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ted before <strong>the</strong> apex by a narrow chitinous bridge. . . .<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . apicalis /c ?<br />

Lateral plates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mesosome with processes , . . . . . 2<br />

Apical<br />

Apical<br />

Apical<br />

Apical<br />

CULICINI<br />

Vertex not as above ; all <strong>the</strong> recumbent scales flat. . . .<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @osus ”<br />

Males<br />

Lateral plates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mesosome without processes, uni-<br />

lobe branched ........................... 3<br />

lobe unbranched ......................... 5<br />

lobe with three branches ..............<br />

.piCosz~~ ‘-<br />

lobe with two branches ................... 4<br />

Eighth segment deeply cleft on <strong>the</strong> lower surface. . . .<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . peccator “‘.I<br />

Eighth segment not cleft on <strong>the</strong> lower surface. . . . . .<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iwhibitator “‘.<br />

Apical lobe with five or s,ix appendages . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

Apical lobe with at least eight appendages . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Mesosome without median or lateral processes, con-<br />

sisting <strong>of</strong> two recurved plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . territazzs JL--<br />

Mesosome with median and lateral processes . . . . . . . . 7<br />

Tenth sternites, heavily chitinized, each terminating in<br />

a large, rounded knob, crowned with blunt and point-<br />

ed spines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tarsalis ’<br />

Tenth sternites slightly chitinized, sharply pointed, and<br />

bearing only pointed spines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . salivtarius - ’<br />

Median process <strong>of</strong> mesosome expanded leaf-like dis-<br />

tally; without a blunt, tubular process. . quinquefasciatzu ‘-‘--<br />

Median process <strong>of</strong> mesosome long and curved but not<br />

expanded distally; with a blunt, tubular process, . . .<br />

,<br />

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pipiens .<br />

L.arzae<br />

A stalked, ovoid tracheal gill at <strong>the</strong> base <strong>of</strong> each an-<br />

tenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fdosm ‘7’ ’<br />

No such tracheal gill present. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />

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