68 AUSfRALIAX TABANID^, IV.. 



brown, shining, irregularly oval plug without a lineal extension, 

 its 1 base about half the width of the front and resting on the sub- 

 callus. The annuli of the third joint of the antennae are also 

 slightly dusky. 



TaBANUS KENDALLENS1S, Sp.n. 



9. Length, 9 5-10; width of head, 4; length of wing, 9 mm. 



Head : face and cheeks with grey tomentum and pubescence; 

 beard grey; front about one-third wider anteriorly, tomentum 

 golden-yellow, brownish on the vertex, pubescence black, frontal 

 callus shining, dark reddish brown, almost square, about two- 

 thirds the width of front and resting on subcallus, with a stout, 

 black, lineal extension reaching the middle of the front; subcallus 

 yellowish, with grey tomentum; palpi yellowish, tomentum grey, 

 pubescence mainly black; first two joints of antenna? pale reddish- 

 yellow, pubescence black [third joint wanting]; eyes greenish, 

 when moistened, and very faintly pubescent. 



Thorax black, with brown tomentum and erect black pubes- 

 cence with numerous golden hairs, sides reddish, with long 

 pubescence, mainly dark, scutellum similar; pleura; grey with 

 long grey pubescence. 



Abdomen: first three segments ochraceous orange, with a broad, 

 median, black stripe, second to fifth segments with median, tri- 

 angular, golden-haired Hecks, base of first dusky, segments four 

 to the apex black, with lateral margins ochraceous-orange, 

 tomentum yellowish, pubescence black, pale on the posterior and 

 lateral margins, segmentations ochraceous-orange; venter with 

 the first three segments reddish-yellow, rest black, tomentum 

 greyish, pubescence pale. 



Legs black, basal half of fore-tibi;e yellowish-brown, mid- and 

 hind-tibia? paler; coxa; and femora with grey tomentum, pubes- 

 cence black, a few pale hairs on the femora and tibise. 



Wiiiys clear; veins dark brown, yellowish at the base: stigma 

 yellow; an appendix present. 



Hab.— N.S.W.: Kendall (R. J. Tillyard; 25.2.17). 



A species close to T. ueobasalis Taylor, but differing markedly 

 in the clothing of the front, and in the legs. 



