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  PKOFESSOR 
  R. 
  NEWSTEAD, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  in 
  such 
  cases 
  being 
  a 
  confused 
  bundle 
  of 
  spines 
  arising 
  from 
  various 
  planes. 
  With 
  

   careful 
  manipulation, 
  however, 
  the 
  superior 
  claspers 
  may 
  be 
  so 
  displayed 
  that 
  the 
  

   exact 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  spines 
  can 
  be 
  followed 
  with 
  little 
  difficulty. 
  Three 
  distinct 
  

   phases 
  may 
  be 
  presented 
  : 
  a 
  dorso- 
  ventral 
  view 
  (fig. 
  6, 
  b) 
  with 
  the 
  pronounced 
  lateral 
  

   spine-bearing 
  processes 
  ; 
  an 
  outer-lateral 
  view 
  (fig. 
  6, 
  c), 
  and 
  an 
  inner-lateral 
  view 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6. 
  Phlebotomus 
  mascittii, 
  $ 
  ; 
  a, 
  ventral 
  view 
  of 
  distal 
  segment 
  of 
  superior 
  clasper, 
  X 
  150. 
  

   P. 
  perniciosus, 
  $ 
  ; 
  b, 
  distal 
  segment 
  of 
  superior 
  clasper, 
  ventral 
  view 
  : 
  c, 
  the 
  same, 
  outer 
  

   lateral 
  view 
  ; 
  d, 
  inner 
  lateral 
  view 
  ; 
  all 
  X 
  150. 
  

  

  (fig. 
  6, 
  d). 
  Compare 
  also 
  fig. 
  17 
  in 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  this 
  Bulletin 
  quoted 
  above. 
  Refe- 
  

   rence 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  3rd 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  and 
  a 
  

   drawing 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  scale 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  mascittii 
  is 
  given 
  (fig. 
  4, 
  b) 
  ; 
  this 
  segment 
  

   exhibits 
  a 
  slight 
  variation 
  in 
  length, 
  the 
  range 
  in 
  16 
  examples 
  amounting 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  to 
  "075 
  mm. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  synonymy, 
  Mansion's 
  P. 
  legeri 
  is 
  clearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  P. 
  perniciosus, 
  

   Newst. 
  His 
  excellent 
  figure 
  and 
  clear 
  description 
  leaves 
  one 
  in 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  this, 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  name 
  must 
  sink. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  record 
  regarding 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  

   interest 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Albania 
  : 
  Scutari 
  (British 
  Detachment), 
  1 
  <J, 
  21. 
  viii. 
  13 
  (Dr. 
  M. 
  H. 
  Babington). 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Babington, 
  in 
  a 
  communication 
  which 
  accompanied 
  the 
  specimen, 
  states 
  that 
  

   " 
  these 
  insects 
  occur 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  " 
  and 
  further 
  that 
  " 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  fair 
  amount 
  

   of 
  fever, 
  which 
  in 
  Malta 
  we 
  attribute 
  to 
  the 
  bites 
  of 
  sand-flies." 
  

  

  Phlebotomus 
  perniciosus 
  var. 
  nigerrimus, 
  Newst. 
  

  

  Phlebotomus 
  nigerrimus, 
  Newst., 
  Bull. 
  Ent. 
  Bes., 
  ii, 
  p. 
  68, 
  1911. 
  

   Since 
  publishing 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  P. 
  nigerrimus 
  I 
  have, 
  thanks 
  to 
  Captain 
  Marett, 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  several 
  males, 
  all 
  captured 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  Malta. 
  As 
  the 
  taxonomic 
  

   characters 
  of 
  these 
  agree 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  P. 
  perniciosus, 
  Newst., 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  

   conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  can 
  only 
  rank 
  as 
  a 
  good 
  melanic 
  variety. 
  There 
  is 
  

   apparently 
  some 
  slight 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  venation 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  $ 
  var. 
  nigerrimus 
  

   (compare 
  fig. 
  5, 
  loc. 
  cit.), 
  which 
  may 
  also 
  [serve 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  typical 
  

   P. 
  perniciosus. 
  

  

  