CLASS V. INSFXTA. ^93 



Fain. ITT. Tabanidt.. Leach. 



Tabanii. Latreille. 



Haustcllum with many selxe. 



Stirps 1. — TFi'^gs divaricating: scutdlum without spines: antenna '^s 

 Ions; or a little lonsrcr than the head. 



Genus 506. TABANUS ofauihors. 



Proboscis a little shorter than the head, terminated hy large lips : ««- 

 tenna as long as the head, the second joint cup-shaped, the third 

 lunate-subulate, iive-ringed : ocelli obsolete or wanting. 



Sp. 1. Tab. bovi)ius. 



Inhabits meadows. 



Stirps 1. — Wings divaricating: seuteUum without spines: flw/cnn« con- 

 siderably longer than the head. 



Genus 507. ILEMATOPOTA. Mcig., lUig., Lair., Fair., Leach. 



Antenna: with the first joint elongate, incrassate, the second very short, 

 cup-shaped; the third elongate-conic (longer than the first), tubu- 

 lated, four-ringed : ocelli obsolete or wanting. 



Sp. 1. Ihem. pluvialis. Meig. Tabanus pluvialis. Linne. 



Inhabits woods and lanes, and is excessively troublesome to travellers. 



Genus 508. ClIRYSOPS. Meig., Illig., Latr., Fabr., Leach. 

 Antenna: witli the two first joints of nearly an equal length, the third 



joint as long as both the others, cylindric-conic, five-ringed : ocelli 



three. 

 Sp. 1. Chry. cacutiens. 

 Tabanus caecutiens. Linn'c. 

 Inhabits wood'^, commons, and lanes. 



a. Proboscis {when at rest) entirely or 'partially 'prominent . 



* Proboscis terminated hy tico large lips. 



Fam. IV". RiiAGioxiD/E. Leach. 



Rhagionid.e. Latreille. 



Palpi prominent, cylmdric-conic : zvings divaricating: antenna gene- 

 rally nioniliform. 



Genus 509. IMIAGTO. Oliv., Rossi, Cuv., cVc. Leptis. Fabr. 

 Antenna nioniliform, the third joint not ringed, but terminated by a 



seta : pcdpi porrect. 

 Sp. 1. Kka. scolopacens. Latr. 

 Inhibits the trunks of trees. 



