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10. Proboscis recta, Hnearis ápice Iiaud 

 incrassata, nuda síve tenuitef villosa et 

 squamata ^). Alae dense squamatae. Un- 

 gues maris antici intermediique inaequales 

 interna inl'ra minute 1-dentati, exlerna 

 basin versus minute médium versus lon- 

 gius bi-dentati, feminae simplices. Corpus 

 cinereum dense s<[uamatum 



— . Proboscis deorsum ieviter urcuata, 

 crassiuscula apicem versus magis incras- 

 sata, feminae sat longe viliosula, maris 

 apicem versus longe culata. Alae hyalinae 

 jiarce squamulatae. Corpus fuscum ve! 

 obscure teslaceum, parum squamatum, coo- 

 rulco maculatum et vittatum 



Aedes 



Uranotaenia 



I. Megarhina. Robineau ÜESvoroY. 



Megarhinus. Rob. Desv. Essal Culic. in Mem. Soc. d'hist. nat. 

 Paris. III, 412 (1827). — Latr. in Cur. Regne anim. \. 439 

 (1829). 



Megarhina. Macqt. Dipt. exot. I, 1, 32, 2 (1838). — Walker. 

 List, of Díptera I, 1 (1848). 



(Pl. II, fig-. 1-4). 



Genus insigne, abdomen apicem versus ampliatum, pro-' 

 boscis uncinata, palpi maxillares squamati, in utroque sexu 

 pi'oboscide longiores sursum versus in curvi a sequentibus 

 satis discedens. 



Autentice maris articulo 1" crassiusculo, elongato modice 

 lanuginoso, 2-12 brevissimis Ieviter obconicis dense longe- 

 que plumosis, ultimis duabus tenuibus, cylindricis elonga- 

 tisque, breviter plumoso-i)ubescentibus, feminae tenues parce 

 at longe verticillatim [¡ilosae. 



Palpi maxillares in utroque sexu longitudine proboscidis 

 vel longiores, s([uamati parcissime brevissimeque setosi, 

 apicem ^"ersus sursum versus incurvi, articulo 1" minuto, 

 2-4 crassiusculis, elongato-obconicis vel subcylindricis, ul- 

 timo s. 5" longissimo, praecedentibus distincte angustiore, 

 apicem versus attenuato ápice acuto. 



