N-0. 1822 



NEW SPECIES or AMERICAN MOSQUITOES 



261 



Fig. s6.—Deinocerites, female cerci and male antennae: 

 I. D. cancer Theo. ; 2. D. troglodytus D. and K. ; 3. D. melanophylum D. and K. 



WYEOMYIA PANDORA, new species 



Proboscis moderate, bronzy black. Occiput black with bronzy 

 and blue reflection without white margin to the eyes. Prothoracic 

 lobes dark metallic blue with violet and coppery luster. Abdomen 

 with the colors separated on the sides in a straight line, silvery be- 

 neath. Wing-scales broad, ovate, many obliquely subtruncate; legs 

 bronzy black, mid tarsi with the apical two-thirds of the second and 

 all the succeeding joints silvery white on the outer side; hind tarsi 

 with the last two joints white all around. Length, 3.5 mm. 



Four specimens, Corozal, Canal Zone, Panama, bred from larvae 

 in Calladium leaf-axils (A. H. Jennings) ; Gorgona, Canal Zone, 

 Panama, bred from larvse (A. H. Jennings) ; Black Swamp, Canal 

 Zone, Panama, from larvse (A. H. Jennings). 



Type no. 12132, U. S. N. M. 



WYEOMYIA ONIDUS, new species 



Female. — Proboscis moderately long, swollen at the tip. Occiput 

 dark-scaled, the margin of the eyes narrowly white. Prothoracic 

 lobes dark-scaled without white apices. Abdomen dark-scaled above 

 with bronzy luster, white beneath, the colors separated in a straight 

 line. Legs bronzy brown, the femora pale at base beneath, the hind 

 tarsi with the last two joints silvery white beneath, the white inter- 

 rupted at the apex of the fourth joint; fore and mid tarsi without 

 white. Wing-scales broad. 



Male. — Coloration as in the female. 



Three specimens, bred from larvse in the flower cups of Heliconia, 

 Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (A. H. Jennings). 



Type no. 12054, U. S. N. M. 



