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mesonotum dark-scaled, with faint bronzy and blue reflections; pleura 

 silvery white-scaled; abdomen black-scaled, above, with slight blue 

 and bronzy reflections, beneath white-scaled, the colors separated on 

 the sides in a straight Line; legs dark-scaled, with bronzy and blue 

 luster; on the middle legs the extreme apex of the second tarsal joint 

 and all of the third and fourth white beneath; on the hind legs the 

 fourth and fifth tarsal joints are white beneath except at their 

 extreme apices. Length. 3.5 mm. 



Male. — Resembles the female in coloration. 



Eighteen specimens, selected from a series. Cordoba, Mexico, bred 

 from larvse in water between the leaves of bromeliaceous plants. 

 (F. Knab.) 



Type.— Cat. No. 11986, U.S.N.M. 



WYEOMYIA ABEBELA, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis rather long and slender, enlarged toward the 

 apex, black-scaled: palpi black-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, the 

 margin of the eyes clear white scaled, forming a patch on the vertex; 

 prothoracic lobes pearly violaceous in the middle, the tip and base 

 silvery white; mesonotum dull brown-scaled, with obscure bronzy 

 and blue reflection; pleura silvery white-scaled; abdomen dark-scaled 

 above, with faint bronzy and blue luster, beneath coarsely white- 

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

 tirely dark-scaled, with bronzy and blue reflection, the femora and 

 hind tibiae light-scaled beneath; tarsi without white markings. 

 Length, 3 mm. 



Male. — Coloration as in the female. 



Six specimens. Cordoba, Mexico, bred from larvae in water between 

 the leaves of bromeliaceous plants. (F. Knab.) 



Type.— Cat. No. 11987, U.S.N.M. 



WYEOMYIA ABIA, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis slender, moderately long, much swollen at the 

 apex; palpi dark-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, with obscure blue and 

 green luster, the eyes narrowly margined with dull white scales, the 

 margin interrupted toward the vertex; prothoracic lobes clothed with 

 pearly iridescent scales, the apices without white tips; mesonotum 

 bronzy-scaled, with obscure bluish reflection; abdomen bronzy-scaled 

 above, with bluish reflection, beneath coarsely white-scaled, the colors 

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

 and blue reflections; mid-tarsi with the apical half of the second and 

 all of the third and fourth joints silvery white-scaled on one side: 

 front and hind tarsi unmarked. Length. 3 mm. 



Male. — Coloration as in the female. 



Two specimens, Dominica. West Indies. (F. E. Campbell.) 



Type.— Cat. No. 11988. U.S.N.M. 



