﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  PHLEBOTOMUS. 
  185 
  

  

  Phlebotomus 
  minutus, 
  Rondani. 
  

   Male 
  with 
  abnormal 
  genital 
  armature 
  (fig. 
  7). 
  Left 
  superior 
  clasper 
  normal, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7. 
  PMebotomus 
  minutus, 
  Rond., 
  <$ 
  genital 
  armature 
  ; 
  

  

  a, 
  superior 
  clasper, 
  with 
  supernumary 
  spines, 
  X 
  225. 
  

  

  right 
  superior 
  clasper 
  (fig. 
  7, 
  a) 
  with 
  three 
  pairs 
  of 
  strong 
  spines 
  ; 
  two 
  

   pairs 
  apical, 
  one 
  sub-apical 
  ; 
  the 
  additional 
  spines 
  occupy 
  a 
  superior 
  position 
  

   and 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  pointed 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  singular 
  case 
  of 
  exces- 
  

   sive 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  armature 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  yet 
  seen, 
  

   and 
  had 
  the 
  additional 
  spines 
  occurred 
  on 
  both 
  claspers 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  unhesitatingly 
  

   described 
  the 
  insect 
  under 
  a 
  new 
  name. 
  

  

  Tunis 
  : 
  Metlavui, 
  1913 
  (Dr. 
  E. 
  Roubaud), 
  together 
  with 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  both 
  

   sexes. 
  

   Phlebotomus 
  minutus, 
  var. 
  africanus, 
  Newst. 
  

  

  Northern 
  Ashanti 
  : 
  Kintampo, 
  9 
  &J, 
  2 
  <j><j>, 
  in 
  latrine, 
  vii. 
  1913 
  ; 
  Bjere, 
  Volta 
  

   River, 
  1 
  (J, 
  1 
  ?, 
  in 
  rest-house, 
  12. 
  ix. 
  13 
  ; 
  Banda, 
  4 
  <?<?, 
  2 
  $?, 
  24. 
  ix. 
  13 
  ; 
  Atabubu, 
  

   5 
  (J(J, 
  in 
  rest-house, 
  15. 
  x. 
  13 
  ; 
  N'Koranza, 
  4 
  $<j>, 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  rest-house, 
  6 
  $$, 
  " 
  on 
  

   unwhitewashed 
  corner 
  of 
  room," 
  17. 
  xi. 
  13 
  ; 
  Sekodumasse, 
  3 
  <$$, 
  on 
  walls 
  of 
  rest- 
  

   house, 
  15. 
  xi. 
  13 
  (all 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Ingram). 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  additional 
  records 
  are 
  based 
  upon 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  material, 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  exact 
  specific 
  identity 
  of 
  these 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  with 
  a 
  measure 
  of 
  doubt 
  : 
  — 
  

   Kintampo, 
  8 
  <£<£, 
  1 
  5 
  ; 
  Banda, 
  1 
  $ 
  ; 
  Atabubu, 
  3 
  $$ 
  ; 
  N'Koranza, 
  24 
  examples 
  represent- 
  

   ing 
  both 
  sexes, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  imperfect. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing 
  there 
  are 
  

   four 
  examples 
  from 
  Kintampo 
  (1 
  ^ 
  3 
  Q$) 
  and 
  one 
  £ 
  from 
  Atabubu 
  which 
  are, 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  one 
  can 
  judge 
  at 
  present, 
  referable 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  possess 
  such 
  

   remarkably 
  short 
  3rd 
  antennal 
  segments 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  typical 
  P. 
  minutus 
  var. 
  

   africanus 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  desirable 
  to. 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  fact, 
  though 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   noted 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  typical 
  P. 
  minutus, 
  Rond., 
  from 
  

   Malta. 
  

  

  Southern 
  Nigeria 
  : 
  Ibadan, 
  1 
  $, 
  20-21. 
  viii. 
  13, 
  1 
  <J, 
  2. 
  x. 
  13, 
  8 
  $$, 
  5. 
  iv. 
  14 
  ; 
  

   Olumu, 
  1 
  <J, 
  20. 
  iv. 
  14 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Lamborn). 
  Iseyin, 
  60 
  m. 
  N.W. 
  of 
  Ibadan, 
  4 
  ?$, 
  

   7. 
  xi. 
  12 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Clark) 
  ; 
  these 
  Dr. 
  Clark 
  informs 
  me 
  were 
  " 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  rest-house 
  

   which 
  was 
  rather 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  these 
  insects. 
  Many 
  were 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  resting 
  

   on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  mud 
  walls, 
  in 
  dark 
  corners, 
  and 
  also 
  under 
  a 
  table." 
  

  

  Ivory 
  Coast 
  : 
  Bingerville, 
  on 
  a 
  lizard, 
  Agama 
  colonorum, 
  1 
  <J, 
  6. 
  xii. 
  12 
  (Dr. 
  E. 
  

   Roubaud). 
  

  

  Nyasaland 
  : 
  Mwanza 
  River, 
  Lower 
  Shire, 
  4 
  <j><j>, 
  5. 
  vii. 
  13 
  (S. 
  A. 
  Neave) 
  ; 
  only 
  one 
  

   example 
  has 
  a 
  perfect 
  antenna, 
  but 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  pointed 
  wings 
  and 
  small 
  size 
  

  

  