THE CLASSIFICATION OF CULIC1DJE 



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First submarginal cell much smaller than 

 the second posterior cell ; proboscis long 

 and bent 



Palpi long in both sexes 



Last segment of <? palpi blunt. Last seg- 

 ment of ^ palpi long and pointed 



Palpi short in the female 



First submarginal cell longer than the second 

 posterior cell 



Legs more or less densely scaly ; head not 

 entirely clothed with flat scales ; all the 

 legs densely scaly. 



Wings with large pyriform scales 



Wings with narrow scales 



Hind legs only densely scaled 



Head entirely clothed with flat scales. 



Legs uniformly scaled with flat scales. 



Head and scutellar scales all flat and broad. 



Palpi of ? short, of $ thickened apically 

 and tufted 



Palpi of $ longer than in Stegomyia and in 

 $ long and thin, acuminate, simple 



Head scales mostly flat, but a median line 

 of narrow curved ones ; scutellar scales 

 flat on mid lobe, narrow curved on lateral 

 lobes and palpi longer than proboscis 



Head scales mostly flat, irregular, narrow 

 curved ones behind ; mid lobe scutellum 

 with flat scales, lateral with narrow curved ; 

 $ palpi shorter than proboscis 



Head scales mostly flat, but a few narrow 

 curved ones in middle in front ; scutellar 

 scales all flat 



Head scales all flat ; scutellar scales all 

 narrow curved 



Megarhinince. 



Megarhinus, Rob. Desvoidy. 



AnkylorhynchuS) Lutz. 

 Toxorhynchites, Theobald. 



Culicince. 



Mucidus, Theobald. 

 Psorophora, Rob. Desvoidy. 

 Janthinosoma, Arribalzaga. 



Stegomyia, Theobald. 

 Desvoidea, Blanchard. 



Macleayia, Theobald. 



Catageiomyia, Theobald. 



Scutomyia, Theobald. 

 Skusea, Theobald. 



forked scales of head rod-shaped: Neostethopheles, James. Includes Atkenii, James; 

 Immaculatus, Theobald ; Culiciformis, James and Listen. These seem to me to be true 

 Anopheles. 



<3) Abdomen with hairs and scales on dorsum of each segment ; ventrally there are six scaly 

 tufts on the apices of six segments. Thorax with scales and a tuft of outstanding ones 

 on prothoracic lobes : Christophersia, James. Type Halli, James. Very close to if rot 

 identical with Cellia. 



(4) Head with narrow curved scales lying rather flat upon head and flat lateral scales, upright 

 forked ones behind. Central lobe of scutellum with tuft of narrow curved scales, lateral 

 lobes with large flat oval scales ; male palpi longer than proboscis, two large apical seg- 

 ments with long projecting hairs : Leslieomyia, Christophers. Type Leslieomyia t cento - 

 rhynchoides, Christophers, from Amritsar, India. 



(5) Abdomen with first six or seven segments with hairs only, eighth and seventh (?) with 

 scales, also genital processes. Thorax with hairs and narrow curved scales sharp pointed, 

 blunt- ended broad scales on each side of anterior third. No tufts of scales on prothoracic 

 lobes. Head usual type of upright forked scales : Nyssomyzomyia, James. Type Rossii, 

 Giles. 



