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(ii) Abdomen : large projecting flat scales with 

 deeply dentate apices, giving these mosquitoes a 

 ragged appearance. Species, one. 



Genus ii. Melanoconion. — Distinguished from 

 Culex by the dense broad scales on the costa and 

 apex, and by the black spine-like scales along the 

 upper border. Small dark mosquitoes. Species, 

 six. 



Genus 12. Grabhamia. — Allied to Culex and 

 Taeniorhynchus. Palpi in 9 four- jointed. Apical 

 joint minute. Penultimate long and thick. Wing 

 scales not so long or dense as in Taeniorhynchus. 

 Scales mottled. Wings short and stumpy. Legs 

 mottled and spotted. Species, ten. 



Genus 13. Acartomyia. — Allied to CwZex and 

 Grabhamia. Distinguished from Grabhamia by 

 having flat irregularly disposed scales all over the 

 head, from Culex in the $ palpi. Tv^'o terminal 

 segments and the apex of the antipenultimate 

 swollen. Terminal segment club-shaped. Ragged 

 appearance of head, well marked. Species, one. 



Genus 14. Taeniorhynchus. — Palpi five- jointed 

 in $ , the fifth segment minute. Characterized 

 by the wing scales. They are thick elongated 

 scales ending with a broad sloping convexity or 

 blunt point ; median linear scales often absent, 

 proboscis usually banded. Species, about sixteen. 



Genus 15. Mansonia — Panoplites. — Palpi 

 four-jointed in $ , more than one-third the 

 length of the proboscis. Characterized by wings 

 densely scaled along the veins with broad asym- 

 metrical flat scales. No median scales. The genus 

 resembles Aedeomyia, but the palpi in the $ are 

 long in members of this genus, short in the 

 Aedom,yina. Species, eight. 



