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surface. The lower appendage is much longer than 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 long and slender hairs ; the rest of the 

 appendage is sparsely covered with rather shorter hairs, but there 

 are no spines " (Annandale}. Legs: coxae 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. Phlebotomus zeylanicus, Ann. 



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 

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



Length 3 millim. 



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

 May, June, July, and August. 



Types, c? and , in the Indian Museum. 



This species and P. malaharicus 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. aryentipes. 



