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Scutellum with flat scales. 



Head clothed with flat scales only. 



Fork-cells normal length. 



Mid-lobe of scutellum with four border- 

 bristles. 



Palpi of ? two-jointed 



Palpi of ? five-jointed, metallic 



Fork cells very small or small. 



Scutellar scales flat. 



First submarginal cell longer than the 

 second posterior cell; no flat scales on 

 mesothorax 



First submarginal cell smaller than the 

 second posterior cell ; flat scales on meso- 

 thorax... 



Scutellar scales narrow curved. 



First submarginal cell as in Uranotaenia ... 



Wings ornamented with Mansonia-like scales 



Verallina, Theobald. 

 Hcemagogus, Williston. 



Ficalbia, Theobald. 



Uranot&nia, Arribalzaga. 



Mimomyia, Theobald. 

 ift) Theobald. 



SECTION B. Metanotum ornamented with chaetae, 



squamae or both, 

 a. With chaetae only. 



Proboscis longer than whole body ; lateral 



wing scales Taeniorhynchus-like 



Proboscis as long as whole body in $ ; frons 



drawn out into a prominence ; wing scales 



rather broad and long 



Proboscis not as long as the whole body ; 



lateral vein scales narrow 



Proboscis not as long as whole body, swollen 



apically ; wing scales long and broad 

 )8. Metanotum with squam.'e and chaetae. 

 Palpi short in $ and ? . 

 Proboscis straight in ? and $ ; legs with 



scaly paddles 



Venation like Sabethes. 



Legs simple 



Venation like Culex 



Proboscis in $ elbowed, with two scaly tufts 



Palpi long in $, short in $ 



II. Wings with seven-scaled longitudinal veins: 

 Culex type . 



Phoniomyia, T h eobal d . 



{ Binotia, Blanch ard = 

 \Runchiomyia, Theobald. 



Wyeomyia, Theobald. 

 Dendriomyia, Theobald. 



- Sabethes, Rob. Desvoidy. 



Sabethoides, Theobald. 

 Goeldia, Theobald. 

 Liuiattts, Theobald. 

 Joblotina, Blanchard. 



Heptaphlebomyia, Theobald. 



SECTION C. Proboscis short, not formed for 



piercing 



Metatarsus longer than first tarsal joint 

 Metatarsus shorter than first tarsal joint ... 



Corethrina. 

 Corethra, Linnaeus. 

 Mochlonyx, Ruthe. 1 



1 Many other genera have been created ; these will be found in my catalogue of Culicidce 

 11? " Mnnrxri-onVi rf fh*> Mncniii tnp nf fhp Wnrlrl." fOOT-TO. C vols.. in mv " Nov?e 



in my " Monograph of the Mosquitoes of the World, 

 Culicidse,"' family Culicida^ Genera Insectorum, etc. 



1901-10, 5 vols., in my "Novae 



