214 PSYCHODlDiE. 



hind femur about two-thirds as long as its tibia, whicli is nearly 

 twice the metatarsus, the latter being very nearly as long as the 

 rest of the tarsus ; claws very minute. Wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, bluntly lanceolate at tip ; 1st longitudinal vein ending 

 at about two-thirds of the wing ; 2nd longitudinal forking almost 

 exactly at the middle, immediately above or barely proximad of the 

 fork of the 4th : the upper branch of the 2nd forks before half its 

 length ; a very short 7th vein is distinctly present towards the base 

 of the 6th, running to the wing-margin, llalteres normal. 



Apparently generally distribnted throughout South Europe and 

 Egypt. Erom India it is recorded from the plains of Rawalpindi ; 



Phkbotomus papatasii ; a, pupa: b, full-grown larva. 



€hitral, 6000 ft.; Quetta; from Pusa, North Bengal, common 

 in April ; and from Poona and Kirkee, near Bombay, August 

 1907 ; Lahore. In the Indian Museum and Pusa collections. 



Ti/pe. The whereabouts of this seems uncertain. 



Newstead found two distinct forms of this species in Malta — 

 a uniformly pale form, which he regards as typical, and a darker 

 form which differs by having a dark coloured fringe to the costa 

 and hind margin of the wing. Of this dark form he has only 

 seen the female and it is much rarer than the other. 



150. Phlebotomus malabaricus, Ann. 



Phlebotomus malabaricus, Aunaudale, Rec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 48 (1910). 



S $ . Body with brown bristly hairs which are tinged with 

 purple and the usual silvery lights ; wings purplish, strongly 

 iridescent. 



Hetd : rostrum short, rounded in front. The 2nd scapal joint 

 pear-shaped, with several circles of hairs and scales ; 1st flagellar 

 joint much longer than the second. Palpi long, 5-joinfed : Lst 

 very short, 2nd shorter than 3rd or 4th, 3rd and 4th subequal, 

 together shorter than the 5th. Thorax with dense upright curved 

 brown bristly hairs. Abdomen : ground-colour dark brown, with 



