SUBFAMILY CULICINA. Oe: 
(6) List oF THE SPECIES AND SyNoNymMs—Continued. 
confirmatus Arrib. | quadrivittatus Coq. 
curriei Coq. _ serratus Theob. 
dupreei Coq. mathisi Neyeu-Lem. 
fitehii F. & Y. sollicitans Walk. 
fletcheri Coq. spenceri Theob. 
impiger Walk idahoensis Theob. 
g alk. Be Cet 
implacabilis Walk. subcantans Felt. 
knabi Coq. sylvestris Theob. 
lativittatus Coq. teeniorhynchus Wied. 
damnosus Say. 
triseriatus Say. 
nigra Ludlow (Finlaya). 
lazarensis F. & Y. 
mitchellee Dyar. 
nivitarsis Coq. trivittatus Coq. 
nubilus Theob. varipalpus Coq. 
pretans Grossb. sierrensis Ludlow. 
pullatus Coq. 
(c) UNRECOGNIZED SPECIES. 
aestivalis Dyar, auroides Felt, excrucians Walker, hirsuteron Theob., inconspicuus 
Grossb., nemorosus Meigen, onondagensis Felt, pallidohirta Grossb., portoricensis Lud- 
low, provocans Walker, punctor Kirby, reptans Meigen, stimulans Walker, testaceus 
van der Wulp, and tortilis Theobald. 
Genus GRABHAMIA Theobald. 
(Synonym: Feltidia Dyar.) 
(a) TABLE OF THE SPECIEs. 
1. Feet unicolorous brown, wing scales wholly brown. (West Indies.)......---- 2 
Feet brown and with bands of white scales at bases of some of the joints ...._- 3 
With an ovate, velvety-black spot above the insertion of each wing; abdomen 
Diackescaled~ unmarked! 22 ese Sik es Soe es ocellatus Theob. 
Without such a spot; abdomen black-scaled and with a white-scaled spot in the 
front angles of the posterior segments.............-.------- scholasticus Theob. 
3. Proboscis black scaled and with a light-colored band near the middle; a white 
bands betore the apex of each. hind femur —... 0. 2...2.225-2-.---<-ccee sees 4 
Proboscis wholly black; abdomen black-scaled and with a white band at the 
bases of the segments; no white band before the apex of the hind femora. 
(VASE LO a6 UCIT Jes ares ta pm SS I oS ee a a imitator Theob. 
Ana acscalesapiaek: andcwbitishi.s 22256 2. s5So2- 2. 22 he ke ce eee ee 5 
Wing scales wholly black; abdomen black-scaled and with a narrow white, 
usually interrupted, band at apex of each segment. (West Indies. ) 
confinis Arrib. 
5. Last vein with many black scales on the basal portion ...............--..---- 6 
Last vein wholly white scaled on the basal two-thirds; light and dark scales of 
the wings collected into spots, costa mixed black and whitish scaled and witha 
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long whitish spot beyond the apex of the auxiliary vein........-- discolor Coq. 
6. Costa and veins bearing mixed black and whitish scales, the latter not forming 
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Costa black and whitish scaled, the apical half with four long spots of whitish 
scales alternating with three long spots of black ones ..... -----signipennis Coq. 
7. First joint of the hind feet light colored in the middle, a small but distinct blaek- 
scaled spot at the base of the third vein..................-. jamaicensis Theob. 
First joint of the hind feet black in the middle, no distinct black spot at the base 
Gate (HOVE. dune CE Shin a SS Sse cit Ae a ee pygnexus Theob. 
