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Sub- Family C U L 1C IN /E .— Theobald. 
Characters .—Palpi in the male usually longer than the proboscis but ii 
a tew genera they are shorter but never so short as in the subsequent sub 
families. Palpi in the female usually about one-quarter the length of the 1 
proboscis and according to Theobald three to five-jointed. Head clad either 
entirely with spatulate and upright forked scales or with narrow-curved 
scales in the centre and spatulate scales laterally with upright 
forked inserted amongst these over the larger part of the surface 
of the head. Thorax generally clad with narrow-curved scales only 
but in some cases with spatulate scales on the margins as well. Scutellum 
variously scaled. Median cross-vein of wing in all genera except Mucidus 
and Ekrinomyia always nearer the apex of the wing than the posterior 
cross-vein. Fork cells long. 
Remarks.— This is the largest of all the sub-families and indeed gives its 
name to the Family Culicidae. It contains genera with very varied 
characteristics. I have in my synoptic table given all the known genera as 
published in the “ Genera Insectorum 26 me, fascicule 1905, which is, I 
believe, the latest out. Many of these genera are unrepresented in Malaya. 
In the synoptic table adopted the arrangement differs from that of Mr. 
Theobald and in some cases under “ remarks” on genera the reasons for 
placing such and such a genus in the position it is placed are given. I have 
endeavoured to make the key as simple and natural as possible. The 
genus Orthopodomyia is placed at the end as in my opinion it is somewhat 
doubtful .whether, it should not come in the following sub-family 
Aedeomyinae, for in many respects it is closely allied to Aedeomyia and i 
the palpi, in male and female are scarcely those of a culicine. Since ! 
constiucting the key I have seen Mr. Theobald and received his recent 
changes in the classification in which he has transferred some genera from 
Aedeomyina to Culicinaand I have made changes in my table in accordance 
with his with the desire of bringing my synoptic table up to date. It is an 
extremely difficult matter to alter such a table without reconstructing the 
u ^°l e ’ anc ^ ^ there are errors the excuse must be the awkwardness of having 
to effect changes at the last moment. 
Synoptic Table of Genera. 
Section I. Legs densely scaled or with patches of long 
erect scales. 
(a.) Head with broad fusiform scales. Thorax and 
scutellum with fusiform scales. Female ungues thick. 
Position of cross veins normal*. Hind legs densely 
scaled, 
.Genus 1. —Janthinosoma. 
. • G te ' The term normal used in connection with cross-veins of wing means such a condition as is 
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side of the niedian^'earer^the^as^of'the ^j® g coinmencement of the posterior cross veins is always ott the 
