38 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. X, 



This bulky residuum consists, in the Culex group (the Aedes 

 group being considered further on) of, firstly, nearly a dozen genera 

 of which insufficient information is available to form any opinion, 

 and secondly, Culex itself, sensu lato. Of this latter well distri- 

 buted and extensive genus five subgenera may be regarded as 

 fairly well founded: Chaetocruiomyia , on its spiny legs; Culici- 

 omyia [Pectinopalpus) with its long outstanding scales on the ist 

 palpal joint; Taeniorhynchus on several rather indecisive charac- 

 ters which taken in the aggregate ma}' justify subgeneric rank; 

 F inlay a also on several minor characters, some of which would be 

 better for further substantiation; and Newsteadina, on the long 

 scaled basal joints of the antennae in both sexes. 



Heptaphlebomyia, which Theobald almost decided was not a 

 Culicid at all, is now recognized as " a slightly modified Culex " ! 



The so-called genera sunk in Culex in the present paper 

 number no less than 77, including synonyms. 



The diagnoses of the following do not allow of their satis- 

 factory disposition: Brevirhynchus , Duttonia, Orthopodomyia , 

 Eumelanomyia , Gualteria, Cacomyia and Catageiomyia} 



Such information as could be gleaned on these appears in the 

 generic notes. 



The genera in the Culicini are now considered in two groups, 

 those round C?^/eA; and those round Aedes, the theoretical distinc- 

 tion being that of the palpi ; because, having little or nothing on 

 which to test generic validities beyond the descriptions I have 

 been compelled to adopt this method, for want of any other. 



Table of Genera in Culicini. 



A The 2nd antennal joint normal. 

 B Scutellum normal. 

 C Legs with conspicuous outstand- 

 ing scales. 

 D Posterior cross vein before the 



anterior cross vein. 

 B All the legs with outstanding 



scales . . . . Psorophora R. Desv. 



EB Hind legs only so-scaled . . Janthinosoma, Arrib. 



DD Posterior cross vein beyond the 



anterior cross vein . . Mucidus, Theob. 



CC Body and legs without such 



conspicuous outstanding • 



scales. 

 F Posterior cross vein beyond 



anterior cross vein . . Ekrinomyia, lycices. 



FF Posterior cross vein before an- 

 terior cross vein. 



1 Of this I have no knowledge beyond its simple inclusion in a table of genera 

 (Theob. Monog. , v, 115). 



