Genus Sabethes. 595 



S. nitidus, Theobald, 1901 (Mono. Culicid. II., p. 347, and III., p. 



326, 1903). 

 S. lutzii, Theobald (Mono. Culicid. III., p. 323, 1905). 

 S. albiprivatus, n. sp., Lutz. 



Sabethes albiprivatus. n. sp. Lutz. 



Head metallic violet ; proboscis black ; palpi black with 

 violet reflections. Thorax black, with metallic green and peacock- 

 blue scales ; prothoracic lobes with violet, mauve and golden- 

 yellow flat scales. Abdomen blue and violet with golden lateral 

 spots. Legs deep brown with violet reflections, the mid legs with 

 a large deep brown paddle, none on the fore or hind. 



$ . Head black, with flat deep brown and brilliant violet 

 scales, showing according to the light ; palpi and proboscis black, 

 in some light showing brilliant violet and purple reflections ; 

 clypeus frosty-grey ; antennae deep brown, with dark hairs to the 

 nodes and pale pubescence between ; basal segment frosty. 



Thorax black, with brilliant peacock-blue and green flat 

 scales, the latter prominent before the scutellum ; the prothoracic 

 lobes with larger flat brilliant violet scales at the base, golden 

 ones at the front ; scutellum with brilliant green and golden flat 

 scales \ metanotum deep brown ; pleurae with dense silvery-white 

 flat scales. 



Abdomen with metallic blue, green, deep violet and purple 

 scales, with basal lateral golden spots and golden scaled venter. 



Legs deep violet and purple, the mid pair with deep rich 

 brown paddles, the hind tibiae with rather expanded scales 

 apically \ ungues equal and simple. 



Fig. 274. 

 Wing of Sabethes albiprivatus. 9 . Lutz. 



Wings with typical scales, deep brown in colour showing 

 violent iridescence ; the first sub-marginal cell very much longer 

 and narrower than the second posterior cell, its base nearer the 



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