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abdomen and metathorax whitish or pale greenish yellow; legs 
and antennae yellowish or pale ; wings membranous, clear. Body 
small, but robust. 
Head small, much deflexed, appearing very short from dorsal 
aspect, not as broad as thorax; vertex roundly convex from 
frontal view, without prominent foveal impressions, slightly 
elevated at posterior ocelli; anterior ocellus visible from front, 
at lower margin of vertex; frons not visible; genae mostly 
concealed by retraction of head toward thorax ; clypeus and beak 
small. Eyes small. Antennae very short, not half as long as 
width of head, with several very long, slender setae giving the 
antennae a tassellike appearance. 
Thorax short and well arched. Legs short, small and slender, 
spines very inconspicuous. Forewings broad and rounded at 
apex, veins slender and not prominent. 
Male: Genital segment small, short; forceps nearly as long as 
anal valve, very slender, tapering to acute apex, somewhat bent 
forward in apical third ; anal valve broadest at base, converging 
to narrow apex. Female : Genital segment not quite as long as 
rest of abdomen, dorsal valve a little larger than ventral, trunc- 
ate at apex. 
Tenimber Islands, Larat {Muir), 1 male and 2 females. 
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Pauropsylla nigra sp. nov. 
Length of body, 1.2 millimeters; forewing, 1.6. General color 
shining black; vertex and thorax dorsad glossy black, abdomen 
black above and below with connective membrane orange yellow. 
Geme brange ventrad, thoracic venter orange in part and the 
rest black; antennas yellowish; legs yellowish except hind fem- 
ora, which are mostly black. 
Structurally very similar to Pauropsylla brevicornis, dif- 
fering in the following characteristics : Antennae about one-third 
as long as width of head, with only two long setae, these both 
at the tip and as long as the antennae. Forewings shaped and 
veined much as in the related species but a little smaller. 
Female genitalia similar but with a pair of small projections 
from caudal end between dorsal and ventral valves. 
India, Pusa, Bihar (C. S. Misra ) , September 5, 1914, 1 female, 
found in the laboratory. 
Pauropsylla verticis sp. nov. Plate I, figs. 3 and 4. 
Length of body, 2.3 millimeters, forewing 2.5. General color 
