CULICOIDES — WIRTH AND LEE 



and 0.049 x 0.038 mm; ovoid, tapering to moderately long sclerotized 

 necks. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Types. — Holotype female: 18 km east of Purace, 3320 m, Paramo 

 de Purace, Cauca, Colombia, Oct. 29, 1964, V. H. Lee, at light, 

 USNM type no. 69397. Paratypes, 11 females: 1 female, Lago Buey, 

 3250 m, Oct. 28, 1964, V. H. Lee, biting man; 10 females, 28.4 km 

 east of Purace, 3100 m, Feb. 18, 1965, V. H. Lee, at light. 



Remarks. — This species is similar to C. puracensis, new species, 

 but can be separated from it by the narrower poststigmatic pale spot, 



Figure 1. — Culicoides andicola, new species, female: a, antenna; b, palpus; c, spermathecae. 

 Culicoides orjuelai, new species, female: d, eye separation; e, antenna; /, palpus; g, 

 spermathecae. 



by the presence of sensoria on antennal segments xi and xn, and by 

 the broader apex of xi. 



We take pleasure in naming this species after Sr. Pablo A. Orjuela, 

 in recognition of his many years of devotion to the tasks of field 

 research in Colombia. 



Culicoides puracensis Wirth and Lee, new species 



Figure 2; Plate 1 (fig. 3) 



Female. — Length of wing 1.33 (1.22-1.40, n=14) mm. 

 Head: Eyes hairy, contiguous (fig. 26), meeting for a distance equal 

 to the diameter of 2 facets. Antenna (fig. 2a) with lengths of flagellar 



