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straight. Legs long, slender, with a number of spines at apex of 

 hind tibiae. 



Type Brachypsylla tryoni. 



Brachypsylla tryoni, n.sp. 

 (Plates XV., fig. 1; xvi., fig. 1.) 



Larva bright yellow, eyes bright red. General form elongate^ 

 antennae and legs stout, long. Head rounded in front. Thorax 

 small. Abdomen short, constricted at base, swelling out on sides 

 to rounded apex, heart-shaped. Dorsal surface fringed and 

 covered with scattered short hairs which are again covered with 

 fine particles of white sugary secretion, and a drop of liquid or 

 filament on the anus. 



Pupa light yellow, shaded with olive-green, thickl}^ mottled 

 with brown on dorsal surface; tips of antennae, tarsi, eyes, two 

 large blotches between them, four more angular patches, and 

 several pencil-like lines on thorax, wing-covers, five interrupted 

 bands on upper segments and apical portion of abdomen dull 

 brown. General form short, broad, with tip of body turned up 

 when crawling on foliage. Head irregularly rounded in front 

 and on sides, truncate behind, broader than long, antennae stout, 

 pointed at tips, standing out on sides of head; eyes angular on 

 inner margins. Thorax short, nearly square, longer than broad; 

 wing-covers very large; legs rather long. Abdomen large, nearly 

 hemispherical, slightly arcuate at tip. Ventral surface showing 

 a ring of brown spots. 



Imago. — Length 0'05, antennae 0*0075 inch. 



General colour black, dorsal surface mottled with minute grey 

 scales giving it a clouded appearance; legs clothed with fine grey 

 hairs; 2nd, 3rd, and basal half of 5th antennal joint, tibiae, and 

 tarsi ochreous; eyes reddish-brown; wings semitransparent, but 

 so thickly blotched with dark brown that there is very little of 

 the lighter colour; nervures fuscous, light-coloured where crossing 

 white blotches in wing. Head small, deeply arcuate behind, 

 turned down in front, distinctly rounded, flattened, with a slight 



