BY FRANK 11. TAYLOR. 



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Sul (family T A. B A N I N M. 

 Cydistomyia, gen.nov. 



Face protuberant, with sublateral grooves; antennse rising from 

 well-defined cavities, third joint with six divisions, last division 

 very obscure; first segment fairly long, cylindrical, second about 

 one-third the length of the first, base of third as in Tabanus, 

 long. Palpi about two-thirds the length of the proboscis, with 

 first joint short and swollen, second as in Tabanus-, eyes nude; 

 wings about twice the length of abdomen, radial vein slightly 

 curved, all cells widely open except the anal, which is closed near 

 the border. Abdomen short and comparatively broad, as long 

 as tbe thorax. 



Genotype, G. doddi Taylor: £ unknown. 



This genus is proposed for a species having a general resem- 

 blance to a Fangonid. It is abundantly distinct from all species 

 described from Australia known to me. 



Cydistomyia doddi, sp.n. 



9- Length, 12; length of wings, 11; width of head, 5 mm. 



Head: face and cheeks grey, faintly tinged with cream, lower 

 half of face between the grooves brown; pubescence pale, face 

 slightly protuberant; grooves between face and cheeks not con- 

 tinuous, terminating about one-third the depth of the face from 

 the bottom; beard scanty* pale cream-coloured; first and second 

 joints of antennae black, pubescence black, long on the ventral 

 surface, base of third blackish-brown, with dense, short, black 

 and grey pubescence, annuli black, base with a small tooth; 

 palpi black, pubescence black, second joint tapering to a fine 

 point: front narrow, sides parallel, covered with yellowish-brown 

 tomentum, with a narrow border of pale pubescence from the 

 base to the apex of the extension of the frontal callus, the latter 

 spear-shaped, shining brown, about two-thirds the width of the 

 front at the base, not quite resting on the subcallus, the lineal 

 extension reaching the middle of the front; subcallus grey, very 

 slightly tinged with cream. 



Thorax : anterior half olive-brown, with two sublateral olive 

 stripes reaching the posterior third, posterior half deep olive- 



