no. 1632. SOME NEW MOSQUITOES— DYAR AND AVI/?. go, 



distinctly light-scaled; and without white spol on the vertex; pro- 

 thoracic lobes dark-scaled, with obscure bluish luster, without light 

 scales at the apices; mesonotum obscurely brown-scaled; abdomen 

 dark-scaled above, with bluish reflection, white-scaled beneath, the 

 colors separated on the sides in a straight line; wings with the scales 

 on the veins elongate, rather narrow; legs dark-scaled, with bronzy 

 and blue reflection, fore and mid tarsi without white beneath; hind 

 tarsi with the fourth and fifth joints silvery white-marked beneath, 

 the fourth joint black at the apex, the white on the fifth joint con- 

 tinuous. Length, ;'>.."> nun. 



Two specimens, Caldera Island, Porto Bello Bay, and Fort San 

 Felipe, Porto Bello, Panama, bred from larvae in water between the 

 leaves of bromeliaceous plants. (A. II. Jennings.) 



Type.— Cat. Xo. L1991, U.S.N.M. 



The species resembles W. clasoleuca Dyar and Knab in coloration, 

 but the long proboscis, almost like that of a Phoniomyia, and the 

 narrow wing scales will easily separate it. 



WYEOMYIA BARIA, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis moderately long- and slondor, much swollen 

 apically, dark-scaled; palpi dark-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, with 

 obscure bronzy luster; at the sides the eyes very narrowly white- 

 margined; on the vertex a minute white spot ; prothoracic lobes dark- 

 scaled, the apices silvery scaled, the basal portion also silver-scaled; 

 mesonotum dark brownish-scaled, with bronzy and bluish luster; 

 abdomen dark-scaled above, with brownish and bluish luster, beneath 

 white-scaled, the colors separated on the sides in a straight line; legs 

 dark-scaled, with bronzy and blue reflections; front and mid tarsi 

 unmarked; hind tarsi with the fourth joint silvery white scaled to 

 the apex beneath; the fifth joint silvery white-marked beneath on its 

 basal two-thirds. Length, 3 mm. 



One specimen, Sonsonate, Salvador, August 30, L905. (F. Knab.) 



Type.— Cat. No. L1992, U.S.N.M. 



WYEOMYIA MEGALODORA, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis long and rather slender, swollen at the apex; 

 occiput dark-scaled, obscurely iridescent, margin of the eyes nar- 

 rowly dull white-scaled; prothoracic lobes pale violaceous, iridescent. 

 without light scales at the apices: mesonotum dark' brownish-scaled, 

 with obscure bronzy and bluish luster: abdomen above blackish- 

 scaled, with faint bronzy and bluish luster, beneath coarsely white- 

 scaled, the colors separated on the sides in a straight line; legs dark- 

 scaled, with bronzy and bluish reflections; the tarsi of the front and 

 hind legs unmarked; the middle legs, with the apical half of the 



