118 



Tabanus ruwenzorii, Ricardo. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 8, Vol. I., p. 332 (1908). 



Plate XI., fig. 81. 



Among the new species obtained by the recent Ruwenzori Ex- 

 pedition, were two females (including the type) of Tabanus 

 ruwenzorii, Ricardo, from Mubiiku Valley, East Ruwenzori, Uganda, 

 between 5000 and 13,000 feet, taken on January 22nd and Feb- 

 ruary 2nd, 1906, by the Hon. Gerald Legge and Mr. A. F. R. 

 Wollaston. Up to the present time T. ruwenzorii has not been 

 received from any other locahty. 



Tabanus ditaeniatus, Macquart. 



Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences, de V Agriculture et des 

 Arts de Lille, 2® partie, p. 130 (1838) : Dipteres Exotiques, 

 T. I., F« partie, p. 126 (1838). 



Plate XI., fig. 82. 



This species, which was described from Mauritius and also occurs 

 in Reunion Island, has an extraordinarily wide distribution. While 

 in Africa itself its range extends at least from the Transvaal to 

 Egypt, and north-westwards to the Lake Chad region, and 

 Senegal, Tabanus ditceniatus is also found in Baluchistan, India, 

 Ceylon, China,* and Japan. The following are the localities, 

 etc., of the thirty-six African specimens in the Museum Collection. 

 — Transvaal: Pretoria, 1893 {W . L. Distant); Leydsdorp, May, 

 1907 {Dr. A. Copland). Portuguese East Africa : Marracune and 

 Incanine, Lorenzo Marques, February 10th and 12th, 1907 {F. D. 

 McMillan). Nyasaland Protectorate : Fort Johnston [Dr. Percy 

 Rendall) ; Upper Shire, January 20th, Fort Johnston, January 



* A numbei" of specimens of T. ditceniatus, caught attacking liorses and cattle, 

 were forwarded from Wei-Hai-Wei in 1907, by Dr. W. M. Muat. 



