526 AUSTRALIAN TABANIDiE, iii., 



Wings yellowish, grey on apical half: the costal, subcostal, 

 radial, third long vein, and veins of the posterior cells black, the 

 remaining veins \^ellowish-bro\vn: stigma yellowish-biown. incon- 

 spicuous; no appendix. 



Q. Face yellowish-brown, with dull yellow tomentum, and 

 black pubescence; front parallel, narrow, black, covered with 

 dull yellow tomentum, and scattered, yellow hairs: frontal callus 

 black, shining, oblong, about two- thirds the width of the front, 

 with a long, linear extension almost reaching theocellar triangle; 

 palpi black, ending in a blunt point, nearly the length of the 

 proboscis, the latter black, short; beard scanty, orange-yellow. 

 Abdomen, legs, and wings as in ^. 



Hah. — Q. : Stradbroke Island (H. Hacker; Sept., 1915). 



A comparatively robust species, unlike the known species of 

 Group viii. from Australia. The bright orange-coloured pubes- 

 cence on the abdomen and sides of the thorax gives it a dis- 

 tinctive appearance. 



T 3" p e s in the Queensland Museum. 



Group xi. Species with pubescence on the eyes {TheriojAectes). 



Tabanus dubiosus Ricardo. 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xvi., p,284(1915). 

 Hab. — Q.: Brisbane (H. Hacker; Sept., 1916). 



Tabanus fkoggatti Ricardo. 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xvi., p. 285 (1915). 

 ZTa^. — N.S.W.: Ebor, Kosciusko (Dr. A. J. Turner). 



Tabanus edentulus Macquart. 

 Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xvi , p.275(1915); White, 

 Pap. and Proc. Pvoy. Soc. Tasmania, 1915, p. 10. 

 Hab.-Q.: Brisbane (H. Hacker; Sept., 1916). 



Tabanus brisbanensis, sp.n. 



Length, (J, 10; $,11: width of head, g, 4; 9, 4: length of wing, 

 (J, '.;-5; 9, 10 mm. 



A species with four thoracic stripes; abdomen of g yellowish- 

 brown, second segment with a dusky spot; of 9 reddish-yellow, 



