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eggs, which appear to occupy practically the whole of the abdominal 

 cavity. 



The present species is distinguished from Phlebotomus papatasii, 

 Scop., which occurs in Southern Europe and perhaps also in the 

 Mediterranean Sub-Region,* by, inter alia, its considerably smaller 

 size, by the darker coloration of the hairy covering of the body 

 and wings, and by the much shorter snout and proboscis. It would 

 seem that Ph. duboscqi must closely resemble the South European 

 Ph. minutus, Rond., but further material of both sexes is necessary 

 before a definite opinion can be formed as to distinctive characters 

 or possible identity. 



* As stated above, specimens apparently belonging to Ph. papatasii, Scop., have 

 been received from Kassala, in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 



