Oriental Species of Stomosj.«. 237 



Dorsal stripe ou thorax wide ("75 mm.), 



uniform iu width. Abdomen banded, niyrci, Macq._ 



4. Spots round calcitrans, Linn^. 



Spots trianguhir, apex pointing edge of 



segment triangularis, Brunetti. 



Spots elongate oblu7iffojmnctata, Bruuelti. 



2. Legs mainly brown. 



2. Front wide, |- or 1 width of head 5. 



Front narrow, i to § width of head .... (5. 



5. Abdomen distinctly banded 7. 



Abdomen blotchy. Dark species. Fore 



tarsus in (J with tirst joint fringed on 

 the inside with a row of hairs of equal 



length. ( 2 unknown.) pulla, Austen. 



7. Hind border of first three abdominal seg- 

 ments with black band. Femora 

 clove-brown, hind tibiae ochraceous 

 butf, front and middle tibire and tarsi 

 mummy-brown. Width of front J iu 

 J , almost ^ ill 2 • Front in S con- 

 stricted in the middle limhata, Austen. 



Dorsum of second abdominal segment en- 

 tirely clove-brown, deep posterior 

 transverse band on third segment. 

 Front and middle tarsi pale brown, 

 width of front wider than \ width of 

 head pusilht, Austen. 



6. Front ^ in J , more than g in 5 . Femora 



dark brown, tibiae and tarsi very pale 

 yellow. Abdomen seen from behind 



at a very low level is banded pratti, sp. u. 



Front ^ in c3" . Interocular space very 

 straight. Legs testaceous ; coxre 

 black, femora brownish, anterior cues 

 lighter on inner side, darker on outer 

 side. Abdomeia banded indica, Pic. 



Mr. Brunetti includes Stomoxys plurinotata, Bigot, Sto- 

 lavxijs dacnusa, Speis., and Stomoxys bengalensis in his table, 

 but I have omitted them. He gives as the differences 

 between St. plurhiotata, Bigot, and St. calcitrans^ Linne, the 

 following: — "Thorax with 4 oblong large spots, each more 

 or less divided. Width of frons ( presumahly) neither^ nor ^ 

 as sex is doubtful,^^ Bigot, in his description of the species, 

 said that sometimes these four spots appeared as four longi- 

 tudinal stripes. In these cases, there being no measurements 

 given, it could not definitely be said to differ from St. calci- 

 trans, so it is probably safer to leave it out of the table. 

 Stomoxys dacnusa Speis., requires, I think, a fuller descrip- 

 tion before it can be placed in a table. Tin's species was 

 founded on a damaged female specimen. St. bengalensis, 



