320 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IV, 1911.] 



Phlehotomus major , Annandale. 

 Rec. Ind. Mus., iv, p. 46, pi. v, fig. 4, pi. vi, fig. 4. 



Specimens appear to be invariably larger than those of 

 P. argeniipes, from which both the typical form and the variety 

 here described ma}^ be distinguished by the fact that the dorsum of 

 the thorax is never black or brown. 



Var. grisea, nov. 



Distinguished from the typical form by the general greyish or 

 brownish (instead of golden) colour. 



I took several specimens in a house at Kurseong in the Dar- 

 jiling district (alt. 4,700 feet) in June, igio, and also saw the 

 variety in the same house in April, 191 1. The two varieties are 

 easily distinguished by the naked eye. 



Phlehotomus babu, Annandale. 



Rec. Ind. Mus., iv, p. 49, pi. iv, fig. i, pi. vi, figs. 3, 3a; Spolia 



Zeylanica, p. 61. 



As I have pointed out in a recent paper, this species is prob- 

 ably identical with " Hebotomus" minutus, Rondani, but it is 

 impossible to state that it is synon3^mous without a comparison of 

 specimens. I have recently obtained specimens of P. hahu from 

 Peradeniya in Ceylon and from Drosh in Chitral in the Hindu- 

 Kush Mountains (4,700 ft.). The species is probably distributed 

 all over the plains of India and ascends the Western Ghats to an 

 altitude of at least 2,000 feet, but is not known from the Hima- 

 layas. 



Var. niger, nov. 



Darker than the typical form and as a rule larger. 



This form was at first regarded as a distinct species and is 

 marked as probably being so in Mr. F. M. Howlett's collection. 

 I cannot, however, distinguish any constant difference in its vena- 

 tion or genitalia. 



As yet the variety has only been taken in Bihar. I have not 

 seen it in Calcutta. 



Phlehotomus papatasi (Scopoli). 

 Rec. Ind. Mus., iv, p. 51, pi. iv, fig. 4, pi. vi, fig. 2. 



I have recently received specimens from Drosh, Chitral (Major 

 F. Wall, I.M.vS.), and from Quetta, Baluchistan (Lt.-Col. Wimber- 

 le}', I.M.S.). The species appears to be common, together with 

 P. habu, all over the north-west of India, ranging as far east as 

 Pusa in Bihar. 



N. Annandale. 



