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females seem distinct. Both species occur in Heliconia in 

 Guatemala. 



Genus DENDROMYIA Theobald 



Dendromyia Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 313, 1903. 



Type species : IVyeomyia liiteoventralis Theobald. 



The male of the type species is unknown to me ; but as it 

 appears to be somewhat close to chrysomus D. & K., I make 

 the present identification. 



TABLE OF SPECIES 



(Coloration) 



1. Prothoracic lobes silvery 2 



Prothoracic lobes coppery golden 6 



Prothoracic lobes violet or blue 9 



2. Abdomen silvery-tipped above 3 



Abdomen without silvery tip above 5 



3. No white on mid tarsi minor Dyar & Knab 



With white marking on the mid tarsi 4 



4. From Florida vanduzeei Dyar & Knab 



From the Bahamas bahanw, Dyar & Knab 



From Cuba argyrura Dyar & Knab 



5. From Martinique fratercula Dyar & Knab 



From Santo Domingo sororcula Dyar & Knab 



6. Scutellum silvery; a large silver spot on vertex of head 



homotina Dyar & Knab 

 Scutellum dark-scaled 7 



7. Eyes with a white border and white line between them 



luteoventralis Theobald, quasiluteoventralis Theobald 

 Vertex with a white spot; no white line between the eyes 8 



8. Proboscis short and stout agnostips Dyar & Knab 



Proboscis long and slender chrysomus Dyar & Knab 



9. Scutellum silvery (prothoracic lobes "mauve") .. .mmz^mo Theobald 

 Scutellum dark-scaled 10 



10. Eyes with a continuous white margin 11 



Eyes without a continuous white margin 13 



11. Mid tarsi marked with white in the female, the hind spotted 



guatemala Dyar & Knab 

 Hind tarsi dark in the female 12 



12. White on mid tarsi on tip of second, third, and fourth joints 



abascanta Dyar & Knab' 



'The slide has been lost ; see genus Diphalangarpe below. 



