8o Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IV, 



If so, however, the approximation to the description of bengalensis 

 is considerable, as the abdominal spots are sometimes spread out, 

 so as to form a sort of band on the posterior margin, and there are 

 in some examples a narrow dark band at the base of at least the 

 2nd and 3rd segments. 



Stomoxys pusilla, Aust., 1909. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), iii, 293. 



cf . India. Long. 4-2 to 4*5 mm. ; width of front at vertex 

 o"4 mm. 



' ' Dorsum of thorax mouse-gre^^ or ^-ellowish grey, with usual 

 clove-brown longitudinal stripes ; dorsum of abdomen olive-grey, 

 first segment, except a small ill-defined area in centre (not reaching 

 hind margin), second segment, either entireh" or with exception of 

 extreme front margin, and a median longitudinal stripe and fairly 

 deep posterior transverse band on third segment, clove-brown ; sides 

 of front and sides of face, when viewed from above, light maize- 

 yellow ; wings brownish ; femora clove-brown, front and middle 

 tibiae and tarsi and extreme tips of front and middle femora buff, 

 hind tibiae and tarsi light mumm^'-brown, base of tibiae paler." 



Type in British Museum, Allahabad, x-05 [Howlett]. 



' ' 5. pusilla differs from 5. limhata in its smaller size, in the 

 yellower colour of the sides of the front and face, in the dorsum 

 of the second abdominal segment being entirely clove-brown or practi- 

 cally so, instead of having a clove-brown posterior transverse band 

 and median longitudinal stripe, and in the pale tibiae and tarsi of the 

 front and middle legs." 



N.B. — This species and the next I have never seen. The 

 present one must approximate very closely to indica. Pic. ; pulla 

 is, of course, well defined by its fore tarsus. 



Stomoxys pulla, Aust., 1909. 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), iii, 294. 



cf . India. Long. 4*2 to 4*4 mm. 



" Very dark species ; when viewed from above, body appearing 

 almost uniformly clove-brown, extreme front margin of thorax 

 mouse-gre}^, with com.mencement of usual clove-brown longitudinal 

 stripes ; w^hen abdomen is viewed from behind, at a verj^ low angle, 

 terminal segment appears olive-grey, while second and third segments 

 may appear more or less mouse-gre^', with clove-brown transverse 

 blotches, and perhaps a trace of a narrow median longitudinal 

 stripe ; front narrow, occupied for most part by frontal stripe, 

 sides of front not noticeable except anteriorly ; wings brownish ; 

 legs clove-brown, tibiae ochraceous-buff at extreme base, first joint 

 of front tarsus fringed on inside with a row of hairs of equal length, 

 cla^vs black." 



