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has occurred. It is therefore possible that the Wyeomyia, 

 ypsipola did not come from a tree-hole, although it probably 

 did so. 



I have been unable to find any described female to which this 

 male would fit. The imperfection of the vestiture renders the 

 task more difficult than usual, and it is hoped better material 

 may be found. The structure is so remarkable, however, that 

 it seems desirable to record it. The most likely comparison 

 seemed to be with Wyeomyia celaenoccphala D. & K., described 

 from Guatemala. However, the single female type of this 

 species seems to have distinctly violet prothoracic lobes, and 

 it is a smaller and slenderer insect. No other species with the 

 mid tarsi only white-marked comes as near. W. abia D. & K. 

 from Dominica comes next, but this, too, is a small slender 

 insect with delicate proboscis, the prothoracic lobes with a dis- 

 tinct violet tint. 



Goeldia paranensis Brethes. 



Lynchiaria paranensis Brethes, Bol. Inst. Ent. y Pat. Veg., i, 

 40, 1912. 



This species was not placed by Dr. and Mrs. Bonne in their 

 recent table of the species of Goeldia (Ins. Ins. Mens., x, 38, 

 1922) on account of lack of material. A female specimen is 

 now before me, by the kindness of Dr. Juana Petrocchi. The 

 species is small for a Goeldia, though not as small as espini 

 Mart. The prothoracic lobes are remote, and the generic 

 location seems correct. Clypeus and postnotum nude, the tuft 

 of setae on the latter distinct. The tarsi are entirely dark ; 

 proboscis as long as abdomen ; abdominal colors strongly 

 roundedly incised ; scutellum concolorous ; lateral and ventral 

 abdominal scales yellowish white. 



It thus falls in the table between lunata and espini, inter- 

 mediate in size and coloration between these species, nearer 

 espini. Lunata is a distinctly large species, with dark marks 

 on the pleura under the silver scaling, which is absent in espini, 

 slightly indicated in the sutures in paranensis. 



