2. TABANUS ^^^ 



blacki.l, grey.belly seems to ^^IP^^^^iX^^^i^^^oi:^^'^^^ r.^^SS 

 nreS '"l^fey'lyr<^l"Jrl,"£Sj».««i" I have endeavoured to 

 ;«Tthat V. „«>jT--^i is a synonym of T. «.-»;»c«. 



3 T montanus Meigen. Tibte mainly tawny, including almost the 

 whole oi Z hind pair. Vertex without any tuft of black ha.rs Abdomen 

 w t^i btwni h red (not orange-red) lateral markings extending in he 

 ma eT the tour basal segments. Wings without obviously elonded 

 Toss-veins. Frontal triangle of the female light grey. A rather small 

 species. 



Distinguished from most species by the absence of any tuft 

 of black hairs at the back of the vertex. 



6^ 



Head not remarkably large i" conjpar son -^^ ^^e ^J^^^^ ^^^e: 



Frons, face, jowls, and back of the l^^f . ^<^[^^„;4 \\^^^^,;^^^^^^^ ,ather dark 

 times whitish on at leas ^he fro-) ^1-^^^^^^^^^ ,,tenna. or the 



bands may extend tiom the eyes to tue , i'^ narrows to its sharp 



sides may be obscurely darkeiied .l^f 7,^?'^%^fof Sliich the base is rather 

 upper point ; face and frons forming ^f ^^^^f ^i,° ,Xt d into a long point 



is dull pale yellow, and extends (though much shorter) ^ produced at 



the back of the head well a^yay from the eyes face jn piome i 



jilKeSeT -sl^f . «1[ S W J^M 1-1 o„l ^ust 



yellow fringe to extend all the way up the back ot tire neacij ^^^ 



Palpi with the last joint elongate ovate, ^^^J^f f|{j^ ^^ the base, and 



longer than broad and hardly wider at J^^, ^f//f/ V^^^^^^^^ 



ending in a rather blunt. tip dul yellowish and w^^^^^ infele pubescence 



black hairs on the outside but bare and yellowei ^n tne insme i 



on 1 upper part of this last joint about it^^as^^^^^^^^^^ rvery'oig ipace, and 



and very nearly all dull yellowish. Eyes touchm^^^or ^ very ^ ^ ^^^^^^ 



densely clothed with brownish grey or (in some ^ig.^t^j iwu gie^ i ^ 



fa^ts not quite equal, because those on tl^^, .P^-^^^XV.on paJ 1 with those 



larger than the others though but ^^f^ f^f ^^^^^^.^^Jf ^ide^^^^ facets for 



about the part where the eyes to^^^h, but ^^ta viewed ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 



a large space on the lower part f « \ef ob lo^^^ facets are 



the middle and the front parts, but all cliange. in tlie . ize o^^^ 

 gradual ; in life (according to Brauer) the eyes f^^^^ ibiteni^^ g^^^^ l-'lack 

 and a reddish lower maipn.agamst tl^e owl^ Antem * »^ 



with the base of the third joint ^^^^/^^f \.| 'f^;"^^,^^^^^ Wbescence which is 

 dilated and bearing comparatively short latheidens^^ ^ 



black above but partly pale ^^^^'^^^^^^ ' ^^,^° ^ S imbescence : third joint 

 reddish tinge, and ^f \ ^^^^«'^f f,f J^^^.^J^^^ iHegni^^^^^^ ^^^^^ '^'^^'^ 



^^^ IS:tS la^^e^it'^^^a comparatively slight 

 bare or almost bare dorsal hump near the base. 



