﻿Species 
  of 
  'rabamis 
  from 
  Pohjnena. 
  479 
  

  

  A 
  brown 
  species 
  marked 
  with 
  yellow-haired 
  spots 
  and 
  

   segmentations 
  on 
  abdomen. 
  Wings 
  clouded 
  on 
  the 
  cross- 
  

   veins. 
  Antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  reddish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Length, 
  type 
  15 
  mm., 
  others 
  13-15 
  mm. 
  

  

  /"ace 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish 
  tomentum, 
  becoming 
  yellowish 
  

   on 
  the 
  npper 
  border 
  of 
  cheeks 
  and 
  on 
  subcalliis 
  ; 
  some 
  long 
  

   whitish 
  liairs 
  in 
  centre 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  brown 
  ones 
  on 
  cheeks. 
  

   Beard 
  white. 
  Palpi 
  yellow, 
  covered 
  with 
  grey 
  tomentum 
  

   and 
  with 
  black 
  pubescence, 
  fairly 
  stout, 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  long- 
  

   obtuse 
  point. 
  Antennce 
  yellow, 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  joints 
  with 
  

   black 
  hairs, 
  the 
  third 
  slender, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  tooth, 
  dnsky 
  at 
  

   apex. 
  Forehead 
  almost 
  parallel, 
  about 
  six 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  broad, 
  covered 
  with 
  yellowish 
  tomentum 
  ; 
  tiie 
  frontal 
  

   callus 
  blackish, 
  pear-shaped, 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  eyes, 
  with 
  a 
  

   lineal 
  extension 
  extending 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   forehead. 
  Eyes 
  bare. 
  Thorax 
  brownish 
  with 
  black 
  markings 
  

   and 
  with 
  two 
  yellow 
  tonientose 
  submedian 
  stripes, 
  sides 
  also 
  

   yellow, 
  pubescence 
  not 
  very 
  noticeable, 
  some 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  on 
  

   the 
  lighter-coloured 
  parts 
  and 
  some 
  brown 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  daik 
  

   parts, 
  sides 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  breast 
  covered 
  with 
  grey 
  

   tomentum 
  and 
  with 
  yellow 
  hairs. 
  Scatelliim 
  brown 
  with 
  

   yellow 
  tomentum 
  and 
  some 
  yellow 
  and 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Abdomen 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  with 
  some 
  black 
  markings, 
  and 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   tomentose 
  segmentations 
  and 
  median 
  triangular 
  spots, 
  all 
  

   covered 
  with 
  yellow 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  underside 
  almost 
  wholly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  the 
  yellow 
  tomentum 
  and 
  pubescence. 
  Legs 
  

   reddish 
  yellow, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fetnora 
  darker, 
  with 
  grey 
  tomen- 
  

   tum 
  ; 
  apices 
  of 
  tibise 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  brown 
  ; 
  pubescence 
  on 
  legs 
  

   chiefly 
  yellow. 
  Wings 
  grey, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  on 
  fore 
  btu'der, 
  all 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  veins 
  clouded 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  colouring 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  yellow 
  ; 
  veins 
  brown. 
  

  

  Four 
  females 
  from 
  Aneitenm, 
  New 
  Hebrides, 
  appear 
  to 
  

   belong 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  being 
  probably 
  a 
  local 
  form 
  of 
  it, 
  the 
  

   differences 
  being 
  very 
  slight,, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Palpi 
  rather 
  less 
  

   stout 
  at 
  base. 
  Thorax 
  darker, 
  the 
  tomentum 
  being 
  grey 
  

   instead 
  of 
  yellow. 
  Scutellum 
  the 
  same. 
  Abdomen 
  \.\iQ 
  B-AXXiQ, 
  

   but 
  the 
  median 
  spots 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  distinct. 
  Legs 
  paler, 
  almost 
  

   a 
  uniform 
  reddish 
  yellow. 
  Wings 
  clouded 
  with 
  brown 
  on 
  

   fore 
  border 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  veins, 
  besides 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   veins. 
  

  

  These 
  specimens 
  were 
  labelled 
  by 
  Walker 
  "■ 
  signifera/'' 
  

   New 
  Hebrides, 
  but 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  them 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  published. 
  

  

  