120 



The following note on T. ditceniatus in Lorenzo Marques is supplied 

 by Mr. F. D. McMillan : — " Native name Wame Boivu. This very 

 noisy fly is found on footpaths, follows one for miles, and always 

 bites low down on the leg, round the ankles : I have met with it 

 only in the heat of the day. A slight stinging feeling is left after 

 the bite. Next day there appears a small, hard lump, which itches 

 very much, and often ends in an abscess or boil." 



Tabanus ditceniatus, Macq., of which T. bipunctatus, v.d. Wulp, 

 and Atylotus nigromaculatus, Ricardo, are synonyms, with the 

 closely allied Tabanus fuscipes, Ricardo (of Natal, Southern Rhodesia, 

 and the Nyasaland Protectorate), and certain other species such as 

 T. agrestis, Wied., and T. agricola, Wied., belongs to the subgenus 

 Atylotus, Osten Sacken. 



Tabanus claritibialis, Ricardo. 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser, 8, Vol. I., p. 276 (1908). 



Plate XL, fig. 83. 



The type and one other female, both from the Upper Shire River, 

 Nyasaland Protectorate, January 14th and 21st, 1906 {E. L. Bhoades), 

 are the only specimens of this prettily marked and easily recog- 

 nisable species that have yet been received. 



Genus H^EMATOPOTA,* Meigen. 

 Illiger's Magazin fur Insektenkunde, Bd. II., p. 267 (1803). 

 Plate XL, fig. 84 — Plate XIL, fig. 94. 

 Africa is peculiarly rich in species belonging to this bloodthirsty 



* By Dr. Kertesz (" Catalogus Dipteroruin Hucusque Descriptorum," Vol. III., 

 J). 201 : Budapestini, 1908) and other continental Dipterists the name Chrysozona, 

 Meitjen ("Nouvelle Classification des Mouches a Deux Ailes (Diptera L.)," p. 23, 34, 

 1800), has recently been adopted as the designation of this well-known genus. 

 Within the last few months cogent arguments against the acceptance of this 



