1945 J Notes on Hippoboscidas 99 
long bristles and a few shorter ones; remainder of dorsum soft 
and fairly uniformly covered with many short setae on small 
papulae; in addition the integument of the median area is micro- 
scopically, transversely striolate; ventrally there is apparently 
only one small, crescent-shaped sclerite, placed immediately in 
front of the anal ring and more or less divided longitudinally; 
ventral surface uniformly covered with many setae, slightly 
Fig. 3. Lynchia majuscula J. Bequaert, n. sp. Wing of male holotype. Photo- 
graph by F. M. Carpenter. 
longer than those of dorsum; soft portion of abdomen very 
superficially divided along the sides into five segments, each 
corresponding to one of the spiracles. 
Total length, from notch of fronto-clypeus to apex of ab- 
domen (somewhat flattened on the slide): 8 mm.; length of 
wing: 9 mm.; width of wing: 3 mm. 
Specimen Examined. — Ceylon: Holotype, female, off a 
Falcon, Spilornis cheela spilogaster (Blyth), April, 1935 (sent 
by the late Dr. G. A. H. Bedford. — Mus. Comp. Zool.). 
L. majuscula appears to be most closely related to L. schoute- 
deni , described in this paper, agreeing with it in the char- 
acters of the wing. It is, however, slightly larger, being the 
largest member of the genus I have seen thus far. In addition 
to the differential characters given in the key, attention may be 
called to the difference in the pilosity of the dorsum of the ab- 
domen and in the shape of the postvertex. 
The description is based on a single specimen mounted on a 
slide in Canada balsam, after treatment with potash. It is pos- 
sible that the frontal bristles were actually more numerous on 
the fresh specimen. 
