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T. fulvulus Wied. Clementon VII, 11 (Hk); Lakewood (Lansing); 



Malaga VII, 20 (Dke). 

 T. sagax O. S. Boonton VI, 20 (GG) ; Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk) ; Lakewood 



(Lansing): Brown's Mills VI, 24, VII, 10 (div) ; Bamber VIII, 11, 



Lacy VII, 23 (Dke). 

 T. nigres cens Pal. Beauv. Dunnfield VII, 8, 15 (Jn) ; Caldwell (Cr) ; 



Lahaway VII, 22 (Coll); Brown's Mills VII, 10 (Hk). 

 T. superjumentarius Whitney. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn) ; Jamesburg VII, 4 



(div). 

 T. stygius Say. Boonton VI, 20 (GG) ; Caldwell (Cr); New Brunswick 

 "^^lOo (Sm); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Hk); Riverton VII, 14 (Jn) ; Cam- 

 den, Merchantville VII, 19 (CG) ; Manumuskin VI, 21 (Dke). 

 T. atratus Forst. Throughout the State, more or less common VI & VII. 



DuTMargest "horse fly," blue black in color, with a pruinose coating 



when fresh. 



Fig. 304. — Tabantis atratus, black horse fly: a, larva; 

 b, pupa; c, adult. 



T. ame ricanus Forst. Glassboro VII, 1, VIII, 1 (GG) ; Lakewood (Lan- 

 sing) ; Pt. Pleasant, Atlantic City VIII (Stone) ; Brown's Mills VIII, 

 4, DaCosta VII, 20 (Dke). 



T. giganteus DeG. Caldwell (Cr) ; Ft. Lee VIII, 14 (Dke); Palisades (Lv). 



T. mexicanus Linn. DaCosta VIII (Bland). 



T. reinwardtii Wied. Dunnfield VII, 11 (Jn); Caldwell (Cr) ; New Bruns- 

 wick (Sm). 



T. typhus Whitney. DaCosta VI, 4 (Dke). 



T. bicolor Wied. Orange Mts. VII, 4, Clementon V, 30, Buena Vista VI, 

 11 (Jn); Collingswood VII, 17 (CG); 2-mile beach VII, 12 (Dke). 



Family. LEPTIDTE. 



Termed "snipe flies" by Prof. Comstock because of the general form of 

 body in many species. The thorax is rather globular, the abdomen 



