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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt:...a narrow dusky band at the apex of the penultimate and antepenultimate.segments and some dusky scales at the apex, apical segment shorter than the penultimate; hair-tufts moderate, flaxen. Antennae with flaxen hairs. Abdomen with basal grey bands and most of the apical segments grey sealed. Genitalia with rather long, narrow basal lobes, long claspers curved apically with long terminal spine; harpes prominent, curved, broadened at the middle. Ungues of fore and mid legs unequal, uniserrate; hind ungues equal and simple. Length.--4'5 to 5 mm. Time of capture.--June. Habitat.--Kafr el Dawar, Egypt (F. Willcocks). Observations.--Evidently a most variable species in regard to the amount of pale coloured scales on the wings, legs and abdomen. It comes very near Qrabhamia pulcripalpis, llondani, but the hind tarsi have serrated ungues, separating it also from G. pulcritarsis, Rondani. The nearest species to it are fir. subtilis and G. mariae, Sergent, but it differs in having narrower thoracic pale vittae, in the male having only uniserrate fore ungues and simple, not serrate, hind ones and in the male genitalia. Grabhamia Taeniarostris. n. sp. Head dusky yellowish-brown with a dark patch on each side; proboscis with a sharply defined broad median pale band. Eyes brilliant red and blue. Thorax brown with yellowish-brown scales and a deeper rich brown patch on each side. Abdomen deep rich brown with pale basal spots and apical creamy lateral spots. Legs brown with narrow apical and basal pale yellow bands. Wings with a brownish tinge and mottled brown and creamy scales. 9. Head deep brown with narrow-curved pale dusky yellowish scales, dusky forked scales, ochreous at the tips, becoming deep brown at the sides over a dark patch of flattened scales, then dull cream...