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WYEOMYIA ANDROPUS, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis rather short and stout, swollen toward the 

 apex, black-scaled; palpi black-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, with 

 greenish and brownish reflections, the eyes not distinctly white- 

 margined above, the marginal scales being of a grayish cast ; pro- 

 thoracic lobes dark-scaled, with greenish and bronzy luster and with- 

 out pale scales on the apices; mesonotum dull brown-scaled, with 

 obscure bronzy and bluish luster; abdomen dark-scaled above, nearly 

 black, beneath 3 r ellowish white-scaled, the colors separated on the 

 sides in a straight line; legs dark-scaled, with bronzy and bluish 

 reflections, without white markings on the tarsi. Length, 3 mm. 



Male. — The proboscis somewhat longer and more slender than in 

 the female, abdomen expanded toward the tip, the claspers widely 

 separated and conspicuous; fore tibia 1 and tarsi silvery yellowish- 

 scaled beneath, the color whitest and most conspicuous on the second, 

 third, and fourth joints; mid-legs, with the tibia, the basal half of 

 the first tarsal joint silvery white marked beneath, the apical half of 

 the second joint and all of the succeeding joints silvery white marked 

 above and beneath; hind legs entirely dark. 



Twenty-six specimens, Porto Bello, Fort San Felipe, and Caldera 

 Island, Porto Bello Bay, Panama, bred from larva in water between 

 the leaves of bromeliaceous plants. (A. H. Jennings.) 



Type.—Qzt. No. 11080. U.S.N.M. 



WYEOMYIA CLASOLEUCA, new species. 



Ft male. — Proboscis moderately long and slender, the apical third 

 much swollen, black-scaled; palpi black-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, 

 without light margin to the eyes; prothoracic lobes dark metallic 

 blue-scaled with purple reflection, the apices without lighter scales; 

 mesonotum dark dull brown-scaled, nearly black; abdomen dark- 

 scaled above, with obscure bronzy and bluish reflections, beneath 

 silvery while-scaled, the colors separated on the sides in a straight 

 line; legs dark-scaled, with bronzy and blue reflection; on the hind 

 legs the fourth tarsal joint is silvery white-marked beneath from the 

 base nearly to the apex, the fifth tarsal joint silvery white-marked 

 beneath throughout; fore and mid tarsi entirely dark. Length, 

 .">.."") mm. 



Two specimens, Caldera Island, Porto Bello Bay, Panama. (A. H. 

 Jennings. ) 



Type.— Cat. No. L1990, U.S.N.M. 



WYEOMYIA DYMODORA, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis very long and slender, as in Phonionn/ia. but 

 slightly swollen at the tip. black-scaled; palpi black-scaled; occiput 

 dark-scaled, with blue and green iridescence, margin of the eyes not 



