pnLEBOTOMUS. -^'^ 



rounded and slightly clubbed at the tip, nearly as long as the 

 ba.al ioin of the upper appendages and devoid o chit.nous 

 snines^ iutromittent oVgan with two elongate, slender valves, 

 X L^ nmcatedat ti.e tip. la the fema e tbe appendages 

 Ire short and broad, the upper ones not much longer than the 

 Lver Cconcolorous with the body; anterior iemora, tibiae 

 and irsiaU about equal in length, except that the tarsi appear 

 rather lonoer; hind femora longer than anterior pairs, their tarsi 

 di inctW and about equal to the lund tarsi m length. 



wfms n^r^o^y. The 1st longitudinal vein ends at about three- 

 four/hs of the wing; the 2nd forks a little betore the middle 

 barely beyond the fork of the 4th vein ; the upper branch of the 



2nd ^ein forking at one-third of its length. 



Th^:^l^-sintheHimalayas between 4000 and 7000ft. 



Naini Tal and Bhovvali, Ku>uaon district ^Lnms and Lloyd) 



Kurseong, Darjiling district. Apparently common in bolb 



districts in May, June, and July. 



Times f? and 9 , iu the Indian Museum. 



rfoSV reTemblmc. P. minutus but rather longer and more 



iwth The anterior branch of the 2nd longitudinal vein 



Lts mth s^nei ti:;. in Inutus, and the fork of the 2nd vein 



is slightly beyond, instead of slightly before, the fork of the 4th 



vein. 



145. Phlebotomus perturbans, Meij. (PI. IV, fig. H.) 



iig. l:} (1909) ; Anuaudale, Kec. Ind. Mas. iv, p. 4/ (1910). 

 ^ $ ." Body with bristly hairs reflecting silvery lights from all 



^^S'«cZ- rostrum short and thick, rounded at the tip. The 

 1st sSp'alfo nt barely longer than the 2nd the latter with a circlet 

 o cu'v^ed cales. Palpi long, five-jointed ; 1st jo^t very short 

 the ind and 3rd much longer than the 4th, the 5th the longest. 

 Ao". much as in P. «.,.n%... except that the ^^-^ -- f^^^ 

 Abdomen relatively shorter than in P. major clothed w^tl 

 recumbent, bristly, brownish grey hairs and with a f^« ^ P^/S^* 

 curved ones on both dorsal and ventral surfaces (renitalia ot 

 Se with upper appendages very long, the dista pint much 

 Xrter than't^he prdximalf bearing four ch.ta., ^^ n^!^ an 

 than half as long as the joiut and are arranged - two p^ ^, an 

 ecnnl pair at the tip and the other (in which the two chajtae are 

 not equaVon the inner surface about half-way along the jomt ; 

 the p^-oximal ch^ta. are blunt, the distal ones pointed. _ The 



ntei^ ediate appendages without a ventral lobe, slender pointed 

 Sthe tip curved; lower appendages shorter than the basa 



int of th J upper ones, slender, bearing at the tip a bunch of 

 C stout bristles; intromittent organ very sender, the valves 

 rounded at the tip ; the genital filaments well developed. In the 



