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United States Records. 
Froripa: Estero, May 10, 1906 (J. B. Van Duzee). 
Royal Palm Park, April 30, 1918 (C. A. Mosier). 
Cocoanut Grove, March 24, 1917 (T. E. Snyder). 
Miami Beach, April 9, 1917 (T. E. Snyder). 
Homestead, March 12, 1917 (C. A. Mosier). 
Subgenus DENDROMYIA Theobald. 
WYEOMYIA (DENDROMYIA) VANDUZEEI Dyar and Knab. 
Wyeomyia vanduzeei DyaR and KNas, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 19, p. 188, 
1906. 
Wyeomyia bahama Dyar and Knap, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 19, p. 138, 
1906. 
Wyeomyia argyrura Dyar and KNas, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, p. 70, 
1908. 
Wyeomyia conchita Dyar and Knas, Smith. Mise. Colls., quart. iss., vol. 52, 
p. 264, 1909. 
A small stout mosquito with dark mesonotum, the prothoracic 
lobes silvered. Legs dark, the mid tarsi marked with silvery white 
at tip of second joint and all of third to fifth. Abdomen black above, 
silvery at extreme tip and beneath, the colors separated on the sides 
in a straight line. Patches of silvery white scales on the sides. A 
small group of minute bristles on the posterior side of the meta- 
notum. 
The larvae live in the water that collects in the bases of the leaves 
of epiphytic Bromeliaceae. They occur all the year around, pro- 
vided that water remains in the leaves. 
The adult will bite, although not with ferocity. The writer was 
bitten by one while stooping over a poo] for some time. 
Distribution Cuba, the Bahamas, and southern Florida. 
United States Records. 
Fiorina: Estero, April and May, 1906 (J. B. Van Duzee). 
Osprey, July 19 and August 31, 1901 (J. G. Webb). 
Biscayne Bay, (A. T. Slosson). 
Paradise Key, March 27, 1917 (T. E. Snyder). 
WYEOMYIA (DENDROMYIA) SMITHII Coquillett. 
Aédes smithii CoQUILLETT, Can. Ent., vol. 33, p. 260, 1901. 
A small stout mosquito with dark mesonotum and legs, mid tarsi 
marked with white from apex of second joint to fifth. Abdomen 
black above, silvery white below, the colors separated on the sides in 
a straight line. Prothoracic lobes submetallic blue. Patches of 
silvery white scales on the sides. A small group of minute bristles 
on the posterior side of the metanotum. 
The larvae live in the water in the leaves of pitcher plants (Sarra- 
cenia purpurea), passing the winter frozen up in the ice cores. The 
