FAM. CULICIDjK 5 



It is considered best therefore to retain the few genera of the Corelhrina in this family. The females 

 oiCulicir.tr and Aedeomyinee are so alike that without the examination of the males it is not always 

 possible to place them in the right subfamily, the number of palpal joints varying in both and also the 

 scale structure and venation. Hence a few genera recorded here are put down with doubt under the 

 larger grouping. 



KEY OF THE SUBFAMILIES 



A. Proboscis, formed for piercing, wings with six longitudinal veins. 



I. Palpi long in tf . 



a) Metanotum nude. 



a. Palpi long in rj 1 and 9 , in the 9 n °t quite as long as the 

 proboscis. 

 i . First submarginal cell, as long or longer than the second 



posterior cell Subfam. AnophelinjE. 



2. First submarginal cell much smaller than the second 



posterior cell. Proboscis curved Subfam. Megarhinin^e. 



|3. Palpi long in the (J , short in the 9 • 



3. First submarginal cell much smaller than the second 



posterior cell. Proboscis curved Subfam. Toxorhynchitin^e. 



4 . First submargi):al cell as long or longer than the second 



posterior cell. Proboscis straight Subfam. Culicin^e. 



b) Metanotum scaly and with chaetae. 



5. Palpi long and acuminate in (f, short in Q : ibfam. Joblotin^e. 



II. Palpi short in (f . 



Palpi short in both sexes, often very minute Subfam. Aedeomyin/e. 



B. Proboscis formed for piercing ; wir.gs with seven scaled longitudinal veins. 



Palpi long in cf , short in 5 . . , Subfam. Heptaphlebomyiisle. 



C. Proboscis not formed for piercing; wings with six longitudinal veins; hairy not 



scaly Subfam. Corethrin/E. 



. SUBFAM. ANOPHELIN^E, Theobald 



This subfamily can be told from all others by the long female palpi and long first submarginal cell. 

 The palpal character occurs in the next subfamily, but the members of the Megarhinina have very 

 small first submarginal cells. 



Characters. — Head with upright forked scales, now and then with those of other forms; 

 thorax scaly or hairy; metanotum nude; scutellum simple. Proboscis straight and thin. Palpi long and 

 clavate in the (f , long in the 9 but usually not quite so long as the proboscis, more or less acuminate; 

 more or less scaly. Antennae verticiUate in 9 ; plumose in tf ; basal joints may or may not be scaly. 

 Wings with longish fork-cells; the first submarginal usually longer than the second posterior; both 

 small in the rf . Ungues in tf . unequal on fore and mid-legs, one or both may be simple, uni-, bi- 

 or triserrated. Larvae without respiratory siphon. 



