14 CLASSIFICATION OF MOSQUITOES. 
2. Subfamily MEGARHININZ Theobald. 
(Synonym: Lynchiellina Lahille. ) 
Genus MEGARHINUS Desvoidy. 
(Synonym: Lynchiella Lahille. ) 
(a) TABLE OF THE SPECIES. 
1. Feet with a white band, at least on the hind ones; middle joint of the male palpi 
with many yellow scales on the outer side; hairs of the male antenne long and 
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Feet wholly black on at least their upper side; palpi wholly purple-scaled; hairs 
of the male antenne rather short and sparse. (West Indies.) --violaceus Wied. 
2. Middle‘and front’ feet wholly black: -22--- == =. =-=2s-ss= = portoricensis Roeder. 
Middle and usually the front feet with a white band on each.--.---- rutilus Coq. 
(b) List oF THE SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. 
portoricensis Roeder. violaceus Wied. 
ferox Walker (not of Wiedemann). purpureus Theob. 
rutilus Coq. 
(c) UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES. 
grandiosus Will., hemorrhoidalis Fab., and longipes Theob. These three species 
have been reported from Mexico. 
3. Subfamily PSOROPHORINZ Mitchell. 
Genus PSOROPHORA Desvoidy. 
(Synonym: Chrysoconops Goeldi. ) 
(a) TABLE OF THE SPECIES. 
1. Abdomen yellow or brownish, its scales yellowish ...-....-..--=-22-.-----<2- 3 
Abdomen black, its scales chiefly purple; upper side of the thorax polished black, 
wisualliy, winite-scaled toward the sides ses. s2—— seas eee eee eer eee 2 
2. Front and middle femora black, their scales purple except at the narrow apex of 
each femur, where they are white. (Middle America.) ....---.----- cilipes Fab. 
Front and other femora yellow, yellow-scaled, their broad apices black-scaled. 
howardii Coq. 
3. Veins in the front half of the wings, except toward their apices, deep yellow, their 
scales of the same color, scales on the front half of the thorax golden yellow. 
(West Indites!)2 = Sor. 2 oe Sa ae ne a ee ee eee ee eee fulva Wied. 
Veins and scales of the wings wholly brown, scales in the middle of the upper 
side of the thorax golden yellow, those toward the sides white...-.. ciliata Fab. 
(b) List oF THE SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. 
ciliata Fab. fulva Wied. 
conterrens Walk. flavicosta Walk. 
molestus Wied. ochripes Macq. 
perterrens Walk. howardii Coq. 
rubidus Desy. 
cilipes Fab. 
