60 AUSTRALIAN TAliANIDiE, IV. 



black, narrow, parallel, frontal callus square, reaching the eyes, 

 black, with a stout lineal extension with a well marked groove, 

 and reaching the apex of the middle third; palpi black, ending 

 in a fine point, pubescence mostly grey; first joint of antenna? 

 black, second and expanded portion of the third red, annuli 

 black, pubescence on first and second joints black; beard grey. 



Thorax black, red above the wing-roots, tomentum grey, pubes- 

 cence black, lateral pubescence black, fairly long, scutellum 

 similar to thorax; pleura? with grey tomentum and pubescence. 



Abdomen black, with black pubescence, first segment with grey 

 tomentum, two to five grey on the sides, segmentations brown, 

 with grey-white pubescence and tomentum, pubescence black on 

 the last two segmentations, lateral pubescence grey-white; first 

 two segments of venter grey, with grey pubescence, the remainder 

 as on dorsum. 



Legs black, knees orange-yellow, pubescence black. 



Wings clear; veiiis dark brown; stigma yellowish-brown; no 

 appendix present. 



J/ab.—Q.: Kuranda (F. P. Dodd). 



Very close to T. griseoannulatns Taylor, but distinguished 

 from it by the different frontal callus, colour of cheeks, and the 

 knees. This species is also less robust in build. 



Tabanus ckypserythrus, sp.n. 



Length, £, 10-5; £, 9-10-5: width of head, £, 4; 9, 3-4 (vix): 

 length of wing, r£, 9; Q, 8-5-9 5 mm. 



£. Head: face sunken, covered with whitish tomentum and 

 pubescence; cheeks with grey tomentum and pubescence; sub- 

 callus grey, with a median groove, apical portion with grey-brown 

 tomentum; palpi pale yellowish, first joint about hair as stout as 

 second, the latter nearly uniform in width, and tapering to a 

 blunt point, pubescence grey, with a few scattered dark hairs on 

 the apex; first two joints of antenna? slender, yellowish, with 

 black pubescence, third reddish-yellow, tooth represented by a 

 broad angle, with some black pubescence on the apex, annuli 

 dusky-brown; eyes composed of fairly large, brown facets, the 

 lower fourth and a narrow band encircling the eyes composed of 

 very small, black facets; beard grey, scanty. 



