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  F. 
  W. 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  / 
  bearing 
  a 
  dense 
  tuft 
  of 
  short 
  scales 
  (appearing 
  like 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  specimen). 
  Claws 
  

   both 
  strongly 
  chitinised 
  and 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  one 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Last 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  of 
  mid 
  legs 
  of 
  q 
  q 
  of 
  Wyeomyia 
  ; 
  scales 
  omitted, 
  

  

  their 
  bases 
  represented 
  by 
  dots 
  : 
  (a) 
  W. 
  aphobema, 
  Dyar 
  ; 
  (bo) 
  W. 
  bodkini, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  ; 
  

  

  (br) 
  W. 
  bromeliarum, 
  D. 
  & 
  K.; 
  (p) 
  W. 
  pseudopecten, 
  D. 
  & 
  K. 
  ; 
  (s) 
  W. 
  splendida. 
  

  

  B.-W. 
  & 
  B. 
  ; 
  (t) 
  W. 
  telestica, 
  D. 
  & 
  K. 
  ; 
  all 
  x 
  200. 
  

  

  Wyeomyia 
  pseudopecten, 
  I 
  >. 
  & 
  K. 
  

  

  A 
  series 
  from 
  Issororo, 
  bred 
  from 
  'larvae 
  in 
  Heliconias. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  mid 
  tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  <$ 
  (fig. 
  1, 
  p) 
  is 
  simple, 
  nearly 
  cylindrical, 
  

   about 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  with 
  moderately 
  dense 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  underside, 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  bristle 
  rather 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Its 
  claws 
  are 
  both 
  

   strongly 
  chitinised 
  and 
  rather 
  large, 
  one 
  longer 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  curved 
  than 
  the 
  

   other, 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  fine 
  sinuous 
  point. 
  

  

  Wyeomyia 
  bromeliarum, 
  D. 
  & 
  K. 
  

  

  A 
  long 
  series 
  from 
  Georgetown, 
  reared 
  from 
  larvae 
  in 
  bamboo 
  stumps, 
  also 
  1 
  $ 
  

   labelled 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  bromelias 
  ; 
  conceivably 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   an 
  error 
  in 
  labelling 
  this 
  specimen, 
  the 
  species 
  being 
  reputed 
  to 
  be 
  restricted 
  to 
  

   bamboos. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  mid-tarsal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  <$ 
  (fig. 
  1, 
  br) 
  bears 
  a 
  single 
  strong 
  spine 
  at 
  

   its 
  tip. 
  The 
  fifth 
  segment 
  is 
  slightly 
  enlarged 
  beneath 
  and 
  bears 
  a 
  dense 
  scale-tuft 
  

   just 
  before 
  the 
  middle. 
  One 
  claw 
  is 
  large, 
  sickle-shaped 
  and 
  strongly 
  chitinised 
  ; 
  

   the 
  other 
  is 
  apparently 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  much 
  shorter, 
  thin, 
  pale 
  and 
  slightly 
  hairy 
  

   structure 
  resembling 
  an 
  em 
  podium. 
  

  

  Wyeomyia 
  telestica, 
  I). 
  & 
  K. 
  

  

  A 
  series 
  from 
  Issororo, 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  in 
  leaf-bases 
  of 
  pineapple 
  plants 
  and 
  

   bromelias. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  mid-tarsal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  j 
  (fig. 
  1. 
  t) 
  has 
  one 
  thin 
  spine 
  and 
  two 
  shorter 
  

   thick 
  ones 
  at 
  its 
  tip. 
  The 
  fifth 
  segment 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  II 
  7 
  . 
  bromeliarum, 
  but 
  is 
  

  

  