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INDEX. 



Tabanus africanus, 73, 81 ; believed by 

 natives on parts of White Nile to 

 cause camel-disease, 83 ; in 

 Lorenzo Marques (observations by 

 Mr. F. D. McMillan), 83. 



agrestis, 120. 



agricola, 120. 



albilinea, 112. 



argenteus, 72, 114. 



biguttatus, 69, 85 ; sexual di- 

 morphism, 85 ; unusual abundance 

 of males, 86 ; habits in Lorenzo 

 Marques and Anglo - Egyptian 

 Sudan, 88 ; life-history, 89. 



billingtoni, 96. 



bipartitus (^ T. fraternus), 101. 



bipunctatus (= T. ditseniatus), 



120. 



blanchardi, (= T. secedens), 96. 



(note). 

 brucei, 73, 81. 



brumpti, 93. 



brunnescens (^ T. secedens), 96 



(note). 



canus, 110. 



capensis, 117. 



claritibialis, 120. 



congoiensis, 99. 



conspicuous, 107. 



denshamii, 108. 



disjunctus (possibly a form of 



T. ustus), 109. 

 distinctus. 111. 



dit^niatus, extraordinarily wide 



distribution of, 118 ; T. ditse- 

 niatus in Lorenzo Marques (obser- 

 vations by Mr. F. D. McMillan), 

 120. 



diversus, 72, 112; diffei'ences 



from T. insignis, 113. 



■ dorsivitta (= T. t^niola), 103. 



fasciatus, 69, 73, 78. 



fraternus (syn. T. bipartitus and 



T. trisignatus), 101. 

 fuscipes, 120. 



gabonensis (= T. secedens), 69. 



gratus, 114. 



insignis, 72. 



kingsleyi, 98. 



latipes, 73, 84. 



laverani, 115. 



lemairei, 99. 



liven tipes, 107. 



macrops (= T. tseniola), 103. 



maculatissimus, 91. 



irroratus, 91. 



marmoratus, 95. 



morsitans, 117. 



multipunctatus (= T. canus), 110. 



nigrohirtus (= T. socialis), 69, 



101. 



nigrostriatus, 107. 



nyassD, 109. 



Tabanus obscurefumatus, 94. 



obscurissimus, 69, 73. 



par, 76. 



■ pluto, 91. 



quadriguttatus, 94. 



quadrisignatus. 111. 



rothschildi, 116; differences from 



T. morsitans, 117. 



rubicundus {=^ T. variatus), 105. 



ruficrus, 92. 



ruwenzorii, 117, 118. 



secedens, 96 ; in Ashanti (obser- 

 vations by Dr. W. M. Graham), 

 and in French Congo (observations 

 byM. Roubaud), 98. 



septempunctatus, 73. 



serratus (= T. variatus), 105. 



sharpei, 72, 113. 



■ socialis, 100 ; possibly identical 



with T. testaceiventris, 101. 



socius (=r T. taeniola), 103. 



stigma. Walk., nee Fabr. (=: T. 



tenuicornis), 117. 



subangustus, 112. 



subvittatus, 73. 



taeniatus, 117. 



tseniola (most widely distributed of 



African Tabanidae), 69, 102 ; varia- 

 tion in abdominal marking, 102 ; 

 said to kill camels in French 

 Congo and Upper Egypt, 72, 104. 



tarsalis (= T. nyasao), 110. 



temperatus (= T. ustus), 108. 



tenuicornis, 117. 



testaceiventris (probably = T. 



secedens or T. socialis), 69. 



thoracinus, 69, 74. 



trisignatus (^ T. fraternus), 101. 



ustus, 108. 



variabilis, 116. 



variatus, 105 ; perhaps = T. 



Sagittarius, 106. 



virgatus (= T. taeniola), 103. 



wellmanii, 72, 113. 



taciturna (Haematopota), 124. 

 taeniatus (Tabanus), 117. 

 taeniola (Tabanus), 69, 102. 

 tenuicornis (Tabanus), 117. 



Ter Abbiot, native name for Tabanus 



ditaeniatus near Lake Chad, 119. 

 Azarak, native name for Tabanus 



taeniola near Lake Chad, 103. 

 Ter-el-gufar, native name for Tabanus 



africanus on parts of White Nile, 



83. 

 testaceiventris (Tabanus), 69. 

 Thaumastocera, 66. 



akwa, 66. 



Therioplectes (subgenus of Tabanus), 



117. 

 Third longitudinal vein (in wings of 



Tabanidae), 121 (note), 

 thirouxi (Lyperosia), 140. 



