﻿STRATIOMYIDAE 
  OF 
  SOLOMON 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  JAMES 
  207 
  

  

  first 
  and 
  second 
  segments 
  of 
  intermediate 
  tarsus 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  hind 
  

   basitarsus 
  yellow. 
  Halteres 
  whitish. 
  Wing 
  brownish 
  beyond 
  discal 
  

   cell, 
  on 
  narrow 
  posterior 
  border, 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  that 
  almost 
  

   crosses 
  wing 
  through 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  basal 
  cells 
  and 
  along 
  veins 
  Cua 
  

   and 
  Cug 
  + 
  2nd 
  A 
  ; 
  membrane 
  otherwise 
  mainly 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  veins 
  brown- 
  

   ish, 
  yellow 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  and 
  at 
  weakened 
  part 
  of 
  costa 
  and 
  radius 
  

   immediately 
  before 
  stigma 
  ; 
  stigma 
  brown. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  first 
  tergite, 
  a 
  rounded 
  spot 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  third 
  confluent 
  with 
  margin, 
  an 
  oblique 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  fourth, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  all 
  tergites, 
  entire 
  fifth 
  tergite, 
  and 
  venter 
  

   yellow 
  tomentose, 
  abdomen 
  otherwise 
  black 
  tomentose. 
  Genitalia 
  

   yellow. 
  Length, 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Female, 
  Guadalcanal 
  Island, 
  1944 
  (Berg). 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

   No. 
  57311. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Mr, 
  Berg 
  adds 
  this 
  note 
  : 
  "I 
  took 
  it 
  Nov. 
  11, 
  1944, 
  resting 
  

   on 
  underbrush 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  I 
  was 
  collecting 
  well 
  

   back 
  into 
  the 
  foothills 
  of 
  the 
  Kavo 
  Eange, 
  on 
  Mount 
  Austin 
  at 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  about 
  800 
  feet. 
  Though 
  I 
  collected 
  there 
  on 
  two 
  more 
  

   occasions, 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  it 
  again." 
  

  

  *»^ 
  

  

  Genus 
  AULANA 
  Walker 
  

  

  A 
  ulana 
  Waxkeb, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  204, 
  1864 
  

  

  AULANA 
  CYRTASPIS 
  (Kertesz) 
  

  

  Acraspidea 
  cyrtaspis 
  Kebtesz, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hungarici, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  p. 
  344, 
  1908. 
  

   Aulana 
  cyrtaspis 
  (Kertesz) 
  Beunetti, 
  Ree. 
  Indian 
  Mus., 
  voL 
  25, 
  p. 
  60, 
  1923. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  recorded 
  by 
  Lindner, 
  without 
  locality, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Solomon 
  Islands. 
  Additional 
  records: 
  Bougainville 
  Island: 
  1 
  fe- 
  

   male, 
  1944 
  (Downs). 
  GuADALCAisrAL 
  Islands: 
  7 
  females, 
  January 
  6, 
  

   1945 
  (Berg). 
  Florida 
  Island: 
  2 
  females, 
  Moro, 
  1945 
  (Bohart). 
  

   The 
  Florida 
  Island 
  specimens 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  having 
  pre- 
  

   dominantly 
  black 
  femora. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ADRAGA 
  Walker 
  

  

  Adraga 
  Walkee, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  voL 
  3, 
  p. 
  82, 
  1859. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Pegadomyia. 
  Two 
  species 
  have 
  

   been 
  previously 
  described: 
  The 
  genotype, 
  A. 
  univitta 
  Walker, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Aru 
  Islands, 
  and 
  subsequently 
  redescribed 
  by 
  Kertesz 
  and 
  Brunetti 
  

   from 
  Mysol, 
  and 
  A. 
  crassivena 
  Kertesz, 
  from 
  Batjan. 
  The 
  following 
  

   key 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  separate 
  these 
  two 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  described 
  below. 
  

  

  1. 
  Pile 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  short 
  and 
  inconspicuous, 
  uniformly 
  black 
  2 
  

  

  Mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  stripe 
  of 
  yellowish 
  pile 
  univitta 
  Walker 
  

  

  2. 
  Abdominal 
  tergites 
  one 
  to 
  four 
  wholly 
  punctured 
  crassivena 
  KertSsz 
  

  

  Abdominal 
  tergites 
  one 
  to 
  four 
  densely 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  disc, 
  shining 
  

  

  laterally 
  australis, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  