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the fourth longitudinal almost level, the former being slightly 

 nearer the tip of the wing than the latter. 



Genitalia. — ( $ ) Appendages short and broad, the superior not 

 much longer than the inferior. {&) Inferior appendage slender, 

 distinctly elbowed, rounded and slightl}' clubbed at the tip, nearly 

 as long as basal joint of superior appendages, devoid of chitinous 

 spines. Intermediate appendages simple, pointed, curved down- 

 wards at the tip. Superior appendages with the distal joint about 

 half as long as the proximal, bearing at the tip three pointed 

 chsetae, each of which is slightly shorter than the joint. Intromit- 

 tent organ with two elongate, slender valves, which are truncated 

 at the tip. 



This species resembles P. hahii in general appearance but is 

 somewhat larger and yellower. The wing is easily distinguished 

 from that of P. babii by the great length of the anterior branch 

 of the second longitudinal vein. P. himalaycnsis frequently occurs 

 together with P. major , just as P. hahu does with P. argentipes. 



Distribution. — The Himalayas ^between 4,000 and 7,000 feet. 

 I have examined specimens from Naini Tal and Bowali in Kumaon 

 (.4. D. Imms, R. E. Lloyd) and Kurseong (Darjiling district). It is 

 apparently common in both districts in ]May, June and July. 



Phlebotomus papatasi, Scopoli. (PI. iv, fig. 4, wing, and pi. vi, fig. 

 2, male genitalia.) 



P. papatasi, Grassi, Mem. d. soc. ital. d. Sci. (iii), xiv, p. 353 (1907). 

 Phlebotomus sp. {(f genitalia), Howlett, in Maxwell-Lefroy's Indian 



Insect Life, p. 560, fig. 359 (1909). 

 ? P. angustipennis, Mcijere, Tijdschr. v. Ent., vol. Hi, p. 202, 



pi. 12, fig. 14 (1909). 



Size and proportions.— Total length 2'5 mm. Length of wing 

 2-25 mm. ; greatest breadth 04 mm. Hind leg more than twice 

 as long as thorax and abdomen ; the femur a little less than | 

 the length of the tibia, which is nearly twice the length of the first 

 joint of the tarsus ; the first joint of the tarsus in the anterior 

 legs distinctly shorter than the remaining joints together. 



Colour pale 3-ellowish grey. 



Head. — Rostrum somewhat slender. Antenucie normal ; the 

 basal joint slender, the second joint of the scape subspherical, 

 with a circle of scales and two of flattened hairs. 



Palpi with (?) five joints ; the basal joint indistinct, the 

 second, third and fifth subequal, each longer than the fourth. 



Thorax and abdomen offering no apparent peculiarities. 



Wings narrow, pointed, with the posterior border markedly 

 more arched than the anterior. The anterior branch of the second 

 longitudinal vein much shorter than the second branch ; the former 

 longer than the distance between the two forks, shorter than thai 

 between the posterior fork and the mid cross-vein ; the posterior 

 fork slightly nearer the base of the wing than the lork of ilu- 

 fourth longitudinal. 



