African Phlebotomic iJi^tlera. \±',\ 



hitherto desci'ii)C(l African specins of its genus at present 

 known to me, from almost all of which it can at once be 

 distinguished by the absence of bands on the hind tibia. 

 The Museum series, however, includes a single damaged 

 female of an undescribed species from Akwatcha, Bassa 

 Province, N. Nigeria, June 1906 {Dr. G. J. Pirie), which, in 

 addition to presenting some reseml)lance to H. lacesseas in 

 fades, also has no bands on the hind tibiw ; still this species 

 cannot be mistaken for H. lacessens, since in it the front 

 tibine are not swollen. 



Hcematopota pertinens, sp. n, 



? . — Length (55 specimens) 7*3 to 10 mm.; width of head 

 2' t to 3 ram. ; width of front at vertex just under 1 mm. to 

 1\2 mm. ; length of wing 7 to 9 mm. 



Somewhat narruw and elongate in shape, olive-greij to snioke- 

 f/rey or ijellowish greij, dorsum of thorax with four complete and 

 sti-onghj marked olive-brown longitudinal stripes, dorsum of 

 abdomen with a quadrate olive-brown blotch on each segment 

 after the first, on each side of middle line, blotches not reaching 

 hind margins of segments and each enclosing a yellowish greg 

 spot ; ivings sepia-coloured, darkest at distal extremity, some- 

 what lighter toivards base, light markings tinged ivith bu/f, 

 clearly defined and extending to base, but close together, so 

 that rosettes are indistinct ; legs russet, tips of femora some- 

 times brown, front tarsi, tips of middle and hind tarsi, and 

 front tibia except base dark brown; middle and hind tibice 

 without bands. 



Head: front mouse-grey or brownish, lighter round clove- 

 brown lateral frontal spots, which are large, conspicuous, 

 and not in contact with eyes, median frontal spot small, 

 usually distinct ; a quadrate seal-brown spot below frontal 

 callus in middle line : face and jowls light smoke-grey, under 

 side of head clothed with whitish or pale yellowish hair ; 

 frontal callus raw-umber-coloured, of moderate depth, ex- 

 tending from eye to eye, upper margin straight, with a slight 

 prominence in median line ; eyes (in spirit-specimens) bronze- 

 green, upper and lower angles and usual three transverse 

 bauds clove- brown, bands separate from each other and 

 sharply defined, broader and more or less straight on poste- 

 rior half of eye, narrower and sinuous or jagged towards 

 inner margin ; palpi cream-buif to ochraceous buff, terminal 

 joint elongate, moderately expanded at base, clothed above 

 and on outer side with black hairs, below with yellowish 

 hairs ; antenna' ochraceous, terminal auuuli of third joint 



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