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We have referred Uranotcmia coquilletti as a synonym of UranotcBnia sodalis 

 because we do not possess any specimens of the adults, and the larval characters 

 on which it was founded are not reliable. The minute characters of the 

 structure of the antennae of the larvae are not only inconspicuous, but partly 

 imaginary, depending upon the position of the preparation. It was the in- 

 tention of Dr. J. W. Dupree, who collected the material, that specimens should 

 have reached us; but after his death the intervention of other persons pre- 

 vented this. We have therefore no material to support the species Uranotcenia 

 coquilletti, and feel obliged to refer it to the synonymy, without, however, sur- 

 rendering the probabili^ that the mainland form is specifically distinct from 

 the insular one. The receipt of further material may warrant the resurrection 

 of the name. 



URANOT.ENIA PULCHERRIMA Lynch Arribalzaga. 



VranotcBtiia pulcherrima Lynch ArrlbS.lzaga, Rev. Mus. de La Plata, ii, 165, 1891. 



Mdes pulcherrimus Giles, Handb. Gnats or Mosq., 352, 1900. 



UranottBnia pulcherrima Theobald, Men. Cullc, 11, 244, 1901. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Giles, Handb. Gnats or Mosq., 2 ed., 487, 490, 1902. 



Vranotmnia apicalis Theobald, Men. Culic, iii, 298, 1903. 



Vranotcenia pulcherrima Theobald, Men. Culic, Hi, 303, 1903. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Lutz in Bourroul, Mosquitos do Brasil, 65, 1904. 



Uranotcenia pulcherrima Blanchard, Les Moustiques, 407, 1905. 



Uranotwnia apicalis Blanchard, Lea Moustiques, 411, 1905. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Theobald, Men. Culic, Iv, 557, 1907. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Autran, Anal. Dep. Nac. Hig., xiv, 30, 1907. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Peryassfl, Os Culicideos do Brazil, 52, 260, 1908. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Newstead & Thomas, Ann. Trop. Med. & Par., It, 147, 1910. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Theobald, Men. Culic, v, 498, 501, 1910. 



Uranotwnia apicalis Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 502, 1910. 



Uranotwnia pulcherrima Brfethes, Bol. Inst. Bnt. y de Patol. Veget, i, 43, 1912. 



OmOINAI, DeSCBIPTION of TJEAN0T.ENIA PTILCHEEBIMA : 



Testacea, abdomine fusco; capite antice, humeris, mesonoti linea media longi- 

 tudinali postice interrupta, ante scutellum linea transversa, ante alarum inser- 

 tionem linea marginali antice adireviata metallice cyaneis. Pleuris cyaneo-macu- 

 latis. Alts hyalinis parce fusco-squamulatis. Pedil)us testaceis, tiiiis tarsisgue 

 fuscis vel fusco-nigris, his niveo-annulatis, geniculis niveis. A.l>dom.ine supra 

 margaritaceo-fasciato. — Long. 2-2 S/4 millim. 



Antennw proboscide parum breviores, testaceo-piceae, feminae fusco-pilosae, maris 

 dense longeque plumosae, torulus magnus, testaceus. Caput interne testaceum, 

 antic3 metallic^ cyaneum, postlcS 6 squamulis margaritaceis tectum. Palpi maxil- 

 lares picei. Prohoscis capite thoraceque paulo longlor, dimidio apicali breviter 

 ciliata (cJ'), testacea, apice infuscata. Thorax testaceus, supra linea media longi- 

 tudinali postic3 abbreviata scutellum baud attingente, sutura transversa pre- 

 scutellari et scutello in medio metallic^ cyaneis, utrinque ante alarum insertionem 

 prope marginem linea metallica cyanea anticg abbreviata instructus; callus 

 humeralis metallicS cyaneus. Pleurae dilute coeruleo-maculatae. Alae hyalinae, 

 fuscano-squamulatae. Halteres pallidl. Pedes ad partim flavicantes, femora inferne 

 et summa basi dilute flavlda, suprS. sat dense fusco-squamata, geniculae niveae, 

 tibiae fuscae apice niveae, tarsis, articulis omnibus apice niveo. Abdomen an- 

 gustum, fuscum, modice villosum et pilosum, superne transverslm margaritaceo- 

 fasciatum, subtus griseum. 



Hab. observ.: Prov. Buenos Ayres in Las Conchas (B. L. Holmberg). 



Es un bellisimo Culicidae, notable por las rayas y manchas azul-metSlicas que se 

 destacan sobre un fondo test&ceo-ferruginoso y por las bandas de color perla que 

 adornan su abddmen. S61o tres ejemplares recojidos por el Dr. E. L. Holmberg, 

 en las riberas del Rio Lujan, flguran en mi coleccion. Se parece mucho, segun la 

 descripcion, al J^des saphirinus, Ost.-Sacken, del que difiere por su escudete, en 

 gran parte azul metallco, y su color mas claro en general. 



Original Descbiption of Uranotwnia apicalis : 



Thorax bright brown, with deep brown curved scales and a small blue spot before 

 the scutellum and a line of blue scales at the roots of the wings; a few pale blue 

 scales on the prothoracic lobe and on the median lobe of the scutellum, and some 

 pale blue scales on the head and pleurae. Abdomen brown, with apical pearly- 



