OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS. al 
coxae pale, translucent ochreous ; abdomen similar, but sometimes pale smoky 
grey. Hairs pallid. Wings faintly irridescent in strong light; pale drab in 
subdued light; costal fringe generally very dark or blackish grey, though 
examples with pale costal fringes are not uncommon. Legs silvery grey, in 
a strong light presenting a distinct metallic lustre ; in certain lights also those 
segments which lie in shadow appear almost black and show up in marked 
contrast to those which are so placed that their surfaces refract the light. In 
some lights the under surface of the legs appears distinctly and regularly 
speckled, a character due evidently to the regular arrangement of the scales. 
Head densely hairy, with generally two ill-defined tufts. Clypeus with a large 
tuft of hairs, some of which are directed forwards, ethers backwards towards the 
forehead. Palpi with segments 2,3 and 4 equal in length and collectively a little 
longer than 5. Antennae with the second segment much longer than the two 
succeeding ones ; the longest hairs on segment 14 almost equal in length to those 
on the preceding segment. Thorax densely hairy, usually with a tuft on the 
front portion and another on the scutellum. Abdomen densely hairy, the longest 
hairs arising from the apical margin of the segments, but no distinct tufts 
are found as in P. papatasit. The arrangement of the hairs is similar in both 
sexes, but blackish hairs are often intermixed with the pale ochreous ones on 
various parts of the body in the darker forms of this insect. Legs shorter than 
those of P. papatasii. Wings (fig. 6, p. 62) with the posterior border much 
more strongly arched than the anterior border; the anterior branch of second 
longitudinal vein nearly as long as the stem between the cross-vein and the 
proximal fork. 
External genitalia (figs. 16, 17). Superior clasper with five very long stout 
curved spines ; two apical, one external and two internal, placed a little in 
advance of the outer one; inferior clasper nearly twice the length of the 
intermediate appendage and clothed to the apex with very long and slender 
hairs; intermediate appendage somewhat finger-shaped and hairy, proximal 
portion with a large keel-like extension ventrally, the distal margin of which 
bears several (5-6) hairs ; apex of intromittent organ deeply divided or forked, 
with occasionally a minute central tooth ; exposed portion of the genital filament 
about half the length of the intromittent organ. 
FEMALE.—With the palpi, antennae and legs similar to those of the male. 
Wings very slightly larger and broader than those of the male. 
Length, 1:9-2°2 mm. 
This insect is widely distributed over the island of Malta, and was extremely 
abundant during the month of August and the beginning of September, though 
many examples were captured also in July. It was most abundant at Floriana, 
near the old bastion by the Grand Harbour, on the evenings of August the 
26th and 27th, when, between the hours of 8.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., 39 examples 
were captured as they came into a lighted room ; of this total 28 were males and 
11 females. 
Two examples of P. minutus were found in association with this species ; but 
strange as it may seem, not a single example of P. papatasi was either captured 
or seen on these occasions. 
