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The same, or a similar species has been described by Theobald as the 

 male of his Sabethes nit \ dun (Mon. Culic., ii, 317, 1 901 ) ; but the type of nitidus 

 is clearly the female there described, is referable to the section Sabethoides, 

 in which the tarsi are not plumed, thus leaving the present species name 

 less. 



GENUS LESTICOCAMPA DYAR & KNAB. 



The species on which this genus was founded appears now to be unde- 

 scribed. It was identified by Coquillett, and accepted by us, as Joblotia 

 Innata Theobald. But Theobald states positively that lunnta has the 

 clypeus hairy, thus being properly referable to Joblotia, which is not the 

 case with the form before us. Therefore, unless Theobald lias made an 

 error of observation, our species is distinct. Lesticocampa is allied to Run- 

 chomyio, rather than Joblotia, but differs in the absence of the conical 

 frontal process of that genus. The eyes are contiguous vertically, the pro- 

 thoracic lobes well separated. The type species is : 



Lesticocampa rapax sp. nov. 



c? ; head clothed witli dull violet scales behind, with a row of black 

 erect forked scales ; thorax with dull brown scales with faint purple reflec 

 tion ; pleurae and coxae silvery ; abdomen dull steel blue, violaceous in 

 certain light the first segment with brighter blue scales, 8th with bright 

 violet scales, golden at the sides ; venter golden ; last segment bright violet 

 blue with numerous bristles below. Legs entirely violet blue. Palpi longer 

 than the antennae, upcurved. 

 * 9 ; similar to the male, palpi short, as long as four joints of the antennae. 



1 6\ Trinidad, B. W. I. (F. W. Urich), bred from larvae described as 

 Lesticocampa lunnta Theob. (Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. ent. soc., xiv, 226, 

 1906); 3 9 , Sao Paulo, Brazil (A. Lutz); Patulue, Guatemala (D. G. Eisen). 



Type. Cat. No. 9981, U. S. Nat. Mas. 



Lesticocampa vonplesseni sp. nov. 



9 ; head with dull indigo blue scales behind ; palpi as long as six joints 

 of the atennae, black ; thorax elongate, with sooty scales ; abdomen dull 

 blue above, golden below ; legs black with blue reflection. 



4 specimens, upper Pastazza River, Ecuador (Baron von Plessen, through 

 Dr. M. Graham). 



Type.Cai. No. 9982, U. S. Nat. MUR. 



Lesticocampa leucopus sp. nov. 



Palpi of 9 as long as six joints of the antennae ; hind tarsi white at tip. 



5 specimens, Bluefields, Nicaragua (W. F. Thornton) ; Bocas del Toro, 

 Panama (P. Osterhout). 



Type. Cat. No. 10,003, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Lesticocampa ulopus sp. nov. 



Palpi of 9 as long as six joints of the antennae ; mid and hind tarsi 

 white at tip. 



