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one subapical and two apical ; all the chaetae subequal. The 

 intermediate appendage is trilobed, composed of two short pieces, 

 of which one is almost filiform, the other stouter, broader, curved ;. 

 the 3rd piece twice as long as the others, much curved,, 

 with a fringe of hairs on the concave posterior side. The lower 

 appendages are one-jointed, straight, slender, pointed, with fine 



Fig. 29. Phlebotomus papatasii, genitalia of 



hairs, in length about equal to the basal joint of the upper 

 appendages but much more slender. Genitalia in female with 

 upper and lower appendages only, widely separated from one 

 another, both short, oval, inconspicuous, pubescent. Leys : fore 



Fig. 30. Phlebotomus papatasii, wing. 



legs a little shorter than the middle pair, which are rather shorter 

 than the hind pair ; all covered with closely impressed small 

 scales and scattered bristly hairs. Hind leg one and a half to 

 one and three-quarter times as long as the thorax and abdomen ; 



