18 HENRY F. CARTER. 



(the greatest width being 1-8 the length) ; the fourteenth and fifteenth segments 

 greatly elongate, the former about half the length of the latter, and when united 

 almost equal in length to the remaining segments of the fiagellum taken together. 

 The palpi are longer and more slender than in the female, the third segment elongate, 

 scarcely swollen, with the proximal two-thirds of the inner side excavated, the fourth 

 segment somewhat swollen distally, approximately four-fifths the length of the third. 

 The wings are more delicate, and (from Noe's figure, not his interpretation) the first 

 and third veins appear to be fused basally, and to enclose a large interspace distally ; 

 the separate distal portion of the first vein is very short and directed abruptly upwards 

 towards the costa, the separate portion of the third vein long, extending at first 

 almost parallel with the costa, then curving gradually upwards to meet it a short 

 distance beyond the middle of the anterior border and above the bifurcation of the 

 fifth vein. The claws, according to Noe, are dissimilar, those on the anterior legs 

 being provided with a long basal tooth, those on the hind legs simple, with a short 

 basal bristle. 



Kieffer's description of L. hyalinipennis agrees so closely with Noe's description 

 of L. hezzii, and with the specimens at my disposal, that I have no hesitation in placing 

 it as a synonym of the latter species. 



Habitat. L. hezzii is now known to occur in the Roman Campagna, Central Italy, 

 and (as L. hyalinipennis) in Tunis (Djebel Djeloud ; Korbons ; Aouina, Lac Bahira ; 

 Tunis, Pare Belvedere). 



Leptoconops flaviventris, Kieff. 



Leptoconops flaviventris, Kieff., Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung, xvi, pp. 34 and 85 (1918). 



Kieffer's description of the female of this species is as follows : — 



" $. — Semblable a /.. hyalinipennis, sauf les caracteres suivants : Bouche plus 

 longue que la hauteur de la tete, dirigee en arriere. Palpes de 3 articles, dont le ler 

 est mince et un peu plus long que gros, seulement un article apres laflexion, comme 

 chez hyalinipennis. Antennes a articles 3-12* tres transversaux, soies sensorielles 

 plus courtes que les polls des verticilles, 13e en ovoide allonge, sans verticille, 

 au moins aussi long que les precedents reunis. Mesonotum luisant. Ailes blanches, 

 nervures tres pales. Tarses blanchatres, articulations sombres. Abdomen jaune 

 soufre. L. 1 -3 mm. 



Djebel Tunisie. Djeloud (59)-" 



On a later page Kieffer recorded additional specimens, including a male from 

 Asia Minor — ■" Kyaldja-Su, viii (Naday), 1 (^ ; Emirley ; Sulejman, H. Yayla ; 

 Karapunat, 7 $ (Naday)." The male, which he doubtfully associated with this species, 

 is shining black, with brown legs and a pale brown abdomen, but from the description 

 given it is difficult to select any very definite characters by means of which it may be 

 distinguished from the male of L. bezzii. Kieffer, however, states that the proboscis 

 is very long and slender — much longer than the height of the head — and that the 

 metatarsi are devoid of spines. Segments four to thirteen of the antenna appear to be 

 similar in form to those of the Italian species, but the distal portions of these organs 

 were evidently damaged, and Kieffer was unable to determine whether fourteen or 

 fifteen segments were present. The claws are merely described as long (more than 

 half the length of the fifth tarsal segment), but apparently the association with L. 

 flaviventris would imply that on some of the legs, at least, they are also toothed. 



* In this and subsequent direct quotations the number of the antennal segment given by the 

 author cited must, for correctness and uniformity, be increased by one ; but in all the descriptive 

 extracts given this change has already been made. 



