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  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
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  Genus 
  SALDUBA 
  Walker 
  

  

  Salduba 
  Walker, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  79, 
  1859. 
  

  

  SALDUBA 
  LUGUBRIS 
  Walker 
  

  

  Salduba 
  lugubris 
  Walker, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  271, 
  1861. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  tentatively 
  referring 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  specimens 
  to 
  this 
  

   species, 
  which 
  apparently 
  is 
  quite 
  variable. 
  In 
  the 
  specimens 
  before 
  

   me 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  whitish 
  (female) 
  or 
  pale 
  

   yellowish 
  (male) 
  tomentum, 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  by 
  a 
  median 
  and 
  two 
  

   submarginal 
  dorsal 
  stripes 
  of 
  black 
  tomentum, 
  which 
  are 
  confluent 
  

   anteriorly. 
  In 
  this 
  respect 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  specimens 
  resemble 
  

   diphysoides 
  Walker. 
  The 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  

   sexes, 
  the 
  femora 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  being 
  chiefly 
  black 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  

   being 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  This 
  coloration 
  corresponds 
  essentially 
  to 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  {lugubns) 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  {singularis) 
  as 
  re- 
  

   described 
  by 
  Brunetti 
  (Eec. 
  Indian 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  25, 
  pp. 
  84-85, 
  1923) 
  , 
  and 
  

   considered 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  conspecific. 
  

  

  Collecting 
  records: 
  Guadalcanal 
  Island: 
  1 
  male, 
  6 
  females, 
  Janu- 
  

   ary 
  to 
  April 
  1945 
  (Berg) 
  ; 
  1 
  male, 
  Lunga 
  River 
  Valley, 
  December 
  1943 
  

   (Knight) 
  ; 
  1 
  female, 
  Lunga 
  River 
  Valley, 
  September 
  16, 
  1944 
  (Laf- 
  

   foon) 
  : 
  1 
  male, 
  Poha 
  River, 
  September 
  3, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon) 
  ; 
  1 
  female, 
  

   Matanikau 
  River 
  Valley, 
  November 
  9, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon). 
  Florida 
  

   Island: 
  3 
  females, 
  1 
  male, 
  March 
  1945 
  (Bohart). 
  New 
  Georgia 
  

   Island: 
  1 
  male, 
  April 
  1944 
  (Berg). 
  

  

  Genus 
  LOPHOTELES 
  Loew 
  

  

  Lophoteles 
  Loew, 
  Berlin. 
  Ent. 
  Zeitschr., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  110, 
  1858. 
  

  

  Three 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  known 
  species 
  of 
  Lophoteles 
  are 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   the 
  Solomon 
  Islands, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  by 
  use 
  of 
  my 
  key. 
  The 
  

   fourth, 
  L. 
  fascipennis 
  Kertesz, 
  from 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  is 
  a 
  clouded-winged 
  

   species, 
  like 
  L. 
  vittipennis 
  (Lindner), 
  but 
  the 
  clouding 
  occurs 
  chiefly 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  discal 
  cell, 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  costal 
  almost 
  to 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  and 
  leaves 
  the 
  broad 
  apex 
  hyaline. 
  As 
  Kertesz 
  

   has 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  American 
  L. 
  pallidipennis 
  Williston 
  belongs 
  to 
  an 
  

   entirely 
  different 
  genus. 
  

  

  LOPHOTELES 
  VITTIPENNIS 
  (Lindner), 
  new 
  combination 
  

  

  Saldubella 
  vittipennis 
  Lindner, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  p. 
  3S9, 
  1937. 
  

  

  In 
  Kertesz's 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  pachygasterine 
  genera 
  this 
  species 
  traces 
  to 
  

   Lophoteles 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  congeneric 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  described 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  Guadalcanal 
  and 
  Tulagi 
  Islands. 
  Additional 
  rec- 
  

   ords: 
  Guadalcanal 
  Island: 
  1 
  male, 
  Teneru 
  District, 
  October 
  30, 
  

  

  