68 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



TaBANUS PSEDDOBASALIS, SJ). nov. 



9. Leiis-tli, 12.25-13 ; widtli of head, 4.75-5 ; length of wing, 10-11 

 mm. 



A small black species with pale antenna3 and })alpi ; thorax black ; 

 abdomen j'ellowish ; legs reddish-yellow ; wings clear. 



Heidi. — Face and cheeks with cteamy-jellow tomentum and pale 

 pubescence ; front paler with golden ])ubescence, broader anteriorly, about 

 two and a half times as long as broad, no fi-ontal callus; first two joiiits 

 of antennje 3'ellow, pubescence pale, a few black haiis on the apices, third 

 joint bright reddish-yelk)w, the base with a shai'ply defined obtuse angle; 

 palpi cream-colored, tapering to a fine point, pubescence pale, first joint 

 with dense creamy pubescence ; beard ci-eam-colored ; pubescence oji eyes 

 veiy slight. 



TJmrii.i'. — Black with golden pubescence, shoulders j-ellowish, lateral 

 pubescence pale ; scutellum similar to thorax, pubescence on anterior 

 bordei' long ; pleurfe pale, flecked with black, pubescence pale. 



Ahdoriteii. — Yellowish-brown, darker towards apex, pubescence golden, 

 with scattered black hairs towards the apex ; yenter yellowish-biown, 

 tomentum gre}^. 



Jjegs. — Reddish-yellow, tarsi darker , coxce with long j)ale pubescence, 

 short and black elsewhere. 



Tr//"/»'. — Clear ; yeins yellow-brown ; stigma yellow ; a small appendix 

 present. 



Ohs. This species is in some respects not unlike T. hasalh, Walkei-, 



but it is distinguished by the golden pubescence on the thorax and 

 abdomen, the ci-eam-colored face, tlie absence of stripe on the abdomen 

 and there being no frontal callus. 



Hah. — King George Sound, Western Austialia. (Collector. — 

 G. Masters). 



TaMANUS INTiEFINITCS, .^p. nar. 



9. Length, 11-11.5 ; width of head, 4--i.5 ; length of wing, 10 mm. 



A small black species with reddish antenna^ ; jialpi dusky ; thorax 

 black ; abdominal pubescence black, segmentations golden ; legs black, 

 base of tibiae yellowish ; wings cleai-. 



Head. — Face gre}', cheeks buft', pubescence grey ; beard white; front 

 dark gre}', shining black wlien denuded, pubescence black, vertex black, 

 slightly widei- anteriorly ; fi'ontal callus shining black, as wide as front, 

 resting on the sub-callus, and with a, short broad extension ; e^'es slightly 

 pubescent; first two joints of antenna" and expanded jioi'tion of the third 

 reddish-biown, annuli black, pubescence on fijst joint pale and black, 

 black on the second, base of thiid l)ioad, angle small, no tooth ; palpi 

 daik, tapering to a fine point, with dense grey pubescence. 



Thorax. — Black with thi-ee brown stripes, tomentum gi'ey, densely 

 clothed with eiect black aitd aj)pressed golden hairs, shoulders pale reddish, 

 with black hairs and dense giey ones beneath ; scutellum similar to thorax, 

 posterior border with long golden pubescence. 



AliiJoiiieii. — Black with black |)ubescence, posterior borders of 

 segments pale with golden pubescence and median, apical, tiiangular 

 golden spots on segments one to five, segments bi-oadly pale lateially. 



