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with strong bronzy luster, the ventral surface of the femora silvery- 

 scaled, the inner side of the tibiae obscurely silver-scaled, the knees 

 touched with silver scales; tarsi not ringed; claws simple. Length, 

 3 mm. 



Male. — Proboscis long and slender, enlarged at the apex ; palpi con- 

 siderably longer than the proboscis, black-scaled, without annulations, 

 the apical portion clothed with long black hairs; head and thoracic 

 markings as in the female ; abdomen dark-scaled above, with coppery 

 luster; segments 4 to 8 with basal lateral silvery spots; the under sur- 

 face with silvery basal segmental bands. Length, 3 mm. 



Nine specimens, Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama ; Cartagenita, Paraiso 

 District, and Miraflores in the Canal Zone, bred from larvae in a ditch, 

 from a small patch of alga 1 beside railroad track, and from a swamp. 

 (A. H. Jennings.) 



Type.— Cat No. 11966, U.S.N.M. 



Similar to G. spissipes Theobald and C. fur Dyar and Knab, but 

 easily distinguished by the narrow wing-scales and the more extensive 

 golden area of the mesonotum. 



CULEX DAUMASTOCAMPA, new species. 



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

 black-scaled ; occiput golden-scaled, with black scales sparsely inter- 

 mixed, a large dark spot on each side ; thorax deep brown scaled, the 

 front and lateral margins on the anterior half very broadly bright 

 golden-scaled ; scutellum dark-scaled ; abdomen dark-scaled above, 

 with bronzy luster, slightly lighter colored beneath, but without dis- 

 tinct banding; scales along the wing veins long and narrow, darkly 

 colored ; legs dark-scaled, with bronzy luster ; hind legs with the 

 under surface of the femora silvery white-scaled, the apices of the 

 tibiae and a rather broad ring at the base of the first tarsal joint sil- 

 very white-scaled ; second and third tarsal joints very narrowly sil- 

 ver-white-ringed at the bases, the rings obsolete on the fourth and 

 fifth joints; front and middle legs without rings; tarsal claws sim- 

 ple. Length, 2 mm. 



Male. — Palpi long and slender, nearly as long as the proboscis, 

 black-scaled, without annulations; head and thoracic markings as 

 in the female; abdomen dark-scaled above, with strong coppery 

 luster; beneath the scaling is more brassy, but there are no segmental 

 bands; knees of the hind legs silvery scaled; tibial and tarsal mark- 

 ings as in the female. Length 2 mm. 



Three specimens, Porto Bello, Fort San Felipe, Panama, bred 

 from larvae in water between the leaves of bromeliaceous plants. 

 (A. H. Jennings.) 



Type.— Cat. No. 11967, U.S.N.M. 



