842 TABANIDAE FROM CAMDEN HAVEN DISTRICT, 



continuous vitta, traces of creamy hairs on the spots, elsewhere 

 with brownish hairs. Segmentations narrowly edged with 

 cream, scanty creamy hairs present at the sides of segments. 

 Venter light reddish brown, segmentations creamy, expanding at 

 each side, scantily clothed with brownish hairs. 



Legs light reddish yellow, anterior femora darker, anterior 

 tibiae dark at apex, tarsi dark. 



Wings hyaline brownish, stigma elongate light brown. Moder- 

 ately long appendix present. 



This species does not appear to be close to any of the de- 

 scribed members of group vii., it may be readily distinguished 

 by the very dark stripes on the thorax together with the single 

 line of elongated triangular spots on the abdomen. This is a 

 rare species at Kendall, only a few specimens having been ob- 

 tained, all in the bush. It occurred from November 24th till 

 February 28th. 



Group viii. 



Tabanus victoriensis Ricardo. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xv., p. 275 (1915). 



This was never a very common species, occurring from Novem- 

 ber 25th to March 15th. The wings in these specimens are more 

 lightly marked than in specimens received from Victoria, but 

 Miss Ricardo informs us she does not consider it specifically 

 distinct . 



Group ix. 



Tabanus macquarti Ricardo. 



L.c, p. 277. 



Fairly numerous from November 29th to March 25th. Speci- 

 mens were collected in the bush and occasionally in the cattle 

 yards . 



Tabanus pygmaeus, sp.n. Plate xlvi., fig. 2. 



A small black fly with pale, narrow, abdominal segmentations. 



Female. Length, 8.5 mm.; width across eyes, 4 mm.; wing, 

 7.5 mm. 



Face dark grey, clothed with greyish tomentum; a few sparse 

 whitish hairs, beard scanty whitish; palpi light yellowish brown, 

 rather stout at base, clothed with scattered pale and dark hairs, 

 proboscis very short, hardly longer than palpi. Antennae red- 

 dish-yellow, first two joints small with a few black 



