SABETHES CYANEUS 27 



Sahethes remipes Giles, Gnats or Mosq., 2 ed., 476, 1902. 



Sabelhes remipes Theobald, Mon. Culic, ill, 324, 1903. 



Sahethes remipes Lutz in Bourroul, Mosq. do Brasil, 67, 1904. 



Hamagogus cyaneus Blanchard (in part), Les moust., 412, 1905. 



Sahettus remipes Blanchard, Les moust., 422, 190.5. 



Sahethes remipes Goeldi, Os Mosq. no Para, 128, 1905. 



Sahethes remipes Felt, N. Y. State Mus. Bull. 97, 462, pi. 3, fig. 2, 1905. 



Sahethes locuples Coquillett, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. 11, 28, 1906. 



Sahethes remipes Peryassu, Os Culic. do Brazil, 286, 1908. 



Sahethes locuples Busck, Smiths. Misc. Colls., quart, iss., Hi, 71, 1908. 



Sahethes cyaneus Knab, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., xi, 154, 1909. 



Sahethes remipes Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 575, 1910. 



Original DEscRirxiONs of Culex cyaneus: 



9. C. cyaneus abdominis lateribus linea alba cyaneus 



Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Sniidt. Mus. Dom. Lund. 



Magnitudo et statura C. pipientis. Caput cyaneum, haustello nigro. 



Thorax cyaneus. Abdomen planum, cyaneum: linea lateral! alba. 



Pedes elongati, nigri, tibiis cupreis. 



Original DEscRiPtiON of Sabethes locuples: 



Metallic^ cyaneo-violaceus. Abdomen, maculis lateralibus trigonis argenteis. 

 Pedes graciles, tibiis tarsisque intermediis djlatatis, dens6 ciliatis. 



Long. 4 lineas. 



Antennae, palpi, proboscisque nigra. Vertex ignitus. Thorax abdomenque metal- 

 lice cyaneo-violacea; abdomine, maculis lateralibus trigonis argenteis nitidis. Pedes 

 graciles, bruneo-violacei. Tibise tarsique intermedii dilatata, dense ciliata, nitide 

 violacea. Alse margine fuscanse, nervis villosis. 



Hanc speciem non molestam infestamque existimo. 



Habitat in Brasilia. (Musseum Dejeanianum.) 



Original Description of Culex remipes: 



Chalybeus; tibiis tarsisque mediis: illis apice, his basi late ciliatis. Stahlblau; 

 Mittelschienen und Fiisse, jene an der Spitze, diese an der Wurzel breit gewimpert. 

 2% Linien J'. Brasilien. 



Fiihler braunlich; Riissel und Kopf stahlblau: unten mit einigen Silberschiipp- 

 chen. Mittel- und Hinterleib stahlblau, was zumal an letzterm ins Griinliche fallt. 

 Brustseiten, wie es scheint, griingolden; Bauch gelblich silberglanzend, so auch die 

 Seitenrander der Hinterleibswurzel. Hiifte silberbeschuppt; Beine schon stahlblau. 

 Mittelste Schienen bis iiber die Halfte hinauf, und das ganze erste Glied der mit- 

 telsten Fiisse lang und dicht gewimpert, so dass daraus ein grosses Ruder von 

 eiformigem Umrisse und senkrechter Flache sich bildet (etwa so wie bei Lygaeus 

 bilineatus, nur dass das Ruder hier eine Platte und nicht aus Wimpern gebildet ist) ; 

 vorderste und hinterste Beine ohne alle Wimpern. In Westermanns Sammlung. 



Description of Male and Female of Sabethes cyaneus (Larva Unknown) : 



Female. Proboscis rather short, slightly enlarged at tip, labellse conically 

 tapered; vestiture black with a blue reflection; setae fine, short, obliquely out- 

 standing. Palpi moderate, nearly one-third as long as proboscis, uniform, 

 black with a blue reflection. Clypeus broadly triangular, rounded at tip, gray 

 in middle, margins white pruinose. Antennae moderate, the joints subequal, 

 rugose, pilose, black, second joint pale at base; tori subspherical, with a cup- 

 shaped apical excavation, blackish with a distinct white pruinosity around rim ; 

 hairs long, rather numerous, black. Eyes very large, contiguous on vertex, partly 

 inclosing the antennae and touching the clypeus, black. Occiput clothed with 

 flat metallic-blue and violet scales, two setae at vertex; margin of eyes silvery at 

 sides. 



Prothoracie lobes large, approximate dorsally, similarly colored to meso- 

 notum; a row of setae on anterior margin. Mesonotum blackish brown, clothed 

 with broadly elliptical, flat, metallic-blue scales with a faint green reflection. 

 Scutellum trilobate, with similar vestiture to the mesonotum, but more brilliant ; 

 each lobe with a tuft of bristles. Postnotum elliptical, brown, with a central 

 flattened carina, four long bristles behind ; no scales. Pleuroe and coxae brownish 

 black, entirely clothed with flat, elliptical, silvery-white scales. 



