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PMebotomus nicnic sp. nov. 
Male and female. — Grayish ochraceous to brownish buif, with 
slight silvery reflections at ends of some of the squamose hairs 
which so abundantly cover the body. Seen by transmitted light 
head and thorax are honey yellow, abdom.en and legs are buff. 
Head . — Long ellipsoidal to end of . clypeus which is slightly 
concave basad, and inflated apicad, with numerous conical tu- 
bercles on its apical third. Proboscis one-half length of entire 
head. Palpi with first and second segments subequal, the former 
curved basad; third slightly longer and thinner, fourth and fifth 
subequal and nearly filiform, the latter bulbous basad. Antennse 
with first segment cyathifonn, second spherical, third three 
times length of fourth. Segments 3 to 10 slightly fusiform, 
segments 11 to 15 cylindrical, segment 16 obovoid fusiform. 
Each segment bears a subbasal regular whorl of curved hairs 
and other scattered groups most of which are three-fourths the 
length of the segment or longer than it. Eyes dark brown to 
black, nearly circular in outline and seven-eighths the occipito- 
gular diameter. Hairs on head and thorax erect and of a length 
equaling the head diameter. 
Thorax . — Pronotum a tiny squamose sclerite slightly proflexed 
over base of head. Distance, in profile, from mesonotal dorsi- 
meson to apex of coxae equal to length of abdomen. Length 
over mesonotum slightly less than this. Scutellum well rounded 
in profile, metanotum nearly plane. Upright hairs abundant. 
Abdomen . — Cylindrical in male, slightly obovoid in female, 
with semierect hairs as long as the segments and evenly scattered 
over the tergites and sternites. 
Legs . — Long, slender, coxae and femora sparsely covered^ with 
long coarse hairs, femora, in addition, and remaining segments 
with a thickset covering of very fine recumbent downy hairs. 
Ungues rectangulate at their basal fifth, thence straight or 
scimitar-shaped apicad. 
Wings . — Linear ovate or subspatulate, twice length of abdo- 
men, their greatest width one-third their length in both sexes, 
very hairy on all veins, especially costa, sixth vein, and anal 
margin. Auxiliary vein ends midway between costa and first 
longitudinal, touching neither, but causing a decided curvature 
in latter. Petiole of first fork of second longitudinal equals an- 
terior branch of fork. Fourth longitudinal forks at middle of 
wing. All veins except third longitudinal enter wing margin 
nearly perpendicularly, angulating before entrance. All veins 
about equidistant over wing surface. Both anterior and poste- 
