NO. 1822 NEW SPECIES OF AMERICAN MOSQUITOES 265 



WYEOMYIA CACODELA, new species 



Proboscis moderate, swollen towards the apex. Occiput clothed 

 with dark scales, a narrow white margin along the eyes. Prothoracic 

 lobes blackish with dull bronzy and blue reflection. Abdomen with 

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

 broadly ovate, their tips obliquely subtruncate. Legs black with 

 bronzy and blue reflections, without white markings in the female, 

 the male with the mid legs brassy beneath, the hind tarsi with the last 

 two joints silvery white beneath. Length, 3.3 mm. 



Three specimens, selected from a series, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, 

 Panama, bred from larv?e in flower-cups of Heliconia (A. Busck) ; 

 Gorgona, Canal Zone, Panama, from flowers of Heliconia (A. H. 

 Jennings). 



Type no. 12 183, U. S. N. M. 



This species is very similar to W. galoa D. and K., and was so 

 identified by us for Mr. Busck, and published in his report on the 

 mosquitoes of the Canal Zone. The hind feet of the male, however, 

 are diflferently colored. 



WYEOMYIA AGYRTES, new species 



Proboscis rather short, swollen towards the apex. Occiput clothed 

 with dark scales, the eyes with a narrow white margin. Prothoracic 

 lobes blackish, a white patch below. Abdomen with the colors sepa- 

 rated on the sides in a straight line. Wing-scales broadly ovate, 

 their tips obliquely subtruncate, dense. Legs black with bronzy and 

 blue reflections, front and mid legs bright bronzy beneath, without 

 white markings in the female. Length, 3.5 mm. 



One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama, bred from larvae 

 taken May i6, 1905, in water in a bamboo stump (A. Busck). 



Type no. 12184, U. S. N. M. 



WYEOMYIA HAPLA, new species 



FemaeE. — Proboscis very long and slender, the tip slightly en- 

 larged ; black. Palpi short, black-scaled. Occiput dark-scaled, with 

 iridescent reflections in some lights. Prothoracic lobes large, promi- 

 nent, clothed with dark blue scarcely metallic scales and with numer- 

 ous coarse black bristles along the margin. Mesonotum dark-scaled 

 with slightly metallic luster, predominatingly of a dull green color ; 

 scutellum clothed with similar scales. Abdomen black-scaled above, 

 with faint greenish and bluish luster, white-scaled beneath, the colors 

 separated on the sides in a straight line. Legs black-scaled with 



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