192 R. NEWSTEAD. — ON THE GENUS PHLEBOTOMUS. 



equal in length ; fifth very long, about two-and-a-half times as long as the fourth, 

 and more slender than the others. Wings (fig. 1, a) slightly narrower than those 

 of the female. Genital armature (fig. 1, b, 6,) with the proximal segment of the 

 superior claspers nearly four times the length of the last, free, abdominal segment ; 

 spines of superior claspers (fig. 1, 6J slightly spathuliform ; tips of inferior claspers 

 extending beyond the mid articulation of the superior claspers. 



Length, 3'3-3-5 mm. ; wing : length, 2 mm. ; greatest width, 0*6 mm. 

 5. — Arrangement of abdominal hairs similar to that in the male ; the hairs generally 

 much darker than those of the other sex, more especially so are those on the costa. 

 of the wing. Third segment of the antemiae reaching to the middle of the proboscis. 

 Palpi with the second, third and fourth segments subequal ; fifth about two-and-a- 

 half times as long as the fourth. Wings (fig. 1 , c) sUghtly broader than those of the- 

 male. Abdomen markedly attenuated distally ; the inferior appendages being 

 separated from the superior pair by a space equal in length to the width of the 

 segment to which they are attached. 



Length, 3'2 mm. ; wing : length, 2'2 mm. ; greatest width, 075 mm. 



China : Wo Fu Su Temple, Western Hills, Peking, 1-6 . vii . U ; Ting Chou,. 

 twelve miles E. of Peking, ? 1914 {Dr. R. A. Bolt). 



Phlebotomus sp. 



Five examples, all females. A relatively robust and a very dark-coloured species, 

 with all the abdominal hairs recumbent. This may ultimately prove to be new and 

 undescribed, but males are needed and pairs taken in coitu are a special desideratum. 



China : Wo Fu Su Temple, Western Hills, Peking, 1-6 . vii . 14 ; Ting Chou,. 

 near Peking, ? 19U {Dr. R. A. Bolt). 



June 22nd, 1916. 



