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frons ferruginous, sometimes suft'used with f'lscous. Pronotuni 

 pale, lateral margius fuscous. Tegmiua hyaline, veins mostly 

 pale with fairly closely set but not prominent fuscous granules. 

 Subcostal vein yellowish fuscous ; stigma dark fuscous ; apical 

 veins and subapical transverse veins suffusedh- dark fuscous. 

 Wings hyaline, veins dark fuscous. Legs bright yellow, obscure- 

 ly annulated with fuscous. \'ertex as in 0. alcxaiior, but the 

 lateral margins are forked at the anterior margin of the eyes, 

 so that the anterolateral margins of vertex do not reach the 

 apical margin and are connected therewith b\' 2 very short paral- 

 lel keels. Labium reaches the hind coxae. Thee are 6 spme,s" 

 each on the apex of the ist and 2nd segments of the h'nd tarsi. 



Male : .sterna and abdomen more or less piceous, hooks, &c., 

 pale. 



Length (male) 5^^ (female) 6]/% mill. 



Hab. Viti Levu, Rewa (Mar., Muir). 



The scutellum is sometimes ferruginous between the keels. 



The species is named after Tasman. who discovered the Fijian 

 aichipelago. 



9. Inbra. 



PI. \'III, figs. 7-9. 



A rather smaller race, the males measuring as little as 6 mill.. 

 lias been found in \'iti Levu by ATuir (Xo. 7) in Ba (Jan.), Rewa 

 (Mar.-May) and Navua (Feb.) on Breadfruit. (Artocarpits in- 

 cisa) : they may be termed var. z'itieiisis. 



TO. phclia. 



PI. Vin, figs. IO-T2. 



T I . fclis. 



PI. vnr, figs. 5-6. 



12. saccliaricola sp. nov. 



Allied to 0. fclis Init distinguished by the smoky apical fourdi 

 of the tegmina. 



Blackish ; keels of vertex, lateral keels of frons and clypeus, 

 legs, &c., pallid ; hind femora more or le^s fuscous : keels of 

 scutellum (usually) and median keel of frons ferruginous. Pro- 



