BY FEAXK H. TAyLOR. 755 



(J. Length, 13-15-5; width of head, 5-5-7; length of wing, 11- 

 12-75 mm. 



Similar to 9, hut the dorsum of thorax and abdomen darker. 

 Eyes with the large facets copper-coloured, and occupying about 

 two-thirds of the surface, reaching about the middle of the fr(jntal 

 triangle, leaving a narrow border of small, bkie-black facets, which 

 extend to the vertex. 



This species appears to be ^•ery %ariable in size, judging from 

 the specimens before me — a $ measuring 17-5nnn. in length, 

 whilst the smallest specimen, a ^, measures only 13 mm. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this handsome species to 

 the memory of the late Mr. George Masters, for many years the 

 Curator of the Macleay Museum, Sydney. 



Hab. — N. Territory: Darwin (G.F.Hill). — Queensland: Bowen, 

 ]\Iackay, Cardington, and Townsville (F. H. Taylor). 



It is closely related to 7\ Sfratiymani Ricardo, but differs in 

 the antenn;f and legs. The extension on the frontal callus also 

 differs in being extended to the ocellar triangle. 



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Tabanus duplonotatus Ricardo. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xiv., p.3DG (1914). 



Specimens received from the Northern Territ(jry differ fiom 

 the description of the specimens from S. Queensland only in 

 having the venter dark, femora reddish, and the veins of the 

 wing brown. 



Hab.—^. Territory: Darwin (G. F. Hill, No. 65). 



Grou}j ix. Species with paler bands, and sometimes spots on the 



abdomen. 



Tabanus trypherus, sp.n. 



9. Length, 7"25-8; width of head, 2-75-3; width of front at 

 vertex, 0-25; length of wing, 6-75-7 mm. 



Head: face grey, with scanty grey hairs; beard white, scanty; 

 front black, covered with dull golden tomentum, about one-third 

 narrower posteriorly; frontal callus black, almost square, with a 

 short, thick extension, tumid, shining, nearly the width of the 



