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Musca (Awatia; Philaematomyia) planiceps Wiedemann. 

 Musca cingalaisina Bigot. 

 Musca pollinosa Stein. 

 Philaematomyia indica Awati. 



The collection contains 2 males from Dapitan and Zamboanga, 

 Mindanao (Baker) , and one female from Dapitan (Baker) . I 

 have examined the types of Musca planiceps Wiedemann in Copen- 

 hagen and note that they are this common Oriental species. 

 Though I have not seen the types of pollinosa Stein and indica 

 Awati, I have no doubt they are identical with planiceps. 



Musca planiceps is of peculiar interest for, though undoubtedly 

 a bloodsucker, neither Mr. Senior-White nor myself have ever 

 seen it sucking blood, though we have both observed its habits 

 in the field. It is larviparous in habit and deposits one larva at 

 a time in the early third stage. 

 Musca (Philaematomyia; Ptelolepis) inferior Stein. 

 Philaematomyia gurneyi Patton and Cragg. 



The collection contains 5 males from Los Banos, and Zam- 

 boanga and Davao, Mindanao (Baker) and 7 females from Los 

 Banos, Mount Maquiling, and Zamboanga (Baker) . This species 

 is a true bloodsucker, as it is able to scratch the skin and draw 

 blood with its prestomal teeth. It is never seen in large num- 

 bers, and when first taken by me at Kodaikanal (6,000 feet), 

 Pulney Hills, southern India, I caught only twelve specimens. 

 Recently Mr. Senior- White sent me a large number collected at 

 the Government Dairy Farm, Colombo, where it is apparently a 

 common species. Mr. Senior- White has found its larva in cow 

 dung, but never in large numbers, clearly suggesting it is larvip- 

 arous in habit. I have no information as to whether or not the 

 Philippine specimens were caught on cattle in the act of sucking 

 blood. 



Musca inferior can be easily recognized by the presence of 

 hairs on the dorsal and middle aspect of the squamae. 

 Musca crassirostris Stein. 



Musca modesta de Meijere. 

 Philaematomyia insignis Austen. 



The collection contains 1 male and 3 females from Baguio, 

 Benguet Subprovince, 3 females from Los Banos, Luzon, 1 female 

 from Tacloban, Leyte, and 1 male from Cagayan, Mindanao 

 (Baker) ; 1 female from Davao (Baker) ; and 1 male from Culasi, 



