270 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '04 



List of the Tabanidae (Horse-flies) of North 



Carolina. 



BY C. S. BRIMLEY and FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR., 



Raleigh, N. C. 



The present list is based upon collections made by the 

 authors, for the most part in the last two years. The deter- 

 minations have been made by Prof. James S. Hine, of Ohio 

 University, to whom the authors are greatly indebted for this 

 aid. The two species Chrysops briwlcyi and C. fulvistigma 

 were described by Prof. Hine in Canadian Entomologist, Feb- 

 ruary 1904, vol. xxxvi, p. 55, from specimens sent him by the 

 senior author. 



As both the authors live at Raleigh, this locality has been 

 more thoroughly worked than any other, but to a greater or 

 less degree collecting has been done in this family in various 

 localities from the seashore to an altitude of 4000 feet in the 

 western part of the. State. The credit for the very complete 

 Raleigh records and notes on the comparative abundance of 

 the species is due mainly to the senior author, whose work is 

 confined principally to this locality, while most of the records 

 for other localities is due to the junior author, whose duties 

 give opportunity for work in various other localities. 



All the species listed, with the exception of Tabanus ally nil, 

 have been actually taken by us, and that species is included 

 on the positive record that it is known to occur in this State 

 (Can. Ent., vol. xv, 1883, p. no). Indeed, North Carolina 

 is the type locality for this species. 



Except when otherwise stated, specimens are in the collec- 

 tion of the senior author, or of the N. C. Department of Agri- 

 culture, in charge of the junior author. 



In nomenclature we have adopted the generic sequence usu- 

 ally recognized, but under the genera the species are arranged 

 alphabetically. 



The letters in parentheses immediately following the name 

 of a locality denote its general position in the State ; thus, the 

 position of Raleigh, which is near the eastern border of the 

 central portion of the State, is denoted by (E. C.). 



