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distributed along the east coast of India, and is also found in parts of 

 Ceylon. Annandale states that it has the habit of biting the ankles 

 under a dinner table. A variety of a lighter colour, named by him margi- 

 natus, is also said to occur in Ceylon. 



Phlebotoimis major, Annandale. Allied to argentipes but distinguished 

 by its larger size, uniform golden colour, more elongate tarsi, and by the 

 characters of the male genitalia. It is found all along the outer Himalayas 

 from the base to 8,000 feet above sea level. A variety grisea, Annandale, 

 is recorded from Kurseong in the Darjeeling district ; it is greyish or 

 brownish and not of a golden colour. 



Phlebotomus malabaricus, Annandale. This species is closely related 

 to perturbans, and is found in the jungles at the base of the Western 

 Ghats. 



Phlebotomus zeylanlcus, Annandale. Thorax and abdomen brown. 

 Wing venation characteristic, but resembling that of malabaricus and 

 himalayensis. It is recorded from Peradenyia, Ceylon. 



According to Annandale P. papatasi is widely distributed in North- 

 West India, and is found as far east as Pusa in Bihar. In Chritral it has 

 been associated by Wall with a form of fever resembling Phlebotomus 

 Fever. 



The following species are recorded from Africa : 



Phlebotomus duboscqui, Neveau-Lemaire. A species related to papatasi 

 but differing in its darker colour, smaller size, and shorter proboscis. 

 The antenna in the female is said to consist of thirteen segments an 

 unusual number in the genus and the apical joint is shorter than the 

 preceding one. Newstead appears to be doubtful as to whether it is 

 distinct from papatasi. It is found in the French Soudan. 



Phlebotomus antennatus, Newstead. This species can be distinguished 

 from most of the other Phlebotomi by the structure of the antennal 

 joints, which are short and stout, the third to the thirteenth being more 

 bead-like than in the case of any of the other species. According to 

 Newstead, it is distinguished from P. mimitus, variety africanus, by its 

 stouter and shorter legs. It is found at Salagoa on the Gold Coast. 



Phlebotomus squamipleitris, Newstead. A small species, which may 

 be mistaken for P. papatasi, but is distinguished from it by its narrower 

 wing, and by the fact that the pleurae are clothed with large flat 

 scales like those of mosquitoes. It is found at Khartoum in the Soudan. 



South American species of Phlebotomus. 

 Lutz and Neiva, in a recent number of the Memoirs of the Oswaldo 



