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Psyche 
[September 
FOUR NEW SPECIES OF CHIRONOMID^E FROM THE 
GREATER ANTILLES 
By Bertram I. Gerry, 
Department of Agriculture, Boston, Mass. 
The material, from which the new Cuban species were 
isolated, was collected by Professor Nathan Banks of the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University. 
That from which the new Jamaica species were taken, was 
collected by Mr. W. S. Brooks of the same institution. The 
types may be found in the collection at the Museum men- 
tioned above. 
Bezzia banksi sp. nov. 
Female . — Dull brown. Head brown, vertex grayish, eyes 
narrowly separated dorsally, antennae pale brown. Thorax 
dull brown, pronotal lobes silvered dorsally, mesonotum 
dull brown, sparsely clothed with short golden hairs, a 
grayish pollinosity extending over the lateral portions of 
the disc and the upper portions of the pleurae, scutellum 
yellowish, halters whitish. Abdomen blackish brown, 
sparsely clothed with short golden hairs, the ground color 
somewhat obscured by the conspicuous grayish pollinosity, 
venter fulvous. Legs blackish brown, fore femora with six 
apical spines grouped five and one, mid and hind femora 
each possessing three apical spines; tarsi yellowish, first, 
second, third and fourth segments narrowly blackened at 
apices, the fifth entirely black; metatarsi of fore and mid 
legs equal to the combined length of second, third, and 
fourth tarsal segments, those of the hind legs equal to the 
combined length of the four remaining segments, fifth 
tarsal segments with two ventral rows of blunt tipped 
spines ; tarsal claws long and equal, each possessing a large 
basal tooth. Wings hyaline, anterior veins light yellow, 
vein (Ri) terminating at costa before (R 3 ), vein (R 4+ s) 
