306 R. NEWSTEAD. 



the predominant blue colour being almost as intense as that of the wings. Hairs 

 on the proximal segment of the abdomen erect ; those on the remaining segments 

 recumbent. Antennae with the segments (fig. 1, a) only very shghtly longer 

 than those of the female ; the geniculated spines unilateral* and unpaired. Wing 

 rather narrowly lanceolate. External armature precisely similar to that of 

 P. minutus, Rond. 



Length, 2-2 4 mm.; wing 1"2 mm.; leg iii, 2 mm. 



Gold Coast : Accra, in laboratory, vi. 19, 38 (JcJ, 59 $ $ {Dr. J. W. Scott Macfie) ; 

 Kwaman, 10.viii.l8, 1$; Navarro, on walls of M.O's. quarters, 22.vi.18, 1 $; 

 Yamalaga, 18. v. 18, 1 $; Salaga, on walls of M.O's. quarters, 10. v. 18, 1 5; Yeji, 

 6.V.18, 1 $ {Dr. A. Ingram). 



Phlebotomus ingrami, Newstead. 

 Gold Coast : Chechewere, 9.viii.l8, 1 (J {Dr. A. Ingram). 



Phlebotomus minutus, Eondani. 



Macedonia : near Salonica, 1918, 1 (?, 1 ? {Capt. J. Waterston). Mesopotamia : 

 Amara, River Tigris, l.ix.l8, 1 cJ, 20 ?? (at hght) ; 8.ix.l8, 2 (J (J, 5 ?? (at 

 light); 19.ix.l8, 1 ?; 30.ix.l8, 1 cJ, 9 ?? (at Hght) ; l.x.l8, 2 ?$; 14.X.18, 



1 (^ (at light) {Capt. P. A. Buxton). India : N.W. Frontier Province, Dera 

 Ismail Khan, viii. 1919, 33 S^, 34 ?$ {Major J. A. Sinton, V.C.). 



Phlebotomus minutus africanus, Newst. 



Gold Coast: Yeji, 6.V.18, 1 $; Malowe, 29.vii.18, 1 (J, 2$$; Accra, 4.i.l9, 



2 (JcJ, 1 ?; Lilixia, 4.vii.l8, 3 (J (3^, 3 ??; Diari, on Rest House wall, 26.V.18, 

 1 $ ; Gambaga, in latrine, l.vi.l8, 7 (J^J, 1 $ ; 5.vi.l8, 1 $ inside mosquito 

 net; Salaga, on walls of M.O's. quarters, lO.v.18, 6 (J (J, 3 5$; Jugbe, l.viii. 18, 

 1 ?; Sekodumase, 8.viii.l8, 2 cJ^Jj H §9; Tili, on waUs of Rest House, 

 14.vi.l8, 2 (J(?, 1 ? ; Nangudi, on walls of Rest House, 15.vi.l8, 3 cJc?, 7 $? ; Kul- 

 masa, 22.vii.18, 1 ?; Nandawli, 15.vii.l8, 2 (J (J, 4??; Bole, 26.vii.18, 1 c? 

 Chechewere, 9.viii.l8, 1 cJ, 3 $5; Bawku, 12.vi.l8, inside mosquito net, 3 $$ 

 Savelugu, Rest House, 25.V.18, 2 (Jc?, 2 $?; Wa, Rest House, 20.vii.l8, 1 ? 

 Navarro, on waUs of M.O's. quarters, 22.vi.18, 2 cJ^J, 4 $$; Bawku, on walls 

 of quarters formerly belonging to M.O., 10.vi.l8, 5 (JcJ, 1 $; Banda Nkwanta, 

 30.vii.l8, 2 (J(J, 6 ??; Maibindiga, on walls of Rest House, 31.V.18, 2 ?$; 

 Palbe, 16.V.18, 1 $ ; Kwaman, 10. viii. 18, 1 $ ; Zovaragu, on walls of D.C's. 

 quarters, 16.vii.l8, 1 cJ, 2 $$; Tishi, on walls of Rest House, l.vi.l8, 1 cJ, 1 $; 

 Kpalgu, on walls of Rest House, 30. v. 18, 1 $ ; Yamalaga, 18.V.18, 1 $ {Dr. 

 A. Ingram) ; Accra, in laboratory, vi.l9, 3 (^(^, 4 $? {Dr. J. W. Scott Macfie). 



Phlebotomus papatasii (Scopoli). 



Mesopotamia: 30.vi.l8, 1 cJ, 3 $?; Amara, River Tigris, 14.vi.l8, 1 ?; 

 viii.l8, 1 c?, 5 ??; 2.ix.l8, 3 ?? (biting man); 21.ix.l8, 1 ^ {Capt. P. A. 

 Buxtoji). Macedonia: near Salonica, 1918, 14 (J (J, 35 $$ {Capt. J. Watersto7i). 

 India : N.W. Frontier Province, Dera Ismail Khan, viii. 1919, 3 (J(?, 3 $? {Major 

 J. A. Sinton, V.C). Asia Minoe : Trebizond, 5 (?(J, 3 ?? {Dr. B. Uvarov). 



* This rather remarkable character is conimon also to the males of the following 

 species : P. minutus, Rond., P. minutus africanus, Newst., and P. simillimus, Newst. 

 (see fig. 1 b, c). 



