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surface of the femora blackish, with green and violet tomentum ; 
base and extreme tip of the hind tibiae brown, the remaining 
portion with yellow hair ; dorsal surface of front tibiae blackish, 
with violet tomentum ; front metatarsi, except the tip, blackish, 
remainder of front tarsi light yellow; hind tarsi blackish, the 
tip of the third joint and the fourth and fifth wholly white ; 
inner side of the hind metatarsi yellow. Wings tinged with 
yellowish, the scales dark brown. 
“ Length.—10 mm., with proboscis 18—20 mm. 
‘* Habitat.—Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero, 8000 feet (H. H. 
Smith). Distinguished from T. rutila by the colour of the legs.” 
MEGARHINUS SEPARATUS. Arribalzaga. 
(Mono. Culicid. I., p. 219, 1901.) 
Additional localities.—Para, Brazil (Prof. Goeldi). Taken 
in May. Manaos, on the Amazon (Liitz). 
Notes.—The Amazon specimens were bred from larvae found 
in a water bucket with two larvae of Joblotia upon which they 
fed. The pupal stage “lasts eight days. They are called 
“‘carapana” and bite very badly in the day-time and at night. 
MEGARHINUS HAEMORRHOIDALIS. Fabricius. 
(Mono. Culicid. I., p. 222, 1901.) 
A specimen received from Tapezos (54.18 on label) shows 
the abdomen as follows: Base metallic green, changing into dark 
green, then purple and then coppery red ; on the fifth purplish- 
blue segment are a few white scales on the basal median 
portion ; there are also apical white lateral spots to some of the 
segments. | 
Additional localities.—Mexico, Atoyac, in Vera Cruz (H. H. 
Smith) ; Guiana, Cayenne (Fabricius) ; Cuba (Osten-Sacken). 
MEGARHINUS TRICHOPYGUS. Wiedemann. 
Culea trichopygus. Wiedemann. 
(Auss. Zweiflug. Ins., p. 4; Mono. Culicid. I., p. 243, 1901.) 
The original description only was given in Vol. I. of this 
work. Two specimens obtained for the Museum recently are 
here re-described. 
