.'!()(! BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 



Tabanus Linnaeus. Horse Flics 



Around the edges of marshes and ponds is t lie place for 

 these, l>ut 1 have found the best hunting on paths and wood 

 loads where they hover on warm mornings. The males are 

 more difficult to find and should be tried for by sweeping' the 

 ('dues of brooks and ponds about dawn. 



T. actaeok O. S. Witch Hole, Aug. 17; Corfield, Sept. 1; 



Tremont, Sept. 6. 

 T. ai i i.Ms Khy. Bar Harbor, July 30 : Corfield, duly 11. 

 T. as'it'its O. S. Eden, duly 18-25; Corfield, Aug. 3-6; S. \Y. 



Harbor, Aug. 25 (Br.). 

 T. cinctus Fab. Corfield, July 26; Bar Harbor ( Br.), Aug. 3. 

 T. epistates 0. S. Common, June 8-July 31. 

 T. faerchildi Stone. Corfield, June 30. 

 T. illotus (). S. Stations F201 and F204, June 28-July 2. 

 T. LASIOPHTHALMUS Macq. Common, June 7-July 22. 

 T. LoN(;i(iLossrs Phil. Bar Harbor, July 25 (Br.). 

 T. microcephalus 0. S. Common, July 24-Aug. 26. 

 T. minusculus Hine. S. W. Harbor bog, July 25 (Br.). 

 T. nigrovittati's Macq. The common "green head" is on all 



the salt marshes during July and August. 

 T. nudus McD. One specimen taken at X. E. Branch. A 



distribution record. 

 T. ohioensis Hine. Salisbury Cove, July 15 (Olsen) ; S. W. 



Harbor, July 15. 

 T. pemetict's Johns. S. W. Harbor, June 12; X. E. Harbor, 



July 22 (Minot); Green Mt., Aug. 17; S. W. Harbor, Aug. 



20. The type locality of the species. The name is derived 



from Pemetic, the Indian name of the island. Scarce. 

 T. septentrionalis Loew. S. W. Harbor ; Echo Lake; Nar- 

 rows, July 15-Aug. 23. Fairly common. 

 T. thoracicus Hine. S. W. Harbor, July 25 (Br.). 

 T. trepiih-s McD. Sec. 28; Stations F200 and F255, June 24 



July 21. 

 T. trispilcs Weid. Laboratory, July; Green Mt., Aug. 



Sea ice. 



