N0VITATE8 ZooLoaicAE XXII. 1915. 307: 



4 (? (? and 2 ? ? from Simla, N.W. India, found in November and December 

 1911 on Epim>/s decumantis by P, T. Dods worth. 



The species of LeptopsyUa can be grouped as follows, according to the number 

 of spines in the genal comb : 



a. Genal comb of numerous spines : pectiniceps Wagn. (1893), lauta sp. nov. 



b. Genal comb of four spines : musculi Dugfes (1832). 



c. Genal comb of three spines : aethiopicm Roths. (1908), aZ^iVa Jord. & Roths. 



(1912), amitina Jord. & Roths. (1914), tmckenhergi Wagn. (1898). 



d. Genal comb of two spines : spectabilis Roths. (1898), silmtica Mein. (1896), 



fallax Roths. (1909), bidentatus Kolen. (1863) = soJn«?<s Roths. (1909), 

 kimalaica sp. nov., selenis Roths. (1906), kesperomys Baker (1904), 

 adelpha sp. nov., hamifer Roths. (1906). 



Stenistomera gen. uov. 



Allied to Leptopsijlla Jord. & Roths. (1911). 



Frons strongly angulate, with tubercle at the angle ; a row of spiniform bristles 

 parallel with margin of frons from oral corner to base of antennal groove ; oral 

 edge rounded-dilated. No genal spines. Vestige of eye exceedingly slight, without 

 pigment. Antennal groove open. Second segment of antenna widened apically into 

 a broad ronnded lobe which bears a row of long bristles at the edge and covers in 

 <S one-third of the club, and in ? one-half; club of S long and projecting on to the 

 propleurum. Rostrum reaching beyond apex of coxa, consisting of four segments. 

 Tergites of thorax and abdomen with one row of bristles, apart from the mesonotum, 

 which bears in addition short spiniform bristles at the base. Episternnm of 

 metathorax completely fused with the sternum, and the epimerum incompletely 

 separated from the metanotum ; ventral angle of metasternum very strongly rounded. 

 Hindcoxa very narrow. First hindtarsal segment as long as the hindtibia ; the 

 greatest width of the hindfemur nearer the centre than in Leptopsijlla ; tibiae with 

 pseudocomb. Stylet of ? long, with five or six small bristles, besides the apical 

 one, which is shorter than the stylet. Genitalia of S recalling those of the African 

 genus Dinopsi/llus Roths. (1913). 



Type : S. alpina Baker (1895, as Typhlopsylla). 



Nearctopsylla gen. nov. 



$ ? . Nearly related to Palaeopsylla Wagn. (1902). 



Genal comb vertical, consisting of five spines, of which the most dorsal one is 

 short, broad and triangular, and the next three are lanceolate, the fourth spine 

 (second from below) being the longest. Frons without tubercle. The labial palpus 

 has five segments. The pronotal comb curves frontad ventrally, the most ventral 

 spines being shorter and more frontal in position than the lateral and dorsal spines. 

 One long antepygidial bristle in the c? and two in the ? , not accompanied by short 

 ones. Hindcoxa with a row of short spines on the inside. Fifth segment of all 

 tarsi with five (more rarely four) pairs of lateral bristles, there being no bristles in 

 between the first pair on the ventral surface. 



Type : iV. brooksi Roths. (1904, as Ctenopsylltis). 



Besides the genotype the following species belong here ; hygini Roths. (1904) 

 and hyrtaci Roths. (1904). 



