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  PROFESSOR 
  R. 
  NEWSTEAD, 
  F.R.S. 
  — 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  PHLEBOTOMUS. 
  

  

  with 
  numerous, 
  fine, 
  short 
  outstanding 
  hairs. 
  Palpi 
  (fig. 
  12, 
  a 
  a) 
  with 
  the 
  4th 
  and 
  5th 
  

   segments 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  much 
  the 
  longest, 
  but 
  the 
  5th 
  is 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  speaking 
  unusually 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  3rd 
  slightly 
  incrassate 
  proximally 
  ; 
  formula 
  

   1, 
  2, 
  3 
  (4, 
  5). 
  Wings 
  (fig. 
  12, 
  b) 
  lanceolate 
  and 
  relatively 
  narrow 
  ; 
  1st 
  longitudinal 
  

  

  Fig. 
  12. 
  Phlebotomus 
  bedfordi, 
  sp.n., 
  $ 
  ; 
  a 
  a, 
  palpi, 
  X 
  150 
  ; 
  fc, 
  wing, 
  X 
  39. 
  

  

  vein 
  terminating 
  considerably 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  2nd 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   branch 
  of 
  the 
  2nd 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  forks, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  being 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  one-third 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  former. 
  

  

  Transvaal 
  : 
  Onderstepoort, 
  near 
  Pretoria, 
  1 
  £ 
  (type), 
  in 
  latrine, 
  2. 
  vi. 
  12 
  

   (G. 
  Bedford). 
  

  

  