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Notes on Hippoboscidce 
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Speiser (1902, Zeitschr. Syst. Hym. Dipt., II, p. 166), who 
examined Bigot’s type, has given a few additional details re- 
garding the coloration of this species, but its structural charac- 
ters are not known. 
I am inclined to believe that all later records of capensis 
from Somaliland, Natal, and the Canary Islands, really refer to 
P. maura. 
3. Pseudolynchia exornata (Speiser.) 
Olfersia exornata Speiser, 1900, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, XL, 
p. 562 (Doloc Tolong, western Sumatra; no host.) 
This species is extremely close to P. maura , if at all distinct. 
Speiser (1902, Zeitschr. Syst. Hym. Dipt., II, p. 163) states that 
maura differs from exornata “durch ein dunkler braune Farbe der 
Stirn und ganz wesentlich geringere Beborstung des KopfesP 
Speiser has also recorded exornata from the Oasis Merv, in 
Russian Transcaspia, and from the River Luazomela, Kenya 
Colony; but in both cases the specimens were probably P. maura. 
4. Pseudolynchia garzettae (Rondani.) 
Olfersia garzettce Rondani, 1879, Bull. Soc. Ent. Italiana, 
XI, 1879, p. 23 (Insubria, Italy; no host.) 
This species has not been properly recognized. Speiser has 
referred to it a specimen from Bavaria, but gave no details as to 
how to separate it from its allies. 
5. Pseudolynchia maura (Bigot.) 
Olfersia maura Bigot, 1885, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) V, 
p.237 (Algeria; no host.) 
This is the common parasite of the domestic pigeon in the 
tropical and subtropical parts of the Old World: Mediterranean 
Region, Asia Minor, India, Mauritius, Africa (from Algeria to 
the Cape), Philippine Islands, and Hawaiian Islands. I have 
seen two specimens ( $ & ) from Asmara, Eritrea, kindly sent 
by Prof. Bezzi. 
