M:\V V.I:K STATT Misi:r.\i 



/</' Front nn'taiarsi ^horlcr Ilian their tibiae 

 V Thorax produced conieally in fn.nl 

 over (lie head : hind tibiae dilated 

 and hairy, pi..", I. li- '_' t 



-1.".. F n r y < n e in n s 



'/'/ Thorax moderately produced; hind 

 tibiae nut dilated 



I I. M e t r i u c n e in u s 

 Antennae \\ilh thirteen lu tifteeii joints 

 / Antennae liftceii-joinied ; Fnropcaii and tropic genera 



.-/ Wing hyaline: le-x \ ery long: antennal joints of varying 

 len-tlis.pl.:;:,. \\^. 1,2,3 ............ .".<>. M a e r <> p e /. a 



/.'/ Wind's sputii'd i \\V-i Indies and Mexi.-ui .....->. Oecacta 



if Antennae with fourteen ur fe\ver juints 



.'/ Tlmrax rounded and nut produced over the head; antennae 

 with thirteen or fourteen joints; le^s of moderate length 

 // Antennae with thirteen juint^: \\in.i: venation as shown 



on pi.: 1 .:,, liir-. in and 1-1 



/ 1'alpi with thne joints. i'1'liis is probably a synuiiym 

 of the next i ..................... '2. Terse stlies 



ii Palpi with four joints ............ 1. Lep t ocon o p s 



//// Antennae with foiii-iecu joints, plumose in the male, 

 spar.-rly haired in the female; wiim venation as on 

 pi. 17. ii.i.'s. i:; [,. p; ......... i <;,>, u /I Cera t <> p o <j <> ) 



/ Winers hairy; la^t joint of tarsus with an empodiuin 

 / Kiiiinitliuin \\ell developed; almost as lonj; as the 

 daws, these without setae, pi. 18, fig.7 



3. Ceratopogon 



/. Hind metatarsi shorter than the second tarsal 

 joint, or both of equal leii.mh 



i Sub. -en. F o r c i p o in y i a ) ' 

 7,-/r Hind metatarsus longer than the second joint 



( Sub. gen. Ceratopogon) 



//' Kmpodjiim not so distinct, h-ss than half as long as 

 the claws; these furnished with setae on the under 

 side. pi. 18, fig.8 ................ 4. Culicoides 



// Wings bare; pulvilli and empodiuin wanting 



/ Wing with Kj distinctly separated from K 2+3 and not 

 connected with it by the crossvein-like It : . pl.17. 

 flg.lo ............................... 6. Bezzia 



// Wing with 11, present; cells sometimes indistinct. 



pl.17. flgs. i:;. 1-1. 1C 

 /, Media wanting, pl.17. fig.13 



7. B r a c h y p o g o u 



'According to Kieffer (19(12) this submenus can not stand, because in some 

 species one sex would be classed here and the other sex with the next 

 subgenus. 



