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  ERNEST 
  E. 
  AUSTEN. 
  

  

  also 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  fifth 
  segments 
  inclusive 
  the 
  median 
  triangles, 
  

   which 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  and 
  taper 
  sharply 
  forwards, 
  reach 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margins, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  the 
  oblique 
  spots 
  sometimes 
  similarly 
  extend 
  over 
  the 
  

   full 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  ; 
  dark 
  areas 
  of 
  dorsum 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute 
  black 
  hairs 
  — 
  

   towards 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  fifth 
  and 
  following 
  segments 
  in 
  (J, 
  and 
  on 
  sixth 
  and 
  

   seventh 
  segments 
  in 
  §, 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  longer 
  ; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  all 
  segments 
  from 
  

   second 
  to 
  sixth 
  inclusive 
  clothed 
  with 
  fairly 
  long 
  whitish 
  hair 
  ; 
  venter 
  pallid 
  neutral 
  

   grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed, 
  except 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  last 
  (visible) 
  segment, 
  which 
  is 
  bedecked 
  

   with 
  the 
  usual 
  coarse, 
  outstanding 
  black 
  hairs, 
  with 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  glistening, 
  

   creamy-white 
  hairs, 
  a 
  certain 
  number 
  of 
  black 
  hairs 
  on 
  penultimate 
  segment 
  also, 
  

   on 
  median 
  area 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Wings 
  : 
  veins 
  dark 
  clove-brown, 
  except 
  

   basal 
  portions 
  of 
  second 
  and 
  fifth 
  longitudinal 
  veins, 
  which 
  are 
  paler 
  (sepia- 
  

   coloured) 
  ; 
  stigma 
  when 
  discernible, 
  pale 
  cinnamon, 
  narrow. 
  Squamae 
  cream- 
  

   buff, 
  borders 
  darker 
  (isabella-coloured). 
  Halteres 
  ivory 
  yellow, 
  stalks 
  somewhat 
  

   infuscated, 
  and 
  knobs 
  usually 
  seal-brown 
  at 
  base 
  above 
  and 
  below. 
  Legs 
  : 
  coxae 
  

   and 
  femora 
  (except 
  extreme 
  tips 
  of 
  latter, 
  which 
  are 
  cinnamon-buff, 
  and 
  inner 
  

   and 
  under 
  sides 
  of 
  front 
  femora, 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  — 
  sometimes 
  greyish 
  pollinose 
  

   in 
  case 
  of 
  inner 
  side) 
  pale 
  neutral 
  grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hair 
  ; 
  front 
  

   tibiae 
  black, 
  their 
  proximal 
  halves, 
  or 
  rather 
  more 
  or 
  rather 
  less, 
  cinnamon-buff 
  

   or 
  pale 
  pinkish 
  buff, 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  which 
  may 
  

   extend 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  black 
  area, 
  outer 
  surface 
  of 
  front 
  tibiae 
  also 
  with 
  longer 
  hairs, 
  

   some 
  whitish 
  others 
  black, 
  or 
  whitish 
  on 
  proximal 
  half 
  and 
  black 
  towards 
  distal 
  

   extremity 
  ; 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  except 
  extreme 
  tips, 
  which 
  are 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   seal 
  brown, 
  cinnamon-buff, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hair, 
  which 
  is 
  long 
  (relatively 
  

   dense 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  <§) 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  pair 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  long 
  on 
  outer 
  

   side 
  of 
  middle 
  tibiae, 
  where 
  however 
  it 
  is 
  sparse 
  and 
  intermixed 
  with 
  scattered 
  

   black 
  hairs 
  (likewise 
  sometimes 
  present 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae) 
  ; 
  front 
  tarsi 
  

   black, 
  not 
  expanded, 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  and 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  seal 
  brown 
  or 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  middle 
  tarsi, 
  as 
  also 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  fifth 
  joint 
  and 
  of 
  

   proximal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  first 
  joint, 
  cinnamon. 
  

  

  Type 
  of 
  <J 
  in 
  Wadi 
  el 
  Kelt, 
  Jordan 
  Valley, 
  near 
  Jericho, 
  l.vi.1918 
  ; 
  type 
  of 
  $, 
  

   and 
  three 
  para-types 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  sex 
  in 
  Wadi 
  el 
  Aujah 
  (6 
  J 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Jericho), 
  

   Jordan 
  Valley, 
  19.iv.1918 
  ; 
  additional 
  para-types 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  3 
  $$, 
  (1 
  resting 
  

   on 
  rocky 
  bank 
  above 
  pool) 
  3 
  $ 
  $, 
  in 
  Wadi 
  Ghuzze, 
  near 
  Tel 
  el 
  Fara, 
  5.vi., 
  4-23. 
  vii., 
  

   and 
  8.viii.l917 
  ; 
  3 
  $$, 
  Ain 
  es-Sultan, 
  near 
  Jericho, 
  22.iv.1918; 
  3^ 
  (resting 
  

   on 
  cliff 
  wall, 
  5.30 
  p.m.), 
  1 
  $ 
  (tried 
  to 
  bite 
  author, 
  10.30 
  a.m.), 
  in 
  Wadi 
  el 
  Kelt, 
  near 
  

   Jericho, 
  3-5.vi.1918 
  ; 
  1 
  $, 
  Wadi 
  ez 
  Zerka, 
  5.viii.l918 
  (Captain 
  (acting 
  Lt.-Col.) 
  

   W.J.Dale, 
  O.B.E., 
  R.A.V.C), 
  on 
  horse. 
  

  

  As 
  throwing 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  in 
  addition 
  

   to 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  the 
  Museum 
  also 
  possesses 
  the 
  following 
  specimens 
  of 
  T. 
  leleani 
  : 
  — 
  

   1 
  <$ 
  (ex 
  coll. 
  Saunders), 
  1 
  9 
  (1909, 
  Dr. 
  G.A. 
  Williamson), 
  from 
  Cyprus 
  ; 
  1 
  $, 
  Sbeitla, 
  

   Tunis, 
  6.V.1913 
  (G. 
  C. 
  Champion) 
  ; 
  2 
  $$, 
  Biskra, 
  Algeria, 
  14.iv.1894, 
  31.V.1893 
  

   (Rev. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Eaton), 
  and 
  1 
  £ 
  from 
  same 
  locality, 
  1908 
  (Hon. 
  W. 
  — 
  now 
  Lord 
  — 
  

   Rothschild) 
  ; 
  1 
  $, 
  Nasiryah, 
  K. 
  Euphrates, 
  Mesopotamia, 
  April- 
  June 
  1916 
  

   (Major 
  W. 
  S. 
  Patton, 
  I.M.S.) 
  ; 
  and 
  1 
  2 
  from 
  Kangra 
  Valley, 
  Punjab, 
  4,500 
  ft., 
  

   July 
  1899 
  (G.C. 
  Dudgeon). 
  

  

  