606 Njfctenblidae 
Penicillidia fletcheri var. pumila Scott, ojj. cit. p. 217, PI. X, fig. 5. 
Described from Peradeniya, Ceylon, on Pipistrellus ahramus. It can 
now be recorded from Khandala, Bombay Presidency; Rev. Father 
Assmuth coll., name of host not stated. Dr Bequaert has sent me two ? 
received from that place, which agree with the type in all particulars, 
except that thev both have the two groups of bristles on the small 
basal tergite much longer. In his letter Dr Bequaert remarks that he 
is inclined to give var. pumila rank as a separate species, since the 
differences between it and typical fletcheri seem marked and constant. 
Since it has now been found in India, it cannot be an exclusively 
Ceylonese race of fletcheri. 
Genus CYCLOPODIA. 
DIVISION INTO SUBGENERA AND ERECTION OF A NEW GENUS. 
In describing Cyclopodia roylei (Westwood) I stated (1914a, p. 225, 
footnote) that it differs in some ways from all other Cyclopodiae known 
to me. Its separation in a distinct subgenus, Paracyclopodia, is pro¬ 
posed below. A distinct new genus, Tripselia, is also proposed for one 
or more species described some time since. 
A genus Basilia was described by A. de Miranda Ribeiro [Arch. 
Mus. Rio Janeiro, xii, pp. 175-9, PI. I, 1903) for a South American 
Nycteribiid^ characterised by the presence of eyes composed of more 
than one facet, as in Cyclopodia, but also by the absence of tibial rings. 
The same writer later described a second genus^, Pseudelytromyia, 
which however is regarded by Speiser (1908, p. 437) as a synonym of 
Basilia. Speiser has recognised Basilia as distinct, and has also re¬ 
ferred to it certain Old-World species. But Brethes, in describing a 
new Cyclopodia from Chili [Boletin del Museo Nacional de Chile, pp. 1-4 
and Figs., 1913), considers Basilia to be a synonym of Cyclopodia. 
Presumably he imagines that the tibial rings are present, but have been 
overlooked. This is possible, as the rings are not always easy to see, 
especially if the specimens are not very mature and the chitin con¬ 
sequently is pale. I have seen no representative of Basilia, and shall 
assume for the present that it is distinct. Cyclopodia, Tripselia, and 
Basilia may then be separated as follows: 
(A) Eyes present, composed of more than one facet. Tibiae 
3-ringed.. .Cyclopodia. 
^ Basilia ferruginea, on Vespertilio auranlius. 
^ On Alalapha frantzii Peters. (Vespertilionidae): Pseudelytromyia was described 
op. cit. XIV, pp. 2.33-5, PL XXIII-IV, 1907. 
