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We have referred Uranotcenia coquilletti as a synonym of Uranotcenia sodalis 

 because we do not possess any specimens of the adults, and the larval characters 

 on which it was founded are not reliable. The minute characters of the 

 structure of the antennae of the larvae are not only inconspicuous, but partly 

 imaginary, depending upon the position of the preparation. It was the in- 

 tention of Dr. J. W. Dupree, who collected the material, that specimens should 

 have reached us; but after Ms death the intervention of other persons pre- 

 vented this. We have therefore no material to support the species Uranotcenia 

 coquilletti, and feel obliged to refer it to the synonymy, without, however, sur- 

 rendering the probability that the mainland form is specifically distinct from 

 the insular one. The receipt of further material may warrant the resurrection 

 of the name. 



URANOTJENIA PULCHERRIMA Lynch Arribalzaga. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Lynch Arribalzaga, Rev. Mus. de La Plata, ii, 165, 1891. 



/Edes pulcherrimus Giles, Handb. Gnats or Mosq., 352, 1900. 



Uratiotwnia pulcherrima Theobald, Men. Culic, ii, 244, 1901. 



Vranotwnia pulcherrima Giles, Handb. Gnats or Mosq., 2 ed., 487, 490, 1902. 



Uranotcenia apicalis Theobald, Men. Culic, iii, 298, 1903. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 303, 1903. 



Uranotania pulcherrima Lutz in Bourroul, Mosquitos do Brasil, 65, 1904. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Blanchard, Les Moustiques, 407, 1905. 



Uranotcenia apicalis Blanchard, Les Moustiques, 411, 1905. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Theobald, Mon. Culic, iv, 557, 1907. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Autran, Anal. Dep. Nac. Hig., xiv, 30, 1907. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Peryassfl, Os Culicideos do Brazil, 52, 260, 1908. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Newstead & Thomas, Ann. Trop. Med. & Par., iv, 147, 1910. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 498, 501, 1910. 



Uranotcenia apicalis Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 502, 1910. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima BrSthes, Bol. Inst. Ent. y de Patol. Veget, i, 43, 1912. 



Original Descbiption of Ueanot^nia PtrLCHEBEiMA: 



Testacea, abdomine fusco; capite antice, humeris, mesonoti linea media longi- 

 tudinali postice interrupta, ante scutellum linea transversa, ante alarum inser- 

 tionem linea marginali antice abbreviata metallice cyaneis. Pleuris cyaneo-macu- 

 latis. Alis hyalinis parce fusco-squamulatis. Pedibus testaceis, tibiis tarsisque 

 fuscis vel fusco-nigris, his niveo-annulatis, geniculis niveis. Abdomine supra 

 margaritaceo-fasciato. Long. 2-2 3/Jf millim. 



Antennce proboscide parum breviores, testaceo-piceae, feminae fusco-pilosae, maris 

 dense longeque plumosae, torulus magnus, testaceus. Caput inferne testaceum, 

 antic6 metallic^ cyaneum, postic6 & squamulis margaritaceis tectum. Palpi maxil- 

 lares picei. Proboscis capite thoraceque paulo longior, dimidio apicali breviter 

 ciliata (<^), testacea, apice infuscata. Thorax testaceus, supra linea media longi- 

 tudinali postice abbreviata scutellum baud attingente, sutura transversa pre- 

 scutellari et scutello in medio metallic^ cyaneis, utrinque ante alarum insertionem 

 prope marginem linea metallica cyanea antic6 abbreviata instructus; callus 

 humeralis metallice cyaneus. Pleurae dilute coeruleo-maculatae. Alae hyalinae, 

 fuscano-squamulatae. Halteres pallidi. Pedes ad partim flavicantes, femora inferne 

 et summa basi dilute flavida, supra sat dense fusco-squamata, geniculae niveae, 

 tibiae fuscae apice niveae, tarsis, articulis omnibus apice niveo. Abdomen an- 

 gustum, fuscum, modice villosum et pilosum, superne transversim margaritaceo- 

 fasciatum, subtus griseum. 



Hab. observ.: Prov. Buenos Ayres in Las Conchas (E. L. Holmberg). 



Es un bellisimo Culicidae, notable por las rayas y manchas azul-metS.licas que se 

 destacan sobre un fondo testaceo-ferruginoso y por las bandas de color perla que 

 adornan su abdomen. Solo tres ejemplares recojidos por el Dr. E. L. Holmberg, 

 en las riberas del Rio Lujan, figuran en mi coleccion. Se parece mucho, segun la 

 descripcion, al ^des saphirinus, Ost.-Sacken, del que difiere por su escudete, en 

 gran parte azul metalico, y su color mas claro en general. 



Original Description op Uranot^nia apicalis: 



Thorax bright brown, with deep brown curved scales and a small blue spot before 

 the scutellum and a line of blue scales at the roots of the wings; a few pale blue 

 scales on the prothoracic lobe and on the median lobe of the scutellum, and some 

 pale blue scales on the head and pleurae. Abdomen brown, with apical pearly- 



