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the species being brought to T. longus in Osten Sacken's table. The prevailing color 

 of the abdomen is brownish-red. Their length is 12, 13 mm. 



Tabanus piGMa;us, n.sp. 



Female: Length 6 mm. Third antennal joint broad oval, not angulated, annu- 

 lated portion short; frontal callus not denuded; tibi;i? light yellow at base. Front 

 rather broad, not narrowed anteriorly, callosity wanting or not denuded, in color 

 light grayish yellowish. Face yellowish white, with white pile. Palpi white, not 

 slender, with white hairs. Antenna? brownish red, the third joint short, basal portion 

 large, only a little longer than broad, gently convex below and obtusely angulated in 

 the middle above; annulate portion very short, not a third the length of the joint. 

 Thorax grayish brown, with three slender lighter stripes. Abdomen light chocolate 

 brown, with a large, oblique, posteriorly contiguous triangle, and a less distinct median 

 triangle on the segments, grayish yellowish. Legs black, the base of the four anterior 

 tibi;« whitish yellow, hind tibife, except the tip, and the base of the four posterior 

 tarsi, yellow, the remainder of these tarsi brown. Wings hyaline, stigma brownish. 



One specimen, Florida. The eyes appear to be in life green on the upper, purple 

 on the lower portion. 



Tabanus paevulus, n.sp. 



Female: Length 7 mm. Front narrow, parallel; base of third antennal joint red; 

 abdomen with a median stripe, and the incisures light yellowish; tibife yellow at base; 

 wings with dark brown clouds on the cross veins. 



Frontal callosity black, a little higher than broad, with a slender prolongation 

 above. Antennae red, the first joint and the annulate portion black, the latter nearly 

 as long as the base of the joint, basal portion not broad, obtusely angulated. Face 

 yellowish gray. Thorax yellowish gray, the dorsum with three broad reddish-brown 

 stripes. Abdomen brown, the segments with distinct narrow, light yellowish hind 

 margins, dilated in the middle into an uninterrupted narrow stripe, reaching from 

 the base of the abdomen to the seventh segment. Legs brownish black, the base of 

 the tibiae, including a third of the front and two-thirds of the hind pair, yellow, the 

 base of four posterior tarsi likewise yellow. Wings nearly hyaline, the narrow front 

 border, becoming broader and more diffuse on the apex, brownish; all the cross- 

 veins with narrow but strong brown clouds; second submarginal cell appendiculate. 



One specimen, San Domingo. Singularly, the palpi are entirely wanting in my 

 specimen, though there is no indication of the specimen having been injured. 



Tabanus fenestea, n. sp. 



Female: Length 13 mm. Black; front narrowed anteriorly; thorax chocolate 

 brown; all the tibife light yellow; wings hyaline, the anterior and outer part brown, 

 the latter with hyaline streaks. 



Front yellowish gray, much narrowed anteriorly; the callus small, oval, continued 

 above as aline; subcallus partly denuded. Face grayish yellowish, with whitish pile. 

 Palpi black, second joint short and thick. Antennae brownish red, the basal joints 

 and annulate portion darker; basal portion of the third joint not very broad, the 

 angle not salient. Dorsum of thorax chocolate brown, more or less grayish poUinose, 

 pleura? with black hair. Abdomen brownish black, with grayish bloom. Middle and 

 hind femora dark brown, front femora brownish; all the tibia? light yellow, the hind 

 pair somewhat infuscated at tip; front tarsi light reddish yellow, posterior pairs 

 darker. Wings subhyaline brown along the front part and at the tip; in the mar- 

 ginal and submarginal cells with light streaks; second submarginal cell appendicu- 

 late. 



