840 TABANIDAE FROM CAMDEN HAVEN DISTRICT, 



species, a fairly large number of specimens were taken on dates 

 ranging from November 4th — March 7th. Specimens have been 

 compared with the type in the British Museum. 



Sub-family TABANINAE. 

 Group iv . 



Tabanus vespiformis, sp.n. 



A large brownish species with yellowish segmentations and 

 bright yellow legs. 



Female. Length, 16 mm.; width across head, 6 mm.; wing, 

 14 mm. 



Face reddish yellow with a large brown median spot, cheeks 

 brown in middle, yellowish at sides, clothed with yellowish pubes- 

 cence, a few straggling creamy hairs; beard creamy. Palpi 

 bright yellowish, 2nd joint moderately stout at base, with rather 

 sparse mingled black and creamy hairs and with long creamy 

 hairs on under surface at base. Proboscis short. Antennae 

 bright reddish yellow, basal joint more yellowish, 1st joint small, 

 subeylindrical, 2nd joint shorter and wider than 1st, a few black 

 hairs at apex, 3rd joint widened and strongly angulate at 

 base, basal portion about equal in length to annuli. Sub-callus 

 yellow clothed with yellow tomentum. Forehead slightly wider 

 at vertex than anteriorly, clothed with brownish somewhat varie- 

 gated pubescence and with a few golden hairs; callus absent. 



Thorax dull black, brownish at sides above wing roots, should- 

 ers yellowish covered with greyish yellow tomentum, with a few 

 straggling cream coloured hairs at sides; pleurae reddish brown 

 with creamy hairs. Scutellum black. Abdomen elongate, black 

 with rather narrow, yellowish brown segmentations clothed with 

 yellowish tomentum. Venter black, segmentations yellowish 

 brown . 



Legs bright reddish yellow, femora with yellowish hairs, else- 

 where blackish. 



Wings long, tinged yellow on the costal cell and at base; 

 veins yellow at base, brown towards apex, stigma inconspicuous, 

 long appendix present. 



This species which presents quite a wasp-like appearance 

 from its elongated abdomen is not close to any other Australian 

 species with which we are acquainted. The type which is 

 unique is unfortunately in rather poor condition but we have 



