Genus BRACHIOMYIA. nov. gen. 
Head covered vdth very thin, narrow curved scales, all 
pointing forwards; mesothorax and scutellum with small, narrow 
curved scales. Antennae of the female 14-jointed, very long and 
filiform, the second joint long, the succeeding joints gradually 
becoming shorter, apical joint globose-oval; the second to fifth 
joints densely covered with scales and with longish hairs, 
remaining joints with shorter hairs and no scales, verticillate 
hairs scanty and short, basal joint globose, bare. Palpi short, 
4-jointed, apical joint the longest, the two basal joints small; 
clypeus prominent, nude; proboscis long, but not so long as the 
body. Legs with the fore and mid femora swollen; fore and 
mid ungues of the 9 equal and simple, the fore ones straighter 
than the mid. Wings with venation as in Culex, the scales 
rather thick, either truncated (in middle of veins) or lanceolate 
laterally. 
