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flattened, truncate at tip, black scaled above with faint bronzy luster, the bases of the 

 segments with lateral white triangular spots, the marginal hairs light yellow, beneath 

 the segments are black with broad white basal bands ; legs dark with bronzy luster, 

 the knees and tips of tibiae lighter colored, tarsi not ringed, claws simple ; wing scales 

 brown. Length, 3.5 mm. 



$ . — Palpi about one-fourth longer than the proboscis, the two last segments 

 very hairy, clothed entirely with deep brown scales with bronzy luster ; antennas 

 densely plumose; lateral spots of the abdomen large on segments 5, 6 and 7, the 

 lateral cilia coarse, moderately abundant with yellowish luster. Length, 3 mm. 



Sixteen specimens, Tabernilla and Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone, 

 Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in a stagnant ill- 

 smelling pool and among grass in the edge of a slowly running stream. 



Tj'pe. — No. 10869, U. S. National Museum. 



Named, at the suggestion of Mr. Busck, in honor of Dr. J. A. 

 LePrince, Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Canal Zone. 



Culex corrigani, new species. 



9 .— Proboscis long and slender, distinctly swollen at the apex, black scaled, 

 not ringed ; palpi very short, brown scaled ; occiput brown scaled, the eyes with 

 distinct white margins ; mesonotum rather light-brown scaled, with a darker shade 

 on the posterior portion and with many long coarse black bristles ; metanotum very 

 light brown; pleura pale greenish; abdomen somewhat depressed, truncate at the 

 tip, clothed above and at the sides with black scales with a brownish luster, beneath 

 greenish-white scaled along the median line ; legs black with bronzy luster, claws 

 simple ; scales of the wing-veins brown, long and narrow. Length, 3 mm. 



One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, 

 collector), bred from larvae in water in bamboo joints. 



Type. — No. 10870, U. S. National Museum. 



Named, at the suggestion of Mr. Busck, in honor of Mr. John 

 Corrigan, Sanitary Inspector of Tabernilla. 



The larva is allied to that of Culex conservator Dyar & Knab, but 

 differs in the long slender antennae on which the tuft is placed very 

 near the apex, and in having six single hairs on the air-tube. 



Culex equivocator, new species. 



9 . — Proboscis rather long and slender, very slightly enlarged towards the apex, 

 black scaled ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput brown scaled with bronzy luster, the 

 ocular margin very narrowly white scaled ; mesonotum uniformly rich brown scaled 

 with bronzy luster ; metanotum light brownish ; abdomen depressed, truncate at the 

 tip, clothed above with brownish-black scales with faint bluish luster, the segments 

 with lateral white triangular basal spots, most distinct on segments 5, 6 and 7, beneath 

 black, the bases of the segments with broad soiled white bands ; legs dark with 

 bronzy luster ; claws equal and simple ; scales of the wing-veins brown, long and 

 narrow throughout. Length, 3.5 mm. 



