58 SOMK IlI.OOD-SUC'KINa AND OTIIKlt UIl'TKRA KHUM TIIK ANOLO-EOYI'TIAN SUDAN 



clotlit'il witli bliifk itiid till' iiiliiicdiaii ticlinici'diis-buft" stripes witli yi-llowish hiiir. Ventral 

 sidf of iibdonifu pinkish ImtV, clotlud with [m\v ycllDwish hair. 



Lf<lK luifl' or ochriifc'ous-buff ; front tiirsi and tips of front tibiiu dark lirown ; tips of 

 iiiidcllf aiicl liiiid tarsi brownish; distal liait' nf front tit)ia' sonicwliiit swolK-n ; frinora 

 oci'asionully with a bhickish patcli on outsidi' near luise (in ii '^ from Maslionaland in the 

 Mnsi-nni colU-ction tlu' basal two-thirds of the front femora, and the basal half of the middle 

 and hind funiora are black). 



Wimi-i hyaliue; veins pale yellow ; upper branch of fork of lliinl vein usually with a 

 small appendix, which, however, is sometimes absent. 



I/iillirrs yellowish. 



According to Macquart (/oc. cii.) the f of /'. iliin iihihi'i resembles tiie y. A ^ from 

 Estcourt, Natal, Januai'v IS!I7 (d. A. A', Mursliidl) in ihe IMuseum eolleitioii, wiii<li 

 possibly belongs to this species, has the upper two-thirds of each eye (except the 

 hind margin) composed of large facets, and tiie eyes show no trace of a transverse 

 buinl. There are no dark lateral stripes on the abdomen, but on the dorsal side the 

 tip of the abdomen from the fourth segment onwards (except the lateral margins), and a 

 broad median stripe on the lirst three segments are entirely black ; on the ventral 

 side the extreme base, a median blotch which extends from the base to the middle of the 

 third segment, a small median blotch on the hind margin of the third segment, and the 

 last tiiree segments arc black ; the fourth segment is also more or less blackish towards the 

 hind margin and at the sides. The femora are black with the exception of the tips, 

 otherwise the legs are as in the ^, but the front tibiie are not thickened. 



Originally described from a specimen from Mauritius, 'J'a/iainis <lifa')iiatii.s was 

 subsequently recorded by Bezzi [loc. cit.) from Somaliland. The series of specimens of this 

 species in the Museum collection shows that it is found from the Transvaal and Natal 

 to Somaliland and the ]?ahr-El-(Thazal, where it was met with in February 11)05 by 

 Major 11. H. Penton, D.S.O. The Museum collection also includes a $ from Angola 

 (./. ./. ^funtnl■o). 



Like the foregoing species, 7". (Ikaiiiutus belongs to the subgenus Ati/lofus, though in 

 the case of the female the hairs on the eyes are so minute and sparse as to be distinguishable 

 only with difhculty. It is evident that Talinniis (tijrU-oht, Wied., T. /tilriainis, Lw., and 

 T. hipniK-liitiis^ V. il, Wiilp, are allied to T. tlifn ui'itns, Macij.. Init without comparing the 

 types it is impossible to say whether one or more of these names are actually synonyms. 



Tabunns ijnUus, Lw. 

 (Fig. 23) 



'I'lilimiiis iinihis, Loew, Ofv. af K. Yet. Akad. Furli., 1857, p. M40 ; Dipt. -Fauna 

 Sudafr. (18(J0), p. [114] 42. 



A female specimen of this pretty little species, unaccompanied by details as to locality 

 or date of capture, was forwarded by Dr. Balfour for identitication during 1905. Tiihinuia 

 ;fnitii.i $ nniy be characterised briefly as follows: — 



^ (3 specimens), length lOA to 11^ nnii. 



Head ffr<'i/i'i/i-/iiijf aliovi', with liro conspicitoux ailloBlties on J rout ; third joint of' antenna! 

 rnfonx ; ilorKUni of' thora.r rinereovs, with pearl ijrei/ ionijitndiiial stripes ; xrutellnm tfreyislt, 

 rhenlniit; aMonien dark lirown ahore, with three whitish or ifellowish arey lonijitndinid strl/ies^ 

 convenjinij towardg Ihe tip; leijs ochraceonn-buj/' ; win'js hyaline. 



