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Mimomyia, Theobald. Head covered with squames ; some darts but 

 no sickles. Scutellum with sickles only. Male palpi about two-thirds 

 the length of the proboscis. Often brightly coloured. 7 species ; Africa 

 and India. 



Skusea, Theobald. Head covered with squames ; some darts but no 

 sickles. Scutellum with sickles only. Male palpi very short. 7 species ; 

 Australian and Oriental. 



Pseudoskusea, Theobald. As Skusea, but male palpi long. 2 species ; 

 Australian. 



Ludlowia, Theobald. Head covered with squames ; some darts but 

 no sickles. Scutellum with sickles only. Male palpi long and clubbed. 

 3 species ; Philippines and Sudan. 



Radioculex, Theobald. As Ludlowia, but the ist longitudinal vein 

 is sinuous and more thickly scaled than the other veins. I species ; 

 India. 



Pseudohowardina, Theobald. Head with squames and some sickles 

 and darts in the middle line. Scutellum with sickles only. Male palpi 

 long. 2 species ; North America and Ceylon. 



Culicimyia, Theobald. As Pseudohowardina but with a broader 

 sagittal band of sickles and darts on the head. 12 species ; Oriental and 

 Ethiopian. 



Neomacleaya, Theobald. As Pseudohowardina, but no darts on the 

 head and only a double row of sickles, i species ; Oriental Region. 



Danielsia, Theobald. As Pseudohowardina, but the squames of the 

 head are smaller and the sickles are limited to the nape. 5 species ; 

 Malay Peninsula, West Africa, Brazil. 



Hispidimyia, Theobald. As Pseudohowardina, but the sickles are 

 minute and are limited to the nape, the female palpi are one-fourth the 

 length of the proboscis, and the long male palpi are clubbed, i species ; 

 Sudan. 



Lepidotomyia, Theobald. As Pseudohowardina, but the palpi of the 

 female are longer, and the proboscis is not more than half the length of 

 the body, i species ; India. 



Gnophodaomyia, Theobald. As Danielsia, but the squames of the 

 head are rounded, not truncated, and the scales in the distal part of the 

 wing are dense and large. I species ; Dutch Guiana. 



Boycia, Newstead. As Pseudohowardina, but in the female the 

 sickles are in two sagittal lines only and are almost entirely hidden by 

 the darts, and the male palpi are clubbed. I species ; Africa. 



Bathosomyia, Theobald. As Pseudohowardina, but the squames of 

 the head are looser, the sickles are confined to the nape, and no darts 

 are present ; and the sickles of the scutellum are coarser, i species ; 

 Africa. 



Banksinella, Theobald. Head covered with squames and a broad 

 sagittal band of sickles and darts. Scutellum with sickles. Male palpi 

 long. 5 species ; Africa and Oriental Region. 



