MOSQUITO FAUNA OF PANAMA BUSCK "JX 



SABETHES IDENTICUS Dyar and Knab 



The large, fat, milky-white larva of this species is strongly seg- 

 mented and has a short tuhe ; it hangs perpendicularly from the sur- 

 face film when breathing : the adults were bred in two localities near 

 Tabernilla, from my bamboo traps, and are very similar to those 

 of the preceding species. 



SABETHES LOCUPLES Desvoidy 



A single specimen of this species, very conspicuous by its long- 

 tufted legs, was caught by my friend ^Ir. H. Simms, Sanitary In- 

 spector at Empire. Nothing whatever is known of the life history or 

 larva of this curi-ous species. 



SABETHES LONGIPES Fabricius 



Also one of the species with heavy tufts of scales on its legs. A 

 single specimen in the U. S. National Museum was received from 

 Bocas del Toro (P. Osterhaut, collector). The early stages are en- 

 tirely unknown. 



SABETHES CANFIELDI Dyar and Knab 



This large, striking species, dark bluish green, with silvery belly, 

 was the common mosquito in the black swamp from Ahoga Lagarto 

 to Gatun, and came in numbers to inflict its rather severe sting, 

 whenever one stepped into the shade of the brush. I w^as not able 

 to locate its larvae. These will probably be found to inhabit tree- 

 holes or bamboo, or still more probabl}- the inaccessible leaf corners 

 of some palm. 



This species was named in honor of my friend, Dr. Herman Can- 

 field, whose broad comprehension of the problems of sanitation in 

 general and of the bearings thereon, which insects may have, greatlv 

 adds to the efliciency of the work done by the Sanitary Department. 



Genus SABETHOIDES Theobald 



SABETHOIDES CYANEUS Fabricius 



Bred from larvre taken in leaf corners of Spanish bavonet in a 

 native village near Tabernilla. 



Genus WYEOMYIA Theobald 

 WYEOMYIA APORONOMA Dyar and Knab 



Bred from larvae in a hollow tree-trunk l}'ing in the open field 

 near Gatun, surrounded by a few bushes. The larvae are long, 



