NEW CULICID^E FROM THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL

fimbriate. Anterior

and

_posterior femora _{9 feebly} fimbriate.

Atl. Sts. S. Dak., aqualis Gyll.

Body

covered with _thin, less dense _coating, shining throughout.

Thoracic vittae black, ^less elevated;

median

wider at base than at apex; ^lateral without distinct indication of branch; interspaces

and

sides with shallow nearly uniform _punctures. Scutellum not coated, shining black.

Elytral ^striae with smaller shallow, oval punctures.

Metasternum, ^first

and

second ventral _c?

naked

_{or feebly} villous;

interior surface of anterior

and

_posterior femora tf feebly fim- briate as in 9 <zqualis. Posterior femora 9 glabrous.

Utah

Mex

..ochreus Lee.

NEW CULICID^E FROM THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

BY D. W. COQUILLETT.

The following new forms

of

mosquitoes were found among

a

very valuable

^collection

made

in

the West

Indies

and Central America during the past summer by

Messrs.

August Busck and Frederick Knab, under the

direction of

Dr.

L,

O. Howard.

Quite a

large

proportion

^of

the

_species

were bred from the larva

state.

Tseniorhynchus flaveolus, new

_species.

Scales of proboscis yellow

and

with several black ones intermixed, thoseofthe palpi

mixed

_yellow

and

black, with a

band

ofwhite ones at the suturesof the _joints; palpi slightly widening^atthe apex; appressed scales of the occiput light yellow, the

numerous

upright ones brown.

Body

^{yellowish, scales of}

mesonotum and

scutellum _light yellow, the hairs black, scales of

abdomen

golden yellow, a few black ones on the first three

and

thelastsegment. ^Scales of legs

mixed

_yellow

and

black, not forming ^distinct spots or(bands, those on the _{apices, of} the _joints of the middle

and

hind tarsi wholly black, on the broad bases of the lastfour_jointswhi^e; clawsoffront

and

middle tarsiwith atooth under one oftheclaws, none underthe _other,hind tarsalclaws simple.

Wings

hyaline, the scales oval,

mixed

black

and

_yellow, not forming ^distinct spots. Length nearly 5

mm.

St.

Thomas, W.

^I.

A male specimen collected by Mr. A

Busck.

Type. No.

8288,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Mansonia fascipes, new

_species.

Distinguished

by

the coloring^ofthe hind tarsi. Scales _{of palpi}

mixed

OF

black

and

_yellow, those on the apex ^{white. Scales of} proboscis

mixed

black

and

_yellow

and

withseveral white ones

beyond

^itsmiddle, almost forming ^{a band. Scales of} occiput light yellow, those along the ^sides white, the upright ones chiefly brown.

Thorax

_brown, itsscales golden yellow.

Abdomen

purple-scaled, apatch^ofpaleyellow ones near middle of sides of each segment; venter black-scaled, front angles ^of the _seg-

ments

whitish-scaled.

Femora and

tibiae black-scaled

and

with

many

patchesof light yellowones,the underside ofthehind femora

and

inner side of their tibiae chiefly yellow-scaled; front

and

middle tarsi black- scaled, the firstjointwith

many

small patches ^ofyellowones, both ends of the first three _joints

and

the whole of the last two, yellow-scaled;

hind tarsithe

same

_exceptthat the third_jointiswhollyyellowish-scaled^I tarsalclaws simple.

Wings

hyaline, the scales black, yellow,

and

_white, the latter collected into about seven _spots, several narrow lateral scales on most of the veins. Length 5

mm.

Puntarenas, Costa

Rica.

Four females

collected

by Mr.

F.

Knab.

Type. No.

_8296,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Gymnometopa, new genus.

Near

Stegomyia, but the clypeus^is wholly^bare

and

the scutellum bears

many

^{narrowscalesin}addition to thebroadones. Scalesofocciput broad, appressed

and

with several narrow, forked, nearly ^{erect ones.} Scales of legsappressed. Venationnormal, thelateral scales ofthe veins rather narrow. Palpi ^of the male about as long^as the _proboscis, those of the female lessthan one-third as _long.

Type: Stegomyia mediomttata

_Coq.,

from the West

Indies.

The larva

differs

widely from that

of

Stegomyia

fasciata in

having many spreading

^{tufts of}

rather long

^hairs

scattered over the body, nearly

^{as in}

the genus

Uranotcenia.

Stegomyia

busckii

Coq. and

S. sexlineata

Theob.

also

belong

^{to this}

new

genus.

Gymnometopa albonotata, new

_species.

Likebusckii,the onlyapparentdifferencesbeing the presence^ofa_silvery dot in middle of front margin ^{of the}

mesonotum, and

^{a distinct white}

band

atbaseoffirst

two

_{joints of}thefront

and

middletarsi

and

ofeach joint inthe palpi^ofthe male; thebroad_apicesofthe palpi^ofthe female are white-scaled.

San Francisco

_Mts.,

Santo Domingo, West

Indies.

Five males and three females

collected

by Mr. A. Busck.

Type. No.

_8297,

U.

S-

National Museum.

Dr.

Dyar informs me that the larva

is readily

separable from that

of busckii.

Culex knabi, new

_species.

Proboscis

and

palpi black-scaled; head, thorax

and

scutellum yellow,

their scales

and

hairs goldenyellow, pleura witha few _patches of white scales.

Abdomen

purple-scaled, front angles ^of the segments yellow- scaled; venter yellow-scaled

and

with an _apical

band

of purple ones on the last four segments.

Femora and

tibisepurple-scaled, the basal half ofthehind^femora

and

the basesoftheothers, especiallyonthe posterior side, yellow-scaled; bases of the first three tarsal joints white-scaled, covering nearly the wholeofthefirst

two

_joints on themiddle

and

hind

tarsi,scaleson remainingportions^{of tarsi}purple; ^alltarsalclawstoothed

Wings

hyaline, the scales brown. Length 5

mm.

Tehuantepec, State

^of

Oaxaca, Mexico. Seven females

collected

by Mr. Frederick Knab,

^for

whom

this

elegant

species is

named.

Type. No.

_8289,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Culex bracteatus, new

_species.

Near

confirmatus,but thepatch^{of scales}on

median

_portionofanterior half of the

mesonotum

is golden brown, ^instead of whitish. Proboscis

and

palpi brown-scaled, occiput brassy-yellow-scaled

and

with a patch of

brown

ones on each side. Scales in middle of anterior two-thirds of the

mesonotum

_goldenbrown,those along the ^sides

and

onposterior third of the

mesonotum

deep brown,^{the latter}intermixed with brassy-yellow ones.

Abdomen

black-scaled, a narrow

band

of whitishones at baseof each _segment,

expanded

^{into lateral} spots on the last three segments, venter whitish-scaled, the black ^of the

dorsum

encroaching on ^the hind angles^of the firstfivesegments. Legs black-scaled, the bases

and

_large portion ^of the underside whitish-scaled; claws ^offront

and

middle tarsi toothed, thoseofthe hind ones simple. Scalesof wings brown. Length 3-5

mm

^-

Habana, Cuba. Four females

^collected

by Mr.

J.

R. Taylor.

Type. No.

_7753,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Verrallina laternaria, new

_species.

Scalesof proboscisblack, palpi^ofmale aboutas long as the proboscis, their hairs

and

scales black; occiput densely white-scaled

and

with a patch ^{of black ones} each side.

Mesonotum

_densely covered with white scales, its bristles

and

those of the scutellum yellow.

Abdomen

black- scaled,apatch^ofwhitescales inthe front angles^ofeach_{segment,largest} onthe last three segments. Legs black-scaled, the apices ^ofthe middle femora

and

whole of the hind _ones, except the base

and

a

band

before the apex, white-scaled; both endsofthefirstjoint ofthemiddle

and

hind tarsi,covering nearly the^entire-jointonthe middletarsi,

and

baseofthe secondjoint, white-scaled; clawsoffront

and

middletarsi withonetooth under oneof the claws, none underthe_other,clawsofhindtarsi simple.

Wing-scales brown. Length 3.5

mm.

Trinidad, West

Indies.

Five males

collected

by Mr. August Busck.

Type. No.

_8290,

U.

S.

National Museum.

185 The genus

Verrallina

Theobald was founded on female specimens only and was

referred

by

^its

author

^to

the sub- family Aedeomyinae, but the present

species clearly

belongs

to

the

Culicinse.

Tinolestes, new genus.

Near

Aedes, but the lateralscales of the veinsof the wings^are

much

broader

and

_{the palpi} in the male

much

_longer. Hairs of antennae of male _long

and

_abundant, in thefemale short

and

_{sparse. Palpi} of male nearly twice as long as thehead,.almostone-half as long as the proboscis, thoseofthe female aboutaslong as the head, ^lessthanone-sixth as long as the _proboscis. Appressed ^{scales of} occiput narrow, a patch^of broad oneseach _side,

numerous

_upright forked scales on the occiput. Scales of scutellum very narrow,

metanotum

bare. Lateral scales ofveins of wings broadly oblanceolate, a few _nearly linear ones on basal half of wings.

Type: The following

_species:

Tinolestes latisquama, new

_species.

Scales brown, the appressed ^{scales of}the _occiput, venter, front angles of abdominal _{segments, coxae,}

and

under side of the femora at their bases, yellow. Front

and

middle tarsal claws of male with one tooth under oneofthe claws, none undertheother, clawsofthe hindtarsi

and

all claws in the female _simple. Length 3

mm.

Port Limon, Costa

^Rica.

Seven males and

five

females

collected

by Mr.

^F.

Knab.

Type. No.

_8298,

U.

S.

National Museum.

Micraedes, new genus.

NearAedes,butthe _palpi

much

longerⁱⁿbothsexes. Palpinoticeably longerthan_{the head,}aboutone-third as long as the proboscis, apparently two-jointed, the apical joint slightly longer than the basal. Hairs of male antennae

much

_longer

and more numerous

than in the female.

Clypeus ^bare. Occiput covered with _narrow, curved scales

and

with

many

upright forked ^ones, thelateral portionscovered with very broad, appressed ^scales. Scutellum _bearing very narrow ^scales

and

six bristles on the

median

lobe. Scales _{of legs} appressed. Venation _normal, hind cross-veinovertwiceitslength before the^small, thelateral scales ofthe veins very narrow.

Type: The

following species:

Micraedes bisulcatus, new

_species.

Scalesofpalpi

and

proboscisblack,thoseofthe occiput yellow. Meso-

notum

brown-scaled, a_pair ofsubdorsal bare lineson its anterior three- fourths.

Abdomen

black-scaled, the front angles^ofthesegments^whitish-

scaled. Scales of thelegs black, those on under side offemora _basally whitish; claws of the front

and

middle tarsi of the male with a tooth under one _claw, none under the other, those of the hind feet simple;

female withallthe claws simple. Scalesofwings brown, Length about 3

mm.

Guadeloupe and Santo Domingo, West

Indies.

Two males and one

_female, collected

by Mr. A. Busck.

Type. No.

_8291,

U.

S.

National Museum.

The larva

differs

widely from that

of

Aedes

_fuscus;

the body bears many

large clusters of

rather

_short, stiff hairs,

and there

are

about

eight tufts

on the breathing

^tube.

Sabethoides undosus, new

_species.

Near

confusus, but the

dorsum

of the

abdomen

is not white-scaled in the front angles ^ofthe segments. Scales of proboscis

and

palpi purple, thoseof the occiput violet-purple, a_large patch ^of white oneseach side.

Mesonotum and

scutellum

mixed

metallic _{blue-, green-,}

and

_coppery-

scaled,thehumeriviolet-scaled, thelower portionwhitish, scales ofpleura white.

Abdomen

purple-scaled, scales of venter white or yellowish, the upper border wavy. Legs purple-scaled, the lower side of the femora

and

inner side of the tibiae brassy-yellow-scaled; ^tarsal claws simple.

Wings

hyaline, the scales brown. Length 3

mm.

Trinidad, W.

^I.

Ten specimens

collected

by

^{Messrs. F.}

W.

Urich and A. Busck.

Type. No.

_8292,

U.

S.

National Museum.

A NEW MYRMELEONID FROM THE UNITED STATES.

BY ROLLA

P.

CURRIE.

Brachynemurus irregularis, new

_species.

9^. Hardlyslender, yellowish,

marked

with_{light brownish;} with black hairs, especially on the abdomen. Face _yellowish, brownish above;

inter-antennal

mark

rather_short, emarginate, bordering the antennas ⁱⁿ front

and

_sendinga

median

linetothe clypeus.

Labrum

about twice as wide as _{long, yellowish,} rounded anteriorly. Palpi subequal, slender, cylindrical, yellowish, the last joint ofeach_tingedwithbrownish _piceous apically; last joint of labial palpi slender^fusiform. Tinder parts^'of head yellowish; maxillary palpigers piceous ^at elbow _(faintly)

and

_{near apex-} a _{piceous clouding} on each side of gula. Antennae considerably shorter thanhead

and

_{thorax, strongly} clavate, fuscous, articulationsyellowish;

joints ⁱ

and

^.2 _piceous, with _yellowish articulations, ⁱ set ina yellowish ring. Vertex _yellowish,with a _pale brownish

median

_{stripe alonglongi-} tudinal furrow, embracing a

median

fuscous spot on each side.