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squames. Scutellum covered with sickles. Palpi of male 

 long, of female about one-fourth, sometimes one-third the 

 length of the proboscis. Wings with broad "butterfly" 

 squames {i.e., scales shaped like the front wing of a butter- 

 fly), sometimes combined with broad spatulate scales ; 

 the wings finely speckled, or mottled. The species, which 

 seem to frequent big rivers, are found everywhere in tropical 

 latitudes. 



Mansonioides, Theobald. As Mansonia, but the middle 

 lobe of the scutellum carries squames. 2 species ; Oriental. 



Mucidus, Theobald. Head shaggy with loose-set squames, 

 darts, sickles, and huge, white, upstanding sickles with long, 

 slender, sinuous stalks; these last also occur in some pro- 

 fusion on the scutum and scutellum. Palpi of male long, 

 those of female from half to three-fourths the length of the 

 proboscis. Wings speckled, wing-fringe spotted ; the scales 

 being broadly piriform or obovate squames. Abdomen and 

 legs shaggy with outstanding spatulate and racquet-shaped 

 scales. 7 species ; Oriental Region, Australia, Tropical 

 Africa. 



Lepidoplatys, Coquillett. Head ragged with broad darts 

 and broad sickles, and with loose squames at the sides. 

 Scutellum with sickles, some of which are broad. Palpi of 

 the male long; of the female, about one-third the length 

 of the proboscis. Wings mottled ; the scales are broad 

 triangular squames, something like those of Mansonia. i 

 species; North America. 



Orthopodomyia, Theobald. Head thickly covered with 

 broad darts and broadish sickles. Scutellum with sickles. 

 Palpi of male from two-thirds to three-fourths, those of the 

 female from half to two-thirds, the length of the proboscis. 

 Wings with elliptical or spatulate scales ; the costa and the 

 field of the wing are spotted much like those of Nyssorhynchus. 

 3 species; Oriental. 



Etorilepidomyia, Theobald. Head shaggy with upstand- 

 ing squames, broad darts, and sickles. Scutellum with 

 sickles. Palpi of female very short. Wings speckled ; the 

 scales are broad "butterfly" squames much like those of 

 Mansonia, some of them are heart-shaped. 2 species; 

 Africa and Philippines. 



