MOSQUITOES OF THE SUBGENUS FINLAYA — ^KNIGHT AND MARKS 525 

 Subgroup Vn, ATROPALPUS 



Defmition.—^Q^vctia and Neotropical. Male palpi with a few 

 short hairs apically on III-V and only a few hairs along IV-V; palpi 

 only about two-thirds to three-fourths as long as proboscis. Basi- 

 style without a specialized scale tuft. Claspette filament curved, 

 bladelike in lateral view. Scutum with a large anterior area of yellow 

 scales (usually divided medially by a dark scaled area) , anterior area 

 of pale scales not separate from, nor of a different color than, patch 

 of pale scales before wing base. Ppi^. with broad or narrow scales 

 above, broadened below. Postspiracular area scaled. Fore tibiae 

 with a dorsal white area at apex. Hind tarsi with narrow basal and 

 apical bands on I-IV, V usually all white. 



Supplementcery characters.— V'Qrtex dorsum with longitudinal 

 medial area narrow scaled. Preala scaled below knob. Subspiracular 

 scale patch present. Sternites without outstanding or roughened 



scales. 



Included species.—A. at ro palpus (Coquillett) and a. var. epactius 



Dyar and Knab. 



Group C (LONGIPALPIS-group) 



Ethiopian species (plus three species in Madagascar). Wings not 

 spotted with areas of pale scaling. Scutum variously marked with 

 patches and/or straight lines of narrow curved or broad scales. 

 Femora and tibiae not spotted and ringed, nor lined anteriorly with 

 pale scales for nearly their whole length. Hind tarsi with a broad 

 white ring at base of II, usually also a narrower ring at base of I, 

 may be a few white scales at base of III, remainder of the segments 

 dark (but female emhuensis has a definite basal band one-third length 

 of segment III; nyasae has V all white, or darkened only on one 

 side; monetus and philUpi have the tarsi all dark). Paratergite 



scaled. 



The males of hamardi, madagascaremis, and monetus; the female 

 of phiUipi; and the larvae of barnardi, emhuensis, madagascarensis, 

 monetus, nyasae, and phUlipi are not described. 



In addition, this group is characterized by the following: Male 

 palpi with or without long hairs at apex of III and along IV and 

 V. Basistyle without a specialized scale tuft. Claspette filament 

 slender, curved, not bladelike in lateral view. Ppn and scutellum 

 with narrow curved and/or broad scales. Subspiracular area scaled 

 or unsealed. Postspiracular area unsealed (except in madagascaren- 

 sis) . Female tori without prominent scale patch, may be a few small 

 scales in some (except in madagascarensis). Larval head hairs 6 and 

 7 approximately in line transversely, 5 and 6 approximately in a longi- 

 tudinal line, 4 level with or slightly behind 6. 



