eggs, wliicli ;ij)|)('ar to occupy ])r;ictically tlic wliolc of the alxlorniiial 

 cavity. 



The present species is distinguished from I'hlchotontu.s jxijMilfi.sii, 

 Scop., which (icciirs in Soul lici'ti I'jiiopc and perhaps alsoinlhc^ 

 Mediterranean Snli-Kegion,* hy. ////'/• (ilia, its considerahly smaller 

 size, hy the (hiri\er coloration of the hairy covering' of the hody 

 and wings, and 1)\' the much shoi'tei' snout and proboscis. It uoidd 

 seem thai P/i. duboscqi must closely I'esendile the South lOuropean 

 rii. Niiniilus, llond.. luit further material of both sexes is necessary 

 before a definite o})inion can be formed as to distinctive characters 

 or possible identity. 



* As stated above, specimens apparently belonging to Ph. papatasii. Scop., have 

 been received from Kassala, in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 



