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  Miss 
  G. 
  nicaido 
  on 
  

  

  Tcthanus 
  ruhricalloftus, 
  ? 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  (a 
  female) 
  and 
  another 
  female 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia. 
  

  

  A 
  brown 
  species 
  covered 
  with 
  grey 
  tomentum, 
  easily 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  large, 
  shining, 
  red, 
  frontal 
  callus 
  and 
  

   by 
  the 
  slender 
  palpi. 
  

  

  Length 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Face 
  covered 
  with 
  whitish 
  tomentnm 
  and 
  witli 
  some 
  short 
  

   white 
  pubescence. 
  Beard 
  white. 
  Palpi 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  some 
  

   grey 
  tomentum 
  on 
  base 
  and 
  on 
  upper 
  side; 
  pubescence 
  rather 
  

   tiiick, 
  a 
  few 
  short 
  black 
  liairs 
  on 
  upper 
  side, 
  otherwise 
  the 
  

   pubescence 
  is 
  wliite 
  ; 
  in 
  shape 
  they 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  

   ending 
  in 
  an 
  attenuated 
  point. 
  Anfennoi 
  brown, 
  the 
  first 
  

   two 
  joints 
  rather 
  reddisli 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   stout 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  toorli. 
  Forehead 
  parallel, 
  broad, 
  about 
  

   three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  broad, 
  covered 
  with 
  same 
  coloured 
  

   tonienfmn 
  as 
  face; 
  the 
  frontal 
  callus 
  is 
  shining 
  red-brown, 
  

   vei-y 
  large, 
  reaching 
  the 
  eyes, 
  anteriorly 
  it 
  encroaches 
  on 
  the 
  

   subcalhis, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  convex 
  border, 
  posteriorly 
  the 
  border 
  

   is 
  irregular, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  slightly 
  withdrawn 
  from 
  the 
  

   border 
  of 
  eyes. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  covered 
  with 
  ashy-grey 
  

   tomentum, 
  leaving 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  apparent 
  as 
  stripes 
  ; 
  

   pubescence 
  on 
  anterior 
  border 
  white, 
  elsewhere 
  black 
  ; 
  tufts 
  

   of 
  white 
  hairs 
  are 
  present 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  wings 
  and 
  on 
  breast- 
  

   sides. 
  Scutellum 
  same 
  as 
  thorax. 
  Abdomen 
  brownish, 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  ashy-grey 
  tomentum, 
  which 
  covers 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  half 
  of 
  each 
  segment, 
  extending 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  as 
  a 
  

   median 
  triangular 
  spot 
  — 
  it 
  covers 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  almost 
  

   entirely; 
  the 
  anterior 
  half 
  of 
  most 
  segments 
  has 
  yellowish 
  

   tomentum, 
  the 
  pubescence 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  grey 
  borders 
  is 
  black, 
  

   though 
  short 
  ; 
  undtrside 
  wholly 
  covered 
  with 
  grey 
  tomentum. 
  

   Legs 
  brownish, 
  tiie 
  femora 
  covered 
  with 
  grey 
  tomentum, 
  the 
  

   tibiai 
  reddish. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  ; 
  stigma 
  very 
  small, 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  

   veins 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Tahanus 
  Jijianiis, 
  ? 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type, 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Fiji 
  [C. 
  Knoicles), 
  1906. 
  another 
  

   female 
  from 
  Suva, 
  Fiji, 
  1(3. 
  1. 
  1906 
  {Dr. 
  B. 
  G.'Corneg), 
  

   with 
  a 
  note 
  from 
  donnr, 
  viz., 
  " 
  Annoys 
  horses 
  and 
  cattle 
  

   along 
  a 
  road 
  through 
  forest 
  and 
  open 
  reed 
  country.^' 
  

  

  Another 
  female 
  from 
  Highlands 
  of 
  Fiji 
  Grovt. 
  Station, 
  

   alt. 
  2700 
  ft. 
  {Dr. 
  B. 
  G. 
  Comey), 
  1906. 
  

  

  Another 
  female, 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Nuttall, 
  was 
  caught 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  liatnl 
  in 
  full 
  sunshine 
  on 
  Lami 
  River, 
  Vitilevu, 
  

   Fiji, 
  Feb. 
  26, 
  1910, 
  at 
  2 
  p.m. 
  

  

  