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cence ; subcallus pale chamois, with a median furrow ; front 

 about one-third narrower anteriorly, darker than subcallus, 

 pubescence pale, frontal callus brown, small, oblong, no lineal 

 extension, about one-third of the width of front, and not (pate 

 resting on subcallus; palpi creamy, first joint with long, grey 

 pubescence, second swollen, ending in a blunt point, pubescence 

 black and pale, mainly the former; first two joints of antennae 

 and base of third reddish-yellow, annuli darker, tooth repre- 

 sented by a large, shallow angle, pubescence black on hist two 

 joints; eyes black. 



Thoraac covered with brown tomentum, and black and coppery 

 pubescence, shoulders pale reddish, with long, dark pubescence, 

 scutellum similar; pleurae grey, with grey pubescence. 



Abdomen honey -yellow, the first four segments with black, 

 triangular, median patches, their bases resting on the posterior 

 margin of segments, except in the first segment, stripe covered 

 with brown tomentum, in the remaining segments the median 

 patches do not reach the posterior margin, pubescence black; 

 venter reddish-yellow changing to black posteriorly, with brown 

 tomentum, pubescence pale. 



Legs black, basal half of fore-tibiae yellowish, with pale pubes- 

 cence, mid- and hind-tibiae and apex of femora yellowish, coxa? 

 and femora with grey tomentum and pubescence, hind-tibiae with 

 black and pale pubescence, black elsewhere. 



Wiiiys clear: veins yellowish-brown; stigma yellow; no ap- 

 pendix present. 



//ab.—K. Territory: Darwin (G. F. Hill). 



Described from two specimens, which bear a certain relation- 

 ship to T. reducens Walker, from Macassar and Celebes, and to 

 T. queendandii Ricardo, but are abundantly distinct from them. 

 The specimens bear the following note — " In house, daytime. 

 Eyes green.' 



Par a type in Coll. Hill. 



Tabanus obscuri.macllatus, sp.n. 

 (Plate ii., fig.4). 

 9. Length, 13-17; width of head, 4-5-5; length of wings, 11- 

 115 mm. 



