MOSQUITO FAUNA OF PANAMA — BUSCK 75 



Genus PHONIOMYIA Theobald 



PHONIOMYIA PHILOPHONE Dyar and Knab 



Bred from larvae in Tillandsia on a tree near Tabernilla. The 

 adults were also collected on Taboga Island by Mr. A. H. Jennings. 



PHONIOMYIA CHRYSOMUS Dyar and Knab 



Bred, together with the foregoing species, from Tillandsia in a 

 native village near Tabernilla. 



PHONIOMYIA SCOTINOMUS Dyar and Knab 



Bred from leaf corners of Tillandsia on branches of trees along 

 the Bogueron River, Panama. This species was secured and bred 

 in large numbers, but most of my material was lost by the upsetting 

 accident on the return trip ; a vial with a few live larvae had for- 

 tunately been placed in my valise, which was ultimately recovered 

 after floating for a few miles through the rapids of the upper Chagres 

 River, and they were bred to adults at my headquarters in Tabernilla. 

 A single specimen of this species was also bred from Bromelia water 

 in a native village near Tabernilla, where it occurred together with 

 JVyeoinyia macrotus. 



Genus DINOMIMETES Knab 

 DINOMIMETES EPITEDEUS Knab 



This peculiar mosquito, at once distinguished from all others ex- 

 cept Dcinocerites by the very long antennae, was bred from crab- 

 holes near the wireless telegraph station at Colon, where it was 

 found associated with Dcinocerites uiclaiiophyliiin and Culex cx- 

 tricator. 



Though possessing a well-developed proboscis, this species prob- 

 ably does not bite man ; but this should be definitely ascertained by 

 observations. (See note under Dcinocerites melanophylum.) 



Genus LESTICOCAMPA Dyar and Knab 



LESTICOCAMPA ULOPUS Dyar and Knab 



Taken at Lion Hill and near Tabernilla. The larva lives between 

 the stalk and the leaf stalk of a juicy large-leaved dark-green plant, 

 which reminds one of Monstera dcliciosa. The space in these leaf 

 corners is so limited and the amount of water they hold so small and 

 so slimy from the plant's juice that it would hardly be suspected to 



