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17. New Species of 8. African Tabanidae (Dipt era}. By GERTRUDE 



RlCARDO. 



METOPONAPLOS, gen. nov. 

 V Supplementa Entomologica, 1914. 



THIS genus and a species were included by me in a paper on species 

 of Tabanidae sent me by Herr Schlenkling from the German Entomo- 

 logical Museum in Berlin. The proofs were sent to me for correction 

 and returned, but the outbreak of war put an end to further 

 communications. The remarks on this genus are copied and inserted 

 as follows : 



Formed for a species named by Walker Pangonia parva, with which 

 Pangonia directa appears to be identical. It differs from the species 

 of Pan/jama in the antennae, which have only five divisions on the 

 third joint ; it therefore belongs to the second division of Pane/on inae, 

 comprising Silviiis, Chrysnps, etc. Ocelli and spines on hind tibiae 

 are present. Antennae with the first two joints short, the third broad 

 at base, the last four divisions very small. Face convex, furrowed in 

 the middle. Palpi broad at base, ending in a long point. Proboscis 

 about a third the length of the whole insect. Forehead shining with 

 no calli. Wings clear, with the usual lieuration ; all posterior cells 

 widely open, the anal cell closed at border. 



METOPONAPL.OS PARVA (PANGONIA), Walker. 



Metopoiiaplos parva (Pangonia), Walker, List Dipt., pt. i, p. 145, 

 1848. (Pangonia directa, Walker, Dipt. Saund., p. 21, 1850.) 



Both the Walker types are from the Cape of Good Hope, in the Brit. 

 Mus. Coll., and are females. There is also a female in the same 

 collection from Saldanha Bay, Cape Colony, October, 1892 (Pele la 

 Garde), 96, 2, two females from Namaqualaud, 1917, and one female in 

 the South African Museum. 



Forehead broad, shining. Antennae, palpi and legs blackish. 

 Wings grey, length 9-10 mm. Face black, convex, but furrowed 

 jn the middle, clothed sparsely with long yellowish hairs, cheeks 



