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9. Hind tarsi entirely dark ; three white palpal bands in Q, the first 



two narrow ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8. brunnipes. 



Last two or three joints of hind tarsi white ,.. ... ... 10. 



10. Four narrow white palpal bands ; wing-scales lanceolate ; legs 



spotted ... ... ... ... ... ... 9. aureosquamiger. 



Three palpal bands, the last two rather broad ; wing-scales much 

 narrower ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11. 



11. Femora and tibiae white-spotted ... ... ... ... ... 12. 



Femora and tibiae not white-spotted ... ... ... 10. rufipes. 



12. Palpi white-spotted ... ... ... ... ... 11. maculipalpis. 



Palpi not white-spotted ... ... ... ... 12. pretoriensis. 



13. Abdomen with lateral tufts of very long slender scales on each 



segment (Christya) ... ... ... ... ... 13. implexus. 



Abdomen without lateral scale-tufts ... ... ... ... 14. 



14. Wing-scales mostly yellow, the black patches on the veins much 



reduced, but three long and one short black marks on the costa 



and first vein, the first two almost or quite united ... ... 15. 



Wings not so marked ... ... ... ... ... ... 16. 



15. Last 2 J joints of hind tarsi white ... ... ... ... 14. theileri. 



Last joints of hind tarsi dark ... ... ... ... 15. wellcomei, 



16. Wings with at least three pale spots on the costal border 



(doubtful species are included in the next division) (Myzomyid) 17. 



Wings with at most two pale spots on the costal border ... ... 36. 



17. Last hind tarsal joints white : legs spotted ... ... 16. natalensis. 



Last hind tarsal joints not white ... ... .. ... ... 18. 



18. Femora and tibiae more or less spotted with whitish; tarsi 



distinctly ringed at the joints ... ... ... ... ... 19. 



Femora and tibiae not at all white-spotted .. . ... ... ... 20, 



19. Hind metatarsi with about five well-marked narrow whitish 



rings ; female palpi with four narrow white rings ... 17. ardensis. 



Hind metatarsi without distinct rings : female palpi with three 



white rings, the apical one broad ... ... ... ... IS. costalis. 



20. Third vein with three dark and two light areas ; male palpi 



with the club mainly yellow, as in costalis ... 19. pallidopalpi. 



Third vein with only two dark areas (near base and apex), or 

 entirely dark ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21. 



21. Palpi of female white only at the apex; base of first fork-cell 



nearer apex of wing than that of second ; small, very dark 

 species ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20. nili. 



Palpi of female with three or four white rings ... ... ... 22. 



22. Third vein mainly (funestus, type form, and culicifacies) or 



entirely dark ; mesonotnm clothed with hairs ... ... ... 23. 



Third vein mainly pale ... ... ... ... ... ... 26. 



23. Hind tarsi with fairly distinct pale rings : wing-field with 



some pale spots ... ... ... ... ... 21. longipalpis. 



Legs entirely dark ... ,,. ... ... ... ... ... 24. 



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