ftoyne Oriental NycteribiitliO. 221 



The form of the $ al)ilonieu in this species is cliarac- 

 tcristic, particuharly the median h)iigitu(linal line of weak- 

 ness possessed by the second tergite, the long dark bristles 

 covering tiie median area of the dorsal connexivnm, and the 

 form of the snbgenital plate. N. euxesta does not closely 

 resemble any s})ecies which I have seen. 



Loc. Bnnna, Ceylon. 



The original specimens from Burma were taken from 

 HIpposiderus { = P/nj/lorhhw) armiyer. Fryer's specimens 

 ■were fonnd on Hipposideros lankadiva at Peradeniya, Ceylon, 

 on two occasions — vii. 1911, \ ^ , \ ^ ; 8. v. 1912, 1 S> 

 3 ?. 



Subgenus Listropodia, Kolenati. 



4. Nyrteribia {Listropodia) allotopa, Speiser. 



Nycteribia (Listropodia) (dlotopa, Speiser, Arch. Naturg. Ixvii. 1, 1901, 



p. 37. 

 JSycteribia (Listropodia) iiisolita, Scott, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1908, 



p. 364, pi. xviii. tigs. 9-13. 

 Nycteribia (Listropodia) allotopa, Scott, Arch. Naturg. Ixxix. A, 1913, 



p. 97. 



This species was not previously known from Ceylon, but 

 in discussing a long series from Formosa and Speiser's 

 original types from Sumatra, in 1913, 1 mentioned (/. c.) that 

 1 had before me specimens from Ceylon. They are con- 

 siderably smaller tlian the Sumatran and Formosau examples, 

 but in all structural points agree with them very closely. I 

 also referred to tlie variability of certain characters. Thus, 

 in the Formosau series the fourtli tergite in the ^ has its 

 surface sometimes quite bare, sometimes bearing scattered 

 short bristles ; the series from Ceylon includes only 3 ^ , 

 all of which have short bristles on tlie surface of this seer- 

 ment. The second tergite ni the ? varies in the Formosan 

 series in a similar way ; in the Ceylon series it again varies 

 in like manner, its surface being quite bare in 5 ? , but in 

 the remaining 1 ? bearing short bristles in the whole 

 middle region from the front to the hind margin, while 

 remaining quite bare towards the sides. Rather similar 

 variation has been observed in Penicillidia jenynsi (sec 

 p. 213). 



Loc. Sumatra, Ceylon, China, Formosa. 



The series from Ceylon was collected by Fryer from 

 Miniopterus schreibersi at Peradeniya, x. 1911 (1 cJ,l $ ), 

 and 30. i. 1912 (2 (J , 5 ? ). 



