Genus Grabhamia. 
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9 . Head black with, narrow-curved pale golden scales in the 
middle and around the eyes and at sides dark between with 
numerous black upright forked scales ; black chaetae except those 
projecting between the eyes; proboscis black at apex, with 
mottled deep brown and dull yellow scales over the major area ; 
palpi short with large white apical bands and narrow median one, 
rest black ; antennae deep blackish-brown to brown, the basal 
segment bright brown with a few small pale flat scales ; clypeus 
black. 
Thorax black with scanty scattered narrow-curved scales, 
deep brown, golden-brown and greyish-white, the latter predomi¬ 
nating, the first forming two round areas in the anterior half 
looking like two dark eyes ; the pale scales predominate at the sides 
and before the scutellum ; the ornamentation irregular, giving a 
Fig. 134. 
Wing of Grabhamia ocellata. 9. n. sp. 
tessellated appearance ; chaetae deep brown in front, golden over 
the wing roots : scutellum brown with narrow-curved white scales 
at base of mid lobe, pale golden on the posterior area, lateral 
lobes with pale creamy and almost white scales, some long ones ■ 
posterior border-bristles golden and brown • metanotum chestnut- 
brown with grey sheen and traces of two dark median lines ; 
pleurae black with patches of white scales. 
Abdomen black with basal white bands spreading out laterally 
on some of the segments; apical yellow lateral spots which on 
some segments meet to form apical yellow bands; basal segment 
with many white scales with dense and long pale golden and 
brown hairs ; posterior border-bristles brown with pale reflections ; 
venter mostly white scaled. 
Legs with femora and tibiae njottled with black and yellow 
scales, knee spots creamy ; metatarsi also slightly mottled ; fore 
