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PSYCHODIDAE. 



Table of subfaniilics. 



The 7th longitudinal vein absent.' The 



2nd longitudinal forks at, or only very- 

 little before, the middle of the wing. 



Prongs of upper branch always fork 



distad of middle of wing (in P. mala- 



haricus, at the middle). Genitalia of 



the d- with three pairs of append- 

 ages ; ovipositor in 9 without horny 



scimitar-shaped pair of valves . . Phlebotominae. 



N.B. — One genus only, Phlchotomus Rond., 



is Oriental. 

 The 7th longitudinal vein conspicuously 



present. The 2nd longitudinal forks 



quite near base of wing ; always before 



the first fourth of the wing's length. 



Prongs of upper branch always fork 



proximad of middle of wing. Genitalia 



in the 0=' with two {Psychoda Latr., 



Pericoma Wlk.) or three {Brunettia 



Ann., Parabrunettia gen nov.) pairs of 



appendages ; ovipositor in 9 consisting 



of a conspicuous horn}^ scimitar-shaped 



projecting appendage, forming a pair 



of valves . . . . . . . ■ PsychodinaE. 



Since the publication by me, comparatively recently (Rec. 

 Ind. Mus., ii, 369), of several new species of Psychoda and 

 Pericoma from India, a considerable quantity of fresh material has 

 accumulated at the Indian ^^luseum, but it is to be regretted that 

 the present notes and description do not in any way bring our 

 knowledge of the Oriental, or even the Indian species up to date, 

 as there still remains a residuum of small obscure specimens 

 which I have been unable to deal with successfully. They may 

 represent few species or a number of either described or of undes- 

 cribed ones. Much further study is required on the limits of those 

 already known before additional ones should be described. At 

 present I am able to sink my Pericoma appendiculata definitely as 

 the 9 of spinicornis ; and P. bella as a synonym of margini- 

 notata. No further specimens of Psychoda distincta, albonotata 

 and albonigra have come before me, but good or fair series of 

 bengalensis, nigripennis, and vitiata have stamped these as 

 good species. The first three species of Psychoda in my table 



1 In P/j^efco/omMS^a^rt^asu an exceedingly short 7 til longitudinal vein occurs 

 at the base of the 6th running almost direct to the wing-margin. It is liable to 

 be entirely overlooked but Grassi figures it, and it is found in P. perturbans, Meij. 



