no. 1632. SOME NEW MOSQUITOES— DYAR AND KNAB. 65 



veins brown, broad, those along the costa blue-black; legs dark- 

 scaled, with blue and bronzy luster and without white markings; 

 femora whitish beneath. Length, 4 mm. 



One specimen, Caldera, Canal Zone, Panama. (A. II. Jennings.) 



Type.— Qui. No. 11975, U.S.N.M. 



The genus Prosopolepis Lutz was founded on the presence of scales 

 on the ch r peus, which is not a fundamental character. However, the 

 species before us is separable from Lesticocampa by the slender pro- 

 boscis of the latter, not enlarged at the tip, and we therefore recog- 

 nize tin' generic name. 



PHONIOMYIA SIMMSI, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis long and slender, black-scaled; palpi short, 

 slender, black-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, with bronzy and blue re- 

 flections; eyes margined with whitish scales, which are more con- 

 spicuous on the vertex ; wedge between the eyes white-scaled ; protho- 

 racic lobes dark-scaled, with blue reflection ; mesonotum dark-brown- 

 scaled, with bluish reflection; metanotum with a group of setae near 

 the apex, without scales; postscutellum clothed with scales like those 

 of the abdomen; abdomen dark-scaled above, with coppery and blue 

 reflections; beneath silvery white-scaled, the lateral margins straight; 

 tip of abdomen blunt, bristly; w 7 ing- veins clothed with brown, rather 

 broad scales; legs dark-scaled, with blue and bronze reflections; under 

 side of the femora and tibia) Avhitish-scalecl; on the hind legs the tarsi 

 are light-scaled beneath, becoming clear silvery white upon the last 

 tarsal joint. Length, 3.5 mm. 



One specimen, Porto Bello, San Felipe, Panama, bred from a larva 

 in water in the leaves of bromeliaceous plants. (A. II. Jennings.) 



Type.— Cat. No. 11976, U.S.N.M. 



Named, at the suggestion of Mr. A. H. Jennings, in honor of Mr. 

 II. Simms, a most efficient sanitary inspector at Empire, in the Canal 

 Zone, Panama. 



WYEOMYIA ABASCANTA, new species. 



Female. — Proboscis moderately long and slender, somewhat swollen 

 at the apex, black-scaled; occiput dark-scaled, with blue and green 

 metallic reflection, the margin of the eyes dull white-scaled; protho- 

 racic lobes dark-scaled, with blue, purple, and bronzy reflections, a 

 patch of silvery white scales at the apex, basal portion silvery white 

 sealed; mesonotum bronzy brown scaled, with dark bluish reflection; 

 pleura silvery white scaled; abdomen dark-scaled above, beneath 

 coarsely white-scaled, the colors separated on the sides in a straight 

 line; legs dark, with bronzy and blue reflections, the mid legs with 

 tin- apex of the second tarsal joint, all of the third and fourth joints 



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