PHLEBOTOMUS. 205 



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

 basal joint of the upper appendages and devoid of chitinous 

 spines ; intromittent organ with two elongate, slender valves, 

 which are truncated at the tip. In the female the appendages 

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

 lower. Legs concolorous with the body ; anterior femora, tibiae 

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

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

 distinctly longer and about equal to the hind tarsi in length. 

 Wings narrow. The 1st longitudinal vein ends at about three- 

 fourths of the wing; the 2nd forks a little before the middle, 

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

 2nd vein forking at one-third of its length. 



Length 2? millim. 



The species occurs in the Himalayas, between 4000 and 7000 ft., 

 Nairn Tal and Bhowali, Kumaon district (Imms and Lloyd) ; 

 Kurseong, Darjiling district. Apparently common in both 

 districts in May, June, and July. 



Types, c? and $ , in the Indian Museum. 



Closely resembling P. minutus but rather longer and more 

 yellowish. The anterior branch of the 2nd longitudinal vein 

 i'orks much sooner than in minutus, and the fork of the 2nd vein 

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



145. Phlebotomus perturbans, Meij. (PI. IV, fig. 11.) 



Phlebotomus perturbans, Meijere, Tijd. v. Ent. lii, p. 201, pi. xii, 

 fig. 13 (1909) ; Annaiidale, Kec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 47 (1910). 



S $ Body with bristly hairs reflecting silvery lights from all 

 parts. 



Uead\ rostrum short and thick, rounded at the tip. The 

 1st scapal joint barely longer than the 2nd, the latter with a circlet 

 of curved scales. Palpi long, five-jointed ; 1st joint very short, 

 the 2nd and 3rd much longer than the 4th, the 5th the longest. 

 Thorax much as in P. argentipes except that the hairs are shorter. 

 Abdomen relativelv shorter than in P. major, clothed with 

 recumbent, bristly, brownish grey hairs and with a few upright 

 curved ones on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. G-enitalia of 

 male with upper appendages very long, the distal joint much 

 shorter than the proximal, bearing four chaetae, which are less 

 than half as long as the joint and are arranged in two pairs, an 

 equal pair at the tip and the other (in which the two chaetae are 

 not equal) on the inner surface about half-wa} r along the joint ; 

 the proximal chaetae are blunt, the distal ones pointed. The 

 intermediate appendages without a ventral lobe, slender, pointed, 

 with the tip curved ; lower appendages shorter than the basal 

 joint of the upper ones, slender, bearing at the tip a bunch of 

 long stout bristles ; intromittent organ very slender, the valves 

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



