44 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IV, 



that between the posterior fork and the mid 

 cross-vein . . . . . . P. iiiajor. 



1. Length 2' 5-3 mm. Colour dark greyish brown. 



Wing with the posterior margin as a rule 

 more strongly arched than the anterior ; the 

 length of the anterior branch of the second 

 vein, the distance between the two forks and 

 that between the posterior fork and the mid 

 cross-vein subequal . . . . P. pcrturbans. 



4. Length 2'5 mm. Colour dark brown with a 



purplish tinge. Wing with the posterior 

 margin hardly more strongly arched than the 

 anterior ; the anterior branch of the second 

 vein four times as long as the distance 

 between the two forks, which is much shorter 

 than that between the posterior fork and the 

 mid cross-vein . . . , . . P. malabaricus. 



5. Length 1-5 mm. Colour silvery grey. Wing 



narrow, as a rule divided into two almost equal 

 and similar halves by the third longitudinal 

 vein ; the anterior branch of the second vein 

 shorter than either the distance between the 

 two forks or that between the posterior fork 

 and the mid cross-vein; the two latter dis- 

 tances being nearly equal . . . . P. babu. 



6. Length 2 mm. Colour yellowish grey. Wing 



narrow, divided into two equal and similar 

 halves by the third longitudinal vein ; the 

 anterior branch of the second vein nearly three 

 times as long as the distance between the 

 two forks, twice as long as that between the 

 posterior fork and the mid cross-vein . . P. himalaycnsis. 



7. Length 2*5 mm. Colour yellowish grey. Wing 



narrow, but with the posterior margin as a 

 rule more strongly arched than the anterior ; 

 the anterior branch of the second vein nearly 

 twice as long as the distance between the two 

 forks, equal to that between the posterior 

 fork and the mid cross-vein . . . . P. papatasi. 



Phlebotoinus cugentipes, Annandale and Brunetti. (PI. iv, fig. 3, 

 wing, and pi. vi, fig. 6, male genitalia.) 



P. argentipes, Annandale, Rec. Ind. Mus., ii, p. loi, fig. (1908). 



Size and proportions. — Total length in well-preserved specimens 



2. mm. Length of wing i' 75 mm.; greatest breadth of wing o* 5 

 mm. Hind leg about twice as long as the head and body ; the 

 femur less than half as long as the tibia and distinctly shorter than 

 the first joint of the tarsus, which is longer than the remaining 

 joints together. 



