. The practical study of malaria and other blood parasites. Malaria; Mosquitoes; Trypanosoma; Blood. 233 The hairs exhibit great variation in different species, but are quite constant in the one species. A minute description of these hairs is of great importance in describing the specific characters of the larva. Clypeal Hairs of Larvae :— (i) The four anterior hairs may be quite simple and unbranched. M. rossii, N. stephensi, M. cuUcifactes,M. listoni, , (ii) All four anterior hairs may shew small lateral branches. .P. jeyporensis. In A. macM^'^enms all four hairs are


. The practical study of malaria and other blood parasites. Malaria; Mosquitoes; Trypanosoma; Blood. 233 The hairs exhibit great variation in different species, but are quite constant in the one species. A minute description of these hairs is of great importance in describing the specific characters of the larva. Clypeal Hairs of Larvae :— (i) The four anterior hairs may be quite simple and unbranched. M. rossii, N. stephensi, M. cuUcifactes,M. listoni, , (ii) All four anterior hairs may shew small lateral branches. .P. jeyporensis. In A. macM^'^enms all four hairs are branched, the outer pair form distinct tufts. (iii) The outer pair may be markedly branched, , Ce. pulcherrima and M. pseudoptctus. (iv) The outer pair may be developed into a close tuft (cockade), , M. barbtrostvts, A.^puncti- Fig. 56. Clypeal Hairs of Larvae I. M. rossii, N. stephensi, M. culicifacies, M. listoni 2. N. maculipal-pis. 3. P jeyporensis. 4. Ce. pulcherrima 5. M. sinensis, M, barbirostris The two hairs situated behind these may, instead of being very short and inconspicuous, be long and prominent, , M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stephens, John William Watson, 1865-; Christophers, S. R. (Samuel Rickard), 1873-; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. London, Pub. for the Univ. Press of Liverpool by Williams & Norgate


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