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bristles of the tibia, the first mid-tarsal segment bearing 4 or 5 

 such bristles and the hind-tarsal one 5 or 6. The bristles on the 

 anterior side of the first tarsal segments are much less numerous. 

 The two longest apical bristles of the hind tibia reach far beyond 

 the apex of the first tarsal joint, the longest of this segment 

 extends beyond the tip of the second segment, the longest of the 

 second segment to the middle of the fourth. The proportions of 

 the tarsal segments are : — 



Fore tarsus: cJ.H, 10, 10, 8,17; $.13,12,11, 9,19. 



Mid tarsus : cJ • 22, 18, 13, 9, 19 : $ . 28, 22, 15, 10, 21. 



Hind tarsus: J. 33, 27, 18, 12, 19 ; ? . 42, 32, 21, 13, 22. 



The fifth segment has in all the tarsi five pairs of lateral 

 bristles, occasionally the basal pair or one bristle of it being 

 absent from the hind tarsus. 



Text- 

 fie. 121. 



Text- 

 fig. 122. 



Text-fig. 121. — Clasping organs oi Neopsylla aliena $ . 



Text-fig. 122. — Abdominal segments VII & VIII and receptaculum seminis of 

 Neojpsylla aliena 5 , 



Modified segments. — J • The eighth sternite is broad, with 

 the apex almost evenly rounded in side view. It bears ventraily 

 on each side 14 to 16 bristles, of which two of the distal ones are 

 very long. The main body of the clasper (CI) is almost square 

 (text-fig. 121). Its upper distal corner is rounded oS" and not 

 produced into a narrow process. There are a number of small 

 bristles at this corner, but no bristle near the insertion of the 



