﻿STRATIOMYIDAE 
  OF 
  SOLOMON 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  JAMES 
  197 
  

  

  wings 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  longipennis 
  and 
  lack 
  the 
  clouding 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  as 
  Lindner 
  pointed 
  out, 
  is 
  entirely 
  bluish 
  black 
  

   dorsally, 
  or 
  almost 
  so. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  series 
  came 
  from 
  Isabel 
  Island. 
  Additional 
  records: 
  

   Guadalcanal. 
  Island: 
  2 
  males, 
  1 
  female, 
  December 
  1944, 
  to 
  March 
  

   1945 
  (Berg) 
  ; 
  1 
  male, 
  April 
  to 
  May 
  1945 
  (Berg) 
  ; 
  2 
  females, 
  Lunga 
  

   Kiver 
  Valley, 
  October 
  17 
  and 
  27, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon) 
  ; 
  1 
  female, 
  Malimbu 
  

   River 
  Valley, 
  November 
  12, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon) 
  ; 
  1 
  female, 
  1 
  male, 
  Uma- 
  

   sami 
  River 
  Valley, 
  October 
  2, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon). 
  Florida 
  Island: 
  3 
  

   males, 
  1 
  female, 
  March 
  1945 
  (Bohart). 
  New 
  Georgla. 
  Island: 
  1 
  fe- 
  

   male, 
  1943 
  (Downs). 
  

  

  PTECTICUS 
  ISABELENSIS 
  Lindner 
  

  

  Ptecticus 
  isabelensis 
  Lindnee, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  373, 
  1937. 
  

   Ptecticus 
  salomonensis 
  Lindnee, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  10, 
  voL 
  20, 
  p. 
  393, 
  

   1937. 
  ("Nachtrag" 
  of 
  above 
  citation). 
  

  

  Lindner's 
  published 
  account 
  of 
  P. 
  salomonensis 
  seems 
  puzzling. 
  

   His 
  description, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  describing 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  undescribed 
  male, 
  preclude 
  the 
  possibility 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  referring 
  

   to 
  longipennis 
  salomonensis; 
  moreover, 
  P. 
  salomonensis, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  P. 
  

   longipennis 
  salomonensis, 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  from 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  (pp. 
  370-371), 
  whereas 
  P. 
  isabelen- 
  

   sis, 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  Ptecticus 
  from 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  treated 
  in 
  that 
  

   work, 
  is 
  missing. 
  This 
  confused 
  state 
  of 
  affairs 
  is 
  clarified 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  

   sent 
  to 
  me 
  personally, 
  in 
  which 
  Lindner 
  marked 
  out 
  salomonensis 
  in 
  

   the 
  list 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Nachtrag 
  and 
  wrote 
  isabelensis 
  instead. 
  

  

  Known 
  only 
  from 
  Isabel 
  Island, 
  the 
  type 
  locality. 
  

  

  PTECTICUS 
  REPENSANS 
  (Walker) 
  

  

  Sargus 
  repensans 
  Walkeb, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  96, 
  1860. 
  

  

  Ptecticus 
  repensans 
  (Walker) 
  Beunetti, 
  Rec. 
  Indian 
  Mus,, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  112, 
  1907. 
  

  

  The 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  form 
  apparently 
  represents 
  a 
  variety 
  that 
  

   differs 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tarsus. 
  The 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  segments 
  are 
  yellow, 
  with 
  black 
  

   hair 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  the 
  remaining 
  hair 
  being 
  yellow; 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  segments 
  are 
  

   mainly 
  black 
  or 
  blackish 
  with 
  black 
  hair. 
  The 
  last 
  three 
  segments 
  

   of 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  are 
  black. 
  The 
  body 
  is 
  orange-yellow 
  ; 
  

   the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  have 
  each 
  a 
  prominent 
  patch 
  of 
  short 
  black 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  male 
  genitalia 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  black. 
  Length, 
  12-14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Collecting 
  records. 
  Guadalcanal 
  Island: 
  1 
  female, 
  November 
  11, 
  

   1944 
  (Berg) 
  ; 
  1 
  male, 
  December 
  1944 
  (Berg) 
  ; 
  1 
  male. 
  Mount 
  Austin, 
  

   1,000 
  ft., 
  November 
  14, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon) 
  ; 
  1 
  female, 
  Lunga 
  River 
  Valley, 
  

  

  