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Imagines 



Note. — In counting the antennal joints the large basal jomt is included, 

 but not the hidden first joint. 



a Wings absent or rudimentary 



b Wings reduced to mere vestiges, legs short and not slender, antenna 

 with seven joints, mouth parts rudimentary, pi. 36, fig.l3, female 



14. C 1 u n i o 



56 Rudimentary wings reaching at least to the end of the first abdominal 



segment 



c Halteres wanting, wings in the form of a flattened racket, tarsal 



claws with a little subapical tooth. Palpi four-jointed ; antenna 



five ( ?) jointed 10. B e 1 g i c a 



cc Halteres distinct 



d Palpi four-jointed ; antenna of the female four-jointed, of the male 



six-jointed, pi. 35, figs. 16, 21, 22 11. E r e t m o p t e r a 



(Id Palpi two- jointed ; antenna of the female six-jointed 



e Second joint of antenna like those following, monilliform, pi. 37, 



figs. 5, 6, 7 12. H a 1 i r y t u s 



ee Second joint longer than those following ; male antenna also 

 with six joints, pl.35, figs. 4 to 9. ..13. P s a m a t h i o m y i a 

 aa Wings present 



6 The M-Cu crossvein present (i. e., cell M closed by a vein), pl.37j fig.24 

 c Antenna with twelve or more joints 



d Antenna with fourteen joints usually plumose ; fourth tarsal joint 

 usually shorter than the fifth ; wing bare, pl.30, fig.l3, male 



35. Diamesa 

 dd Not as above 



c Antennae with fifteen joints both in male and female; plumose 

 in the former ; tlie vein M simple, pi. 27, figs. 1 to 15 



( Choup T any p us) 

 f Wing bare 



g Fork of the cubitus petiolate 15. P r o c 1 a d i u s 



gg Fork of cubitus proximad of crossvein 



16. A n a t o p y n i a n. gen. 

 ff Wing pubescent 

 - g Fork of cubitus proximad of crossvein 



h Antennae of male and female each with fifteen joints, R, 



and Rs distinct 17. A b 1 a b e s m y i a n. gen. 



hh Antennae of female with twelve joints, the male with fif- 

 teen joints, Rs indistinct (Australian genus) 



18. I s p 1 a s t u s 



gg Fork of cubitus petiolate 19. T a n y p u s 



ee Antennae with twelve or fourteen joints ; wings hairy ; cubitus 

 not forked; anterior crossvein long and very oblique, pl.37, 



fig.lG 20. Pentaneura 



cc Antennae with less than ten joints 



a Crossvein near basal third of wing, pl.37, fig.ll. Antemiae about 

 eight-jointed (Chile) 21. P o d o n o m u s 



