Genus Popea. 211 



Length about 3 mm. 



San Domingo, West Indies. 



Thirty-four specimens collected by Mr. August Busck." 



Gymnometopa busckii. Coquillett (1906). 

 Stegomyia busckii. Coquillett. 



Canad. Entomo., p. 60 (1906). 



" Proboscis and palpi wholly black, no white scales on the first antennal 

 segments, scales of occiput brown, a median stripe of yellow ones, the lower 

 half largely yellow scaled. Thorax brown scaled, a median pair of widely- 

 separated yellow scaled lines on the anterior three-fourths of the meso- 

 notum, and between each of these and the adjacent wing is a line of 

 similar scales on the posterior half, an interrupted line of white scales 

 towards the sides of the mesonotum, and several spots on the pleura; 

 scutellum brown scaled, and with a median stripe of white ones. 



Abdomen black scaled, with a tinge of bronze ; venter yellow scaled, 

 and with a lateral spot of white scales on the last three segments. 



Legs black scaled, those on under side of femora pale yellow, a dot of 

 white scales at apex of each femur and tibia, bases of first three segments of 

 the hind tarsi white scaled ; tarsal claws in both sexes as in mediovittata. 



Length about 3 mm. 



San Domingo, West Indies. 



A female and two males, collected by Mr. August Busck, after whom 

 this handsome species is named." 



Gymnometopa albonobata. Coquillett. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. VIL, 4, p. 183 (1906). 



Like busclcii, the only apparent differences being the presence 

 of a silvery dot in middle of front margin of mesonotum and a 

 distinct white band at base of first two segments of front and 

 mid tarsals and of each segment of palpus in the $ . Santo 

 Domingo, West Indies. 



Genus POPEA. Ludlow. 



Canad. Entomo. Vol. XXXVII., p. 95 (1905). 



Head covered with flat, forked, and slender curved scales, 

 the latter occur only on the median line : palpi long and slender 

 in the $ ; mesothorax with slender curved scales j scutellum 

 with flat scales on the middle of each lobe, slender curved ones 



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