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Genus Myzorhynchus. 8 
Myzoruyncuus Mauritianus. Grandpre. 
Anopheles Mauritianus. Grandpré. 
Anopheles paludis, var. similis. Theobald. 
Anopheles tenebrosus. Dénitz. 
(‘‘Les Moustiques,” Planters’ Gazette Press, Port Louis, 1900, Grandpré et 
Charmoy; Mono. Culicid. I., p. 129, 1901 (var. similis) ; ‘Beit. z. Kennt. 
der Anop., p. 53, 1902, Dénitz (tenebrosus).) 
From a careful examination of fresh material from Mauritius 
and Central Africa, I am sure it is quite a distinct’ species 
to my A. paludis. It was only in the final page that I saw 
Grandpré’s description, which antedates that of mine (var. 
similis). 
This species, which I previously pointed out may have two, 
three, or four rings of white scales on the palpi, has normally 
four white rings, the apex being white, and there are also 
some median basal white scales. When a smaller number of 
bands are present I find it is due to denudation of the palpal 
scales. 
The species is quite distinct, and may be told by the four 
palpal bands, by the last two tarsi only being all white and the 
absence of the pale wing spot, and thus differs from paludis, 
Theobald, and albotaeniatus, Theobald. 
The Pretorian specimens differ slightly in having more dark 
wing scales, which partly obliterate the distinctness of the spots, 
and by having the two black spots on the sixth long vein united 
into one long black scaled area, but surely cannot be separated 
as a distinct species for this. Dénitz describes a specimen from 
Wadi Natrin, Upper Egypt, as A. tenebrosus. I can detect 
nothing of structural difference from Mauritianus of eran ane 
his figure of the wing agrees in one way. 
Colonel Giles ebony examined some other species, for in the 
second edition of his ‘‘ Handbook of Mosquitoes,” p. 296, he says : 
‘The white scaled decoration of the thorax is much better 
defined ” (i.e. than in paludis), neither have white thoracic scales, 
but narrow hair-like golden ones. 
Additional localities.—Pretoria (Dr. Theiler), showing slight 
variation ; Bahr el Ghazal (Cummins) and Wadi Natrin, Lower 
Egypt (Dénitz) ; Uganda (Dr. bees ; Mauritius ae 
Charmoy, and d’Emmerez). 
