478 Miss G. Ricaido en 



Tdhanns ruhricaUofius, ? , sj). 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 tomentum and witli some short 

 white pubescence. Beard white. Paljri pale yellow, some 

 grey tomentum on base and on upper side; pubescence rather 

 thick, a few short black hairs on upper side, otherwise the 

 ])ubescence is white ; in shape they are long and slender, 

 ending in an attenuated point. Antennce brown, the tirst 

 two joints rather reddish with black hairs, the third joint 

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

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

 tomentum as face j the frontal callus is shining red-brown, 

 very large, reaching the eyes, anteriorly it encroaches on the 

 subcallus, 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 is irregular, and the sides slightly withdrawn from the 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, 

 deiiSLdy covered with ashy-grey tomentum, which covers the 

 ])osterior half of each segment, extending in the middle as a 

 median triangular s{)ot — it covers the first segment almost 

 entirely; the anterior halt' of most segments has yellowish 

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

 though short ; underside wholly covered with grey tomentum. 

 Leys brownish, the femora covered with grey tomentum, the 

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

 veins reddish brown. 



Tahanus Jljianns, ? , sj). n. 



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

 female from Suva, Fiji, 1(V 1. 1906 {Dr. B. G. Come//), 

 with a note from doni>r, viz., " Annoys horses and cattle 

 along a road through forest and open recid country." 



Another fen)ale from Highlands of Fiji G(JVt. Station, 

 alt. 2700 ft. {Dr. B. O. Comeij), 1906. 



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

 feeding on hand in full sunshine on Land Uivei-, Vitilevu, 

 Fiji, K.-b. 2*;, 1910, at 2 P.M. 



