Synoptic Table of Genera. 



SYNOPTIC TABLE OF SUB-FAMILIES. 



Palpi long in both sexes. Head and scutellum never com- 

 pletely covered with flat scales, cJ palpi clubbed at the 

 apex. First fork-cell long Anophelinae. 



Palpi long in the , short in the <? , and metanotum nude. 



First fork-cell large Culicinae. 



Palpi short in both sexes Aedinae. 



SYNOPTIC TABLE OF GENERA. 



Sub-family ANOPHELINAE. 



Head with upright forked scales only ; thorax 



and abdomen with hair-like curved scales ; 



wings with lanceolate vein-scales AnopJieles. Meigen. 



Head with upright forked scales only ; thorax 



with curved hair-like scales and a few 



narrow curved ones in front ; abdomen with 



large lateral scale tufts. Palpi densely 



scaled Arribalzagia. Theobald. 



Head with broad upright forked scales ; thorax 



with flat spindle-shaped scales ; abdomen 



more or less covered with either long narrow 



curved or spindle-shaped scales and with 



lateral scale tufts Cellia. Theobald. 



Head and thorax and body as Anopheles ; but 



the wings with numerous inflated black 



scales Cycloleppteron. Theobald. 



Sub-family CULICINAE. 



Head and scutellum with flat scales Stegomyia. Theobald. 



Head with flat and narrow-curved scales, 

 latter forming median area. Scutellar scales 



narrow and curved Howarditia. Theobald. 



Head and scutellum with narrow curved scales 



Wing scales small, lateral vein scales linear Culex. Linnaeus. 

 Wing scales small, the apical area of wing 

 with short broad scales; small dark 



species Melanoconion. Theobald. 



Wing scales mottled; mostly short and 



broad, also with linear lateral scales Grabhamia. Theobald. 



Wing scales dense, often mottled, as very 

 broad plates ending asymmetrically Mansonia. Blanchard. 



