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the following joint, fourth tarsal joint slightl}^ shorter than the 

 fifth, pulvilli about as long as the claws. Wings hairy on the apical 

 half and on the posterior margin; R^^^ ends at .7 the length of 

 the wing, second radial cell about three times as long as the first, 

 both distinct, base of the first radial cell, fork of the media and 

 of the cubitus ecjuidistant from the base of the wing, petiole of the 

 media about half as long as the cross vein. Ilalteres distinctly 

 pale brown. Length i to 1.25 mm. Old Forge, N. Y. 



Genus culicoides 



Latreille, 1809; Kieffer, 1899, 1906 



Oecacta Poey (1851) and Haematomyidium Goeldi (1905) are 

 probable synonyms. The type of the genus is C . punctata 

 Meigen. 



It was formerly supposed that all the hairy winged species of the 

 Ceratopogoninae had terrestrial larvae, but this is not the case. 

 Mik some years ago described a semiaquatic larva from which he 

 bred Culicoides hippocastani, and I have reared 

 several species of Culicoides and afso of the subgenus Ceratopogon 

 from aquatic larvae which differ but little from those of the bare 

 winged members of this subfamily. 



The North American representatives of this genus are : b i g u t - 

 tat us, cinctus, cocker elli, g rise us, gutti- 

 p e n n i s , 1 e v i s , lotus, m a c u 1 i t h o r a x (= Oec- 

 acta f u r e n s ?) , m e 1 1 e u s , m u t a b i 1 i s , p h 1 e b o - 

 t o m u s , s a n g u i s u g a , s c u t e 1 1 a t u s Meigen, s t e 1 - 

 lifer, and v a r i i p e n n i s. Several of the species listed 

 with Ceratopogon may belong to this genus also. 



Genus bezzia 

 Kieffer, 1899, 1906 

 Kieffer gives (Ceratopogon) ornata Meigen as the 

 type of the genus Bezzia. 



Subgenera of bezzia 



a Femora without prominent spines underneath Probezzia Kieffer 



aa Femora with prominent spines underneath Bezzia Kieffer 



North American species belonging liere are as follows : Subgenus 

 Probezzia : albiventris, bivittatus, elegans, ele- 

 gant u 1 a , f 1 a v o n i g e r , gibber, g 1 a b e r , i n e r m i s , 

 o p a c u s , p a c h y m e r u s , s m i t h i i , t e r m i n a 1 i s . 



