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surface. The lower appendage is much longer tlian the proximal 

 joint of the upper one, it is slender, as viewed from the side, and 

 of almost uniform width ; the tip is narrowly obliquely truncate, 

 and bears a brush of very lontr and slender hairs ; the rest of the 

 appendage is sparsely covered with rather shorter hairs, but there 

 are no spines" (Annandale). Legs: coxaj and femora yellowish, 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi with silvery grey reflections. Hind leg 

 more than two and a half times as long as thorax and abdomen ; 

 hind femur less than three-quarters, but more than half as long as 



Fig. 32. — Fhlehotomus scylanicus, Aun. 



its tibia, slightly longer than the metatarsus, which is distinctly 

 shorter than the remaining joints together. Wings shortly 

 lanceolate. The 1st longitudinal vein ends at three-fourths of 

 the wing ; the 2nd vein forks at or immediately beyond one-third, 

 opposite or barely beyond the fork of the 4th vein ; the anterior 

 brauch of the 2nd vein forking at one-fourth of its length. 



Length 3 millim. 



Several specimens of both sexes taken at Peradeuiya, Ceylon, in 

 May, June, July, and August. 



Types, cj and 2 ■, ii^ the Indian Museum. 



This species and P. malaliaricus are differentiated somewhat 

 easily from all the others by the 2nd longitudinal vein forking at 

 approximately one-third the length of the wing. The genitalia 

 very closely resemble those of P. argentipes. 



