150 KANSAS UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BULLETIN. 



I take pleasure in acknowledging my indebtedness to Dr. F. 

 H. Snow and to Dr. S. W. Williston. Without the favors re- 

 ceived from these two friends the work would have been im- 

 possible. 



TABANID^. 

 HiNEA, gen. nov. 

 Belongs to Pangoninne. First and second joints of antennae 

 short, first twice as long as second ; third joint with five annuli, 

 first one longest and with a long basal process. Last joint of 

 palpi very large and crescent-shaped. Proboscis straight, about 

 as long as height of head. Face short, convex. Front de- 

 pressed ; its angle with occiput is smaller than in most Tabanidcp. 

 Thorax and abdomen somewhat compressed. Wings consider- 

 ably longer than the abdomen, first posterior cell open. Type, 

 following species. 



Hineia flavipes, n. ep. 



Female : Black ; front, antenna3, palpi, proboscis, except tip, 

 legs, and tip of abdomen, yellow. Cheeks, occiput and pleune 

 with sparse black pile ; pile of legs short and yellow. The four 

 hind coxae 9,re dark brown. Halteres black, knobs white. 

 Wings black, a small hyaline spot in apex of first basal cell. 

 Length, 16 mm. ; of wing, 14 mm. 



One specimen ; December. This genus is dedicated to my 

 friend Prof. Jas. S. Hine, who is doing so much for our knowl- 

 edge of this family. 



Tabanus. 



(Linne, Fauna Suecica; 1761,) 



Tabanus Sagittarius. 



Tahanus Sagittarius Macq., Dipt. Exot., I, p. 123; Walker, List Dipt., pt. 

 V, Suppl. 1, p. 228 (1850). 



Tahanus socius Walker, 1. c, pt. T, p. 160. 



Tahanus serratus Loew, Dipteren-Fauna Siidafrika's, 39, tab. 1, fig. 21. 



Eight specimens ; November and December. The above 

 synonomy is from Miss G. Ricardo. 



Tabanus latipes. 



Tahanus latipes Macq., 1. c. I, p. 119; Loew, 1. c, p. 36. 



Tahanus latipes Walker, 1. c, pt. I, p. 236; pt. V, Suppl. I, p. 328 (1854). 



Tahanus fenestratus Walker, Zoologist, VIII, app. 67 (1850); List, V, Suppl. 

 1, p. 219 (1854). 



Tahanus africanus Grey. 



