Table of Genera. 151 



Palpi of 6 acuminate. Wings 

 ornamented with various 

 coloured patches. Scales 



partly Culex-like partly Tae- 



nio?'hynchiis-like Genus 41 Lutzia. Theobald. 



Wings with dense linear scales ; 



fork cells short Genus 42 Culicada. Felt. 



Wings with broadish lateral vein 



scales, median large and spatu- 



late. Front area of thorax 



silvery-grey scaled... Genus 43 Leucomyia. n. g. 



Fork cells short, but vein scales 



broader than in Culex 



Genus 44 Culicelsa. Felt. 

 Wings with narrow linear or 



lanceolate scales. 

 Fork cells long in the $ . Costa 



not spinose Genus 45 Culex. Linnaeus. 



Costa spinose ; 6 palpi bluntly 



acuminate Genus 46 Miceoculex. n. g. 



W T ing scales broader than in 



Culex ; <? palpi plumose 



Genus 47 Protoculex. Felt. 

 Male antennae with special 



organs Genus 48 Lophoceratomyia. Theo- 

 bald. 

 Proboscis hairy in the middle . . . 



Genus 49 Trichopronomyia. Theo- 

 bald. 

 Wings with elongated broadish 



scales. Fork-cells long 



Brown species Genus 50 Taeniorhynchus. Arri- 



balzaga. 

 Golden, yellow and purple 



species Genus 51 Chrysoconops. Goeldi. 



Wings with large broad and 

 asymmetrical scales. Scutellar 



scales narrow-curved 



Genus 52 Mansonia. Blanchard. 

 Scutellar scales flat ...Genus 53 Mansonioides. n. g. 

 Wing scales large and fan-shaped 



Genus 54 Lepidoplatys. Coquillett. 



Wing scales heart-shaped 



Genus 55 Etorleptiomyia. Theo- 

 bald. 

 II. Femora and tibiae swollen apically 

 and basally. 

 Wing scales small, dense and 

 broad at the apices of the 



veins. Small black gnats 



Genus 56 Melanoconiox. Theobald. 

 Wing scales longer and Tae- 



niorhynchus-like Genus 57 Neomelanoconion. n. g. 



