234: On some Oriental Nycteribiida?. 



a small area of bare whitish connexivum exteuding to the 

 hind margiu ; hind angles produced into short tubercles, 

 each bearing 4 long bristles. 



Ventrally (PL XII. fig. 23) 6 sternites are distinguish- 

 able in addition to the anal segment. Basal sternite as 

 in c? • Sternite 2 entirely membranous, short, with a trans- 

 verse series o£ short bristles on. its surface, and its hind 

 margin indicated by a series of long bristles set wide apart. 

 Sternite 3 longer, also entirely membranous, -with a similar 

 series of long bristles on its hind margin, and a series of 

 very short and minute bristles across its disc. Sternites 4, 

 5, and 6 : in each the anterior part consists of bare, pale 

 ' membrane ; in the posterior part of each are two chitinous 

 areas, separated in the middle by a narrow space occupied 

 by membrane ; the chitinous areas have their hind margins 

 set with alternating long bristles and short thorn-bristles, 

 some of tiie long bristles being situated on and others 

 immediately in front of the margin, and those furthest from 

 the middle being directed strongly outwards. In front of 

 the genital opening, near the middle line, is a transverse 

 series of 4 short thorn-bristles, and behind these two long 

 bristles. Anal segment Avith several short thorn-bristles at 

 the sides and near the hind angles; (as previously mentioned 

 each angle bears 4 long bristles). 



Loc. Batchian (Moluccas) ; Amboyna; Australia; [?Mada- 

 gascar] . 



Batchian, 1 S (the type), collected by A. R. Wallace, 

 host unrecorded ; preserved dry in British Museum. 



Amboyna, a number of c? c? aiitl $ ? from Miniopterus 

 schreibersi, 1908, F. ]\Iuir. 



Australia, 1 S preserved dry in British Museum, labelled 

 "Australia : presented by Mr. Tomes, 57. 7 : on Minio- 

 pterus australis^ 



[Madagascar, see above, remarks on Ni/cteribia styli- 

 diopsis, Speiser]. 



Note. — One of the S S fi'om Amboyna has a fungus of 

 the Order Laboulbeniacese situated ventro-laterally on its 

 anal segment. This adds another species to the list of 

 Nycteribiids on which these fungi have been found : see 

 Scott, Arch. Naturg. Ixxix. A, 1913, pp. 96, 97. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES X.-XIL 



Penicillidiajletcheri, sp. n. 



Fig. 1. c?, dorsal view of alDdomen. 

 Fig. 2. c? , ventral view of abdomen. 

 Fig. 3. 5 ) dorsal view of abdomen. 



