Diciembre 1909. IMOSQUITOS DE CUBA 679 



vestiture black with a sliglit bronzy metallie rüñection, the hind margin of the 

 last segnient with silvery scales; venter whili;, the colors separated at the sides 

 in a straight liln^ 



W i 11 g s iiuideratu, hyaliiir; iK'tii)li' íA' fhe seeoiid marginal cell over one- 

 third as Inng as its cell; that of the seeond posterior oell shorter than its cell; 

 basa] cross-vein distant noar!>- lis own leiifitli fnini the antei'ior cross vein ; 

 oatstaiidiiig soalcs of thr vciiis loiig. liiíiilate. lilack with a bronzy reflection on 

 the costa, deiiser mi tlir sci-oiid lo fourth veiiis outwardly. Hal teres wliit- 

 ish with a dai-k knoli. hogs ralher ioiig, slciidci-, brown with a bronzy and 

 bhip reflection: remora and tiliiae palr liriic;ith: tlir hiiid legs with basal half of 

 the íirst tarsal joiiit 'white beiicath, tlu- otlicr joinls with a basal white mark 

 beneath. 



Claw formula, 0. 0-0. 0-0. 0. 



Length. Body about 2. 2. miii. : wing 2.5 inm. 



Male. This sex is unknown. 



Baracoa, Cuba (A. Biisck). 



Número 43. — Wieomyia antoinetta. (Dyar y Knab). Nueva especie. 



(Vide píig. 51). 

 Diagnosis. 



I' rollo seis modérate, distiiii-tly swollen ;it the apex. Occiput dafk- 

 sealed, obscnrely iridescent. the margin of the cye.s not white-scaled, a silvery 

 spot on the occiput and on sides below. Protothoracic lobes dark-scaled, with a 

 violaceous Inster, the apex and base silvery scaled. Abdomen dark-scaled 

 above with obscure bronzj' and blue Inster, white-scaled beneath, the eolors 

 separated on the sides in a straight liue. Legs dark-scaled with a paler 

 bronzy Inster beneath, mid tarsi with the onter half of the second and all of 

 the second and all of the last three joints silver-white-scaled outwardly, hind 

 tarsi unmarked. Wing-scales iiarrow. Length, .3 mm. 



One speeimeu. Estero, Florida (J. B. V a n Duzee), brcd from larvae 

 in bromeliaceous plants. San Antonio de los Baños (J. H. Pazos). 



Type No. 12179, U. S. N. M. 



Niimero 44. — Wieomyia violescens, (Dyar y Knab). 



(Vide pSg. 51). 

 Diagnosis. 



La Diagnosis siguiente nos ha sido facilitada ¡¡or el eminente ento- 

 mologista, Dr. L. O. H o w a r d. 



"Head black, a silvery spot on the vértex; proboscis black; prothoracic 

 lobes pearly-violet ; mesonotum bronzy bro\\Ti, scales toward the mai-gin 

 more metallie ; pleura and coxae silvery ; abdomen black with bluish reflec- 

 tion, silvery beneath ; legs blackish, femora and tibiae palé beneath, middle tarsi 

 with part of the third, fourth and íif th tarsal joint palé on one side ; hind tarsi 

 with white marks at the bases of the joints beneath. 



"Cayamas, Cuba, May and June (E. A. Sehwarz)." 

 . Hasta ahora nosotros no hemos capturado esta especie, 



