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possible to do so and retain the genera proposed by Theobald. Nevertheless, 

 this classification is a distinct advance upon anything at that time proposed, 

 although in it, in common with most others, all the groups are disproportionately 

 magnified. The " subfamilies " are of no greater value than subtribes. In this 

 view we concur with Lahille and Williston, who have criticized this tendency to 

 exaggeration. Following Coquillett's work, Dyar and Knab produced a paper 

 in which an attempt was made to separate not only the higher groups, but also 

 the genera, on unobjectionable structural characters, and their arrangement was 

 adopted by Williston. We here adopt the same scheme, with sundry minor 

 corrections. 



In conclusion attention must be called to the very excellent revisional work 

 on Old World Culicidse accomplished in the last few years by F. W. Edwards 

 of the British Museum. A great deal of unsuspected synonymy has been estab- 

 lished and the species grouped in natural genera, due cognizance being taken of 

 genitalic and larval characters. While Mr. Edwards draws his genera some- 

 what more closely, he having been imwilling to discard altogether the secondary 

 sexual characters, his results in the main harmonize very well with those herein 

 set forth. 



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