with four large and four small 
black spots, wing field with very numerous dark spots. Legs 
yellow with dusky scales, banded ; fore tarsi apically and basally 
pale banded ; mid and hind tarsi apically pale banded only. 
9 • Head black, with white scales in front, black scales 
behind and at the top ; eyes black ; antennae yellowish-brown 
with pale hairs, proboscis yellow with black scales towards the 
base and a small dark ring near the apex ; palpi black scaled at 
the base, then a small ring of white scales, then a broad ring of 
black, the remainder white, with two small rings of. black ; the 
apical joint yellowish. 
Thorax (Fig. 49, c) brown with frosty-grey tomentum, with 
two dark spots in front and a dark area near the scutellum, with 
minute dark specks, probably where hairs have been denuded ; 
scutellum dusky towards the middle; metanotum dark brown ; 
pleurae dark brown. 
Abdomen dark brown, almost black, with golden hairs. 
Wings with four large and four small dark spots on the 
yellow costa, the three basal ones small, then a large one, then 
a small one, followed by three large ones; wing field with 
numerous small patches of dark scales, base of the wing dark. 
Halteres pure white. 
* This species was described as A. tessellatum, but, like the preceeding. 
Dr. Dbnitz’s description has appeared first. 
