262 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 52 



WYEOMYIA PANTOIA, new species 



Female. — Proboscis moderately long, swollen towards the tip, 

 black-scaled. Occiput entirely dark-scaled. Prothoracic lobes dark- 

 scaled, without light scales at the apices. Abdomen dark-scaled 

 above, white beneath, the colors separated on the sides in a straight 

 line. Legs bronzy brown, the femora pale beneath, the hind tarsi 

 with the last two joints silvery white beneath; fore and mid tarsi 

 without white. Wing-scales broad, 



Male. — Coloration as in the female. 



Six specimens, bred from larvae in flower-cups of Heliconia and 

 captured, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama, Caldera Island, Porto 

 Bello Bay, Panama (A. H. Jennings). 



Type no. 12055, U. S. N. M. 



WYEOMYIA SYMMACHUS, new species 



Female. — Proboscis moderately long, somewhat swollen at the 

 tip, black-scaled. Occiput dark-scaled, the eyes with a narrow white 

 margin, interrupted towards the vertex. Prothoracic lobes dark- 

 scaled, the tips silvery white, as also the basal portion. Abdomen 

 black-scaled, with bluish iridescence, white beneath, the colors sepa- 

 rated on the sides in a straight line. Legs bronzy brown, the femora 

 pale beneath ; hind tarsi with the last two joints white-scaled beneath 

 nearly to their apices ; mid tarsi with the apical three-fourths of the 

 second, and all of the succeeding joints silvery white-scaled be- 

 neath ; fore legs dark. Wing-scales broad. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Two specimens, bred from larvae in water in bamboo joints, Taber- 

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



Type no. 12056, U. S. N. M. 



WYEOMYIA ABRACHYS, new species 



Female. — Proboscis rather long, distinctly swollen towards the 

 tip. Occiput dark-scaled, the eyes with a narrow whitish margin. 

 Prothoracic lobes black above, the tips shining but not distinctly 

 white, the lower part white-scaled. Abdomen dark above, white 

 below, the colors separated on the sides in a straight line. Wing- 

 scales narrow, spatulate, broader and denser at the tip. Legs black- 

 scaled, the mid tarsi with the fourth joint distinctly white beneath in 

 the female, the third and fourth joints white in the male, hind tarsi 

 with white bands at the bases of the second and third joints, the 

 fourth and fifth white below except at tip. 



