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THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTOEY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 81. SEPTEMBER 1914. 



XXVII. — On some Oriental'^ycterihudae [Dipiera Pupipara]. 

 By Hugh Scott, M.A. (Cantab.), F.L.S., F.E.S., Curator 

 ia Entomology in the University of Cambridge. 



[Plates X.-XII.] 



This paper consists of two sections : — (I.) on material 

 recently received from Ceylon and India; (II.) containing 

 a redesoription of a species, Nycteribia parilis, originally 

 described by "Walker from the Moluccas. But before pi'o- 

 ceediug to the first of these the writer may be excused for 

 inserting some more general remarks. 



Preservation and Description of Xycteeibii£>^. 



The descriptions and redescriptions of species included in 

 this paper were made from specimens preserved in alcohol ; 

 the figures also were drawn from specimens lying in that 

 fluid under a low power of the microscope, with the help of 

 a drawing-apparatus. The writer has already pointed out * 

 that Nycteribiidie are absolutely unfitted for being preserved 

 dry. The most important distinguishing characters often 

 lie in the form and number of the segments of the abdomen. 

 This is particularly the case in the ? , in which sex the 



* Arch. Naturg. Ixxix. A, 191.3, p. 93. 

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