100 



Hugh Scott: 



Loc. Sumatra, Formosa, Ceylon. 



This species appears to have occurred on more than one 

 occasion in Company with N. allotopa. The types of both species were 

 found in the cave of Lian si Paghe in Sumatra, though I have 

 seen no record of the host or times of capture. Among the For- 

 mosan material parvula and allotopa constantly occur from the 

 same individuals of Miniopterus schreibersi. And in Ceylon both 

 species were obtained by Mr. Fryer at Peradeniya on 30. I. 1912 

 from Miniopterus schreibersi, though whether or not from the same 

 individual is not stated. 



Material. In spirit: Tainan, 3. X. 1906, 45 $, 39$. Tainan, 

 6. X. 1906, 30 c?, 20 ?. Tainan, 7. X. 1906, 14 <? 18?. Taihorin, 

 VI. 1911, from an undetermined bat, 2 <§. 



Dried specimens: Tainan, all dated X. 1906 (except 1 S> 

 X. 1907—9), 9 (J, 6 ?. 



5. Nycteribia (Listropodia) pedicularia Latreille. 



Nycteribia pedicularia Latreille, Hist. nat. Crust. et Ins., 

 XIV. 1805, p. 403, tab. 112, fig. 14. 



Pthiridium latreillei Leach, Zool. Mise, III. 1817, p. 56. 



Listropodia latreillei Kolenati, Horae Soc. ent. Ross., II. 

 1863, p. 55, tab. VI— VII, fig. 18a— e. 



24 c?c? an d 20 ?? are referred to this species. For a 

 long time I was in doubt whether to refer them to N. 

 (Listropodia) blasii Kolenati (op. cit,, p. 49, tab. V, fig. 

 16a — e) or to N. (L.) pedicularia Latreille (= latreillei Leach). 

 Finally I have come to the conclusion that these two are only 

 distinet forms of the same species, and that the Formosan series, 

 though in some respects intermediate, tends more to the pedi- 

 cularia- form. A somewhat lengthy explanation is necessary. 

 First the differences given by Kolenati between the two must 

 be considered, and the chief ones are tabulated below: 



Listropodia blasii. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Thorax beneath only a little 

 broader than long, with front 

 margin much rounded. 



cJ. 2nd tergite with short 

 bristles on either side of its 

 surface, bare in the middle; 3rd 

 and 4th tergites bare on their 

 surfaces: anal segment very 

 long. 3rd and 4th sternites 

 with a few bristles only at the 

 sides of the disc, the 4th with 

 5 thorn-like bristles (Borsten- 

 stacheln) in the middle of its 

 hind margin. 



Listropodia pedicularia. 



Length 2.9 mm. 



Thorax beneath much broader 

 than long, curve of the front 

 margin much flattened. 



<$. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tergites 

 with scattered short bristles on 

 the middle part of their surfaces : 

 anal segment not much longer 

 than those preceding it. 3rd 

 and 4th sternites with short 

 bristles on their dises, the 4th 

 with 14 ,, Borstenstacheln" on 

 its hind margin. 



2nd tergite transversely 

 trapezoidal with curved hind 



