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Ventrally there are two rows of moderately large setae across the mesosternum 
and a single row across the metasternum. Wings as in L. depressa. Legs quite 
stout; anterior tibiae with a strong, inner apical seta; tarsi (Fig. 2 C) with 
one claw much smaller than the other. 
Abdomen dorsally without the pair of diverging lines seen in depressa but 
with a pair of basal plates which bear a row of slender setae along the posterior 
margin. Remainder of the dorsum membranous and with quite numerous 
setae, except for a pair of small, pre-apical chitinized plates which bear three 
or four long setae. Basal sternite, rounded posteriorly, not emarginate as in 
depressa , and quite small, bearing a row of small setae. Remainder of the 
venter with numerous setae, those in the sub-marginal regions larger than the 
others. 
Male. In general appearance closely resembling the female. External 
genitalia merely a pair of small protuberances bearing small setae. The in¬ 
ternal genitalia in the two males available are not in condition to figure but 
appear to resemble those of L. traguli. 
Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus). 
Fig. 5. 
1909. Lipoptena cervi L., Massonat, Ann. de VUniversite de Lyon, N.S. (1), xxviii. 250-6; 
PI. 2, figs. 13-19. 
Through the kindness of Major Austen we have received specimens of the 
female of this species and are figuring it for comparison with the others here 
described. Massonat (ref. cited) has given a detailed description of the species, 
accompanied by figures which are quite satisfactory except that the details 
of the vestiture of setae are not indicated with sufficient clearness. According 
to this author there is a much greater difference between the sexes than is 
present in the other species here included. 
Genus Allobosca Speiser. 
The peculiar species that is the sole representative of this genus is regarded 
by Speiser as representing also a distinct sub-family. 
Allobosca crassipes Speiser. 
Figs. 6, 7. 
1899. Allobosca crassipes Speiser, Wien Ent. Zeitung, xxviii. 199; Fig. 
Previous Records. From Propilhecus diaderna and Lepilemur mustelinus , 
Madagascar. The hosts are lemurs. 
Specimens Examined. Five females and one male from skin of Pro- 
pithecus edwardsi, Madagascar, in the United States National Museum. 
Notes. The original description of this species was accompanied only 
by a figure of the wing and we are taking advantage of the opportunity to 
