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T. sudeticus (plate 20), localities and dates of British specimens in 

 Museum, 47 ; found throughout luiroiJC, habits, 48. 



Theobai.dia, a genus of Culicidre : T. aiiuulata (plate 5), one of the largest of 

 mosquitoes, common in Great Britain at all seasons, hibernates in sheds, 

 cellars, etc., severe effects of bite of, 23 ; can subsist on a vegetable diet, 

 at Weston-super-Mare sometimes spoken of as the " ^\"ood Gnat," 23, 24. 



Theriopi-ECTES, a genus of Tabanidre : Th. Iwrealis, description of, very 

 few specimens in Museum, 38, 39 ; geographical distribution, 39 ; 

 Th. luridus (plate 15), darker than Th. mo/i/aniis, description of, 40; 

 distribution of, in the British Islands, apparently a northern species, 41 i 

 Th. ;«/(-a:/« (plate 13), description of, legs entirely black, thus distinguished 

 from /lisfgnafi/s form of Th. trophiis, 37 ; very rare in Great Britain, 

 no modern British specimens in Museum, 38 ; Th. monfanus (plate 14), 

 considerable difference between sexes, 39 ; essentially a Scotch and 

 Irish species, 39; distribution in Europe, 40; Th. sohtitialis (plate 17), 

 most brightly coloured of the larger British Tabanidae, very common, and 

 generally distributed in Great Britain, 43 ; continental distribution, 43 ; 

 Th. tropicus (form bisignatus, plate 1 6), the common British form of the 

 female of this species, description of, 41, resembles Th. micans, British 

 specimens in Museum only from England, continental specimens, 42. 



Woon Gnat, popular name sometimes given at Weston-super-Mare to 

 Thcobaldia annulafa, 24. 



