Key to Bombay Anopheles Mosquitoes.
No. 1. Head of Male Anopheles showing proboscis, spatulate palpi and plumose
antenn. The banding of the palpi in the male anopheles is not
characteristic and affords no help to recognition of the species.
Nos. 2-6. Heads and Appendages of Female Anopheles showing characteristic
banding of palpi.
No. 2. N.-M. rossi.
No. 3. N. stephensi.
No. 4 M. barbirostris.
No. 5. N. jamesi, and N. fuliginosus.
No. 6. M. culicifacies, and M. listoni.
No. 7. Hind leg of M. rossi showing white bands at the joints.
No. 8. " " " N. stephensi showing speckling.
No. 9. " " " M. barbirostris unbanded almost completely black.
No. 10. " " " N. jamesi showing the white tips and the speckling. The legs
of N. fuliginosus are unspeckled but are white tipped.
No. 11. " " " M. listoni and M. culicifacies unbanded black or dark brown.
This plate was originally prepared to illustrate a paper on the Natural History of Bombay Malaria, which
appeared in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. It is reproduced by permission.