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but they are reduced to two small joints in at least one genus, 

 Geranomyia. 



It may be observed here that the suggested substitution of the 

 name Limonia, Mg., for Limnobia, with the consequent alteration of 

 the subfamily and sectional names is wholly untenable. This and 

 all the other generic names set up by Meigen in his paper published 

 in 1800, were established without any species being indicated, and 

 are therefore on that ground alone inadmissible. Moreover, such 

 standard names as Limnobia,* sanctified by use by all authors for 

 over a hundred years, have earned their right to remain unaltered 

 as long as the science of natural history exists. Again, Meigen 

 himself entirely ignored the existence of the French pamphlet in 

 which these names appeared, when he published his authentic work 

 in German some three years later ; and seeing that endless con- 

 fusion would arise from the adoption of these genera, they can 

 have no just claim whatever to recognition. 



Table of Sections of the Subfamily LIMNOBIINJE. 



1. Only one submarginal cell 2. 



Two submarginal cells (one only in some 



species of Gonomyia) 4. 



2. Antennae 16-jointed 3. 



Antennae 14-jointed. One submarginal cell; 



four posterior cells ; subcostal cross-vein near 

 tip of auxiliary vein ; discal cell open or 

 closed ; posterior cross-vein at base of discal 

 cell or before it. Tibiae without spurs. Pro- 

 boscis long or moderately long LIMKOBIIXI, p. 362. 



3. The 1st longitudinal vein generally ending in 



the 2nd. Tibiae with spurs CYLINDROTOMINI, 



The 1st longitudinal vein ending in the costa ; [p. <*58. 

 four posterior cells ; discal cell open or closed. 



Tibiae without spurs. Proboscis variable, [p. 415. 



sometimes enormously produced * RHAMPHIDIINI, 



4. Tibiae without spurs. Four posterior cells (five 



in Cladura and allies) ; wing often pubescent 

 on the veins only or on the surface also ; 

 subcostal cross-vein generally some distance 

 before the origin of the 2nd vein, but some- 

 times near the tip. Antennae 16-jointed ERWPTERINI,^ASQ. 



Tibiae with spurs 5. 



o. Subcostal cross-vein before the origin of the 

 2nd longitudinal vein (some distance before 

 the tip of the auxiliary vein). Eyes pub- 

 escent. Frons generally with a moderately 

 distinct protuberance. Four or five posterior 



* The same argument applies to the other genera. 



t The EHAMPHIDIINI form the least well-defined section in this subfamily, 

 more exceptions occurring in it than in any other. The submarginal cell is 

 absent in Toxorhina ; the marginal cross-vein absent in Atarba ; the posterior 

 cross-vein is near the middle of the wing in Orimarga. 



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