INSECUTOR INSCITI^ M^NSTRUUS 111 



Claw formula : 0.0-0.0-0.0. 



Body: length, 3.5 mm.; wing, 3 mm. 



Larva : Head rounded. Antennae small, with a two-haired 

 tuft. Upper head-hairs multiple, lower in threes, ante-antennal 

 tufts in fives. Lateral comb of eighth segment in a long uni- 

 form row. Two long single hairs behind the comb. Air-tube 

 subcylindrical with rounded tip, a number of irregularly 

 placed long single hairs present. A few small two-haired tufts 

 near apex. Anal segment as long as wide, plate large, reach- 

 ing well down the sides. Subdorsal hairs double, lateral hair 

 single. Subventral hairs a multiple tuft. Anal gills longer 

 than anal segment. 



Larvae found in Bromeliacese, Paramaribo, Surinam, De- 

 cember, 1916. 



Wyeomyia fallax seems to be closely allied to Wyeomyia 

 tclestica Dyar and Knab. There are, however, slight differ- 

 ences in the coloration of the legs and Wyeomyia fallax has 

 the prothoracic lobes with a white tip. A description, of the 

 male genitalia might perhaps point out further differences. 



Wyeomyia splendida, new species. 



Female : Proboscis very long and slender, very slightly 

 curved, clothed with dark flat scales with coppery reflection, 

 labellae pointed, a few small setae present. Palpi short, about 

 one-fifteenth as long as the proboscis, clothed with dark scales, 

 and a few long hairs near tip. Antennae much shorter than 

 the proboscis, the joints slender, subequal, pilose, brown. Tori 

 subspherical with a cup-shaped apical excavation, yellow with 

 whitish pruinosity ; hairs of whorls moderate, rather sparse. 

 Clypeus rounded, convex, yellowish-brown. Eyes well sepa- 

 rated at vertex, black with coppery reflection. A whitish 

 pruinosity between the eyes and above the clypeus. Occiput 

 clothed with brownish flat scales, with violet and golden re- 

 flection at vertex, white spots on underside, two setae at vertex 

 and smaller ones along margins of eyes. 



Prothoracic lobes well separated, clothed with flat dark 

 scales with brilliant blue and violet reflection ; a row of bristles 

 on front margin. Mesonotum clothed with elliptical, appressed 



