54 AUSTRALIAN TABANID^E, iv., 



segments, third joint black, base with an obtuse angle, no tooth 

 present; palpi pale reddish-yellow, very stout, ending in a blunt 

 point, pubescence grey and black, mainly the former; front par- 

 allel, tomentum grey, brownish in the centre, pubescence black 

 and creamy; frontal callus reddish-brown, almost circular, about 

 one-third of the width of front, and not quite resting on the 

 subcallus, which is creamy; lineal extension black, long. 



Thorax slate-coloured, pubescence golden, shoulders pale 

 reddish; scutellum similar to thorax, pubescence pale, long on 

 posterior border; pleura? black, tomentum and pubescence grey. 



Abdomen: first two segments and basal half of third brownish, 

 first segment darker; the remainder blackish-brown, segmenta- 

 tions pale, a continuous, grey tomentose-stripe on segments one 

 to six, pubescence black, grey on the stripe, sides of segments, 

 and bands; venter slate-coloured, segmentations and pubescence 

 pale. 



Legs black, coxa? and femora with grey tomentum and pubes- 

 cence, basal half of fore-, basal two-thirds of mid-, and the whole 

 of hind-tibia? reddish-yellow, the rest of legs black, pubescence 

 pale on tibia?, black on tarsi. 



Wings grey ; veins blackish-brown ; stigma yellowish ; no 

 appendix. 



Hab. — Q.: Brisbane (H. Hacker). 



A species most nearly related to T. queenslandii Hicardo, but 

 differing chiefly in the thorax, abdomen, and legs. 



Type in Queensland Museum. 



TABANUS DAPH03NUS, sp.n. 



<J. Length, 10-11 "5; width of head, 3 5-4 - 5; length of wing, 

 8-9-5 mm. 



Head : face and cheeks with grey tomentum and pubescence; 

 subcallus darker, yellowish at base of antennae; front parallel, 

 narrow, tomentum dull golden, grey on vertex, pubescence black, 

 densest on vertex, frontal callus about half the width of front, 

 lenticular, brownish-yellow, with a median groove, lineal exten- 

 sion black, reaching middle of front; first two joints of antenna? 

 golden, second joint obscured by first from above, pubescence 



