TABANUS ATHIPES. 75 



29. Tahanus atripes , n. sp. 

 (Plate 5, fig. 4). 



Fulvus ; abdomine testaceo ; oculis nudis ; antennis palpisque 

 ochraceis ; rostro , pedihus alarumgue basi atris ; tibiis anticis 

 subdilatatis ; alis cinereis , costa fasciaque media fuscis. — 

 Q. Long. 16 mm. 



This species is related to T. fasciatus Fabr. and latipes 

 Macq. Like those , it has a brown band on the wings and 

 dilated anterior tibiae; from the former it difi'ers by the 

 entirely black legs, from the second by the yellow palpi. 



Face, beard and palpi ochraceous , the latter not very 

 large and pointed at the tip ; front rather broad , a little 

 darker and inclining to reddish -yellow, with a small, 

 shining testaceous knob , ending upwards in a narrow line. 

 Eyes bare; after having been moistened they become dark 

 green with a slight violet reflection but show no cross- 

 bands ; the facets are small over the whole surface. The 

 two basal joints of the antennae are reddish-yellow (the 

 third joint is broken oiBf). Rostrum black. — Thor^-x and 

 scutellum reddish-yellow; the pleurae ochraceous; towards 

 the root of the wings a short but dense pale-yellow pilo- 

 sity is present. Abdomen uniform testaceous; the under- 

 surface lighter , in some directions cinereous with pale-yellow 

 segmentations. — Legs black ; anterior tibiae slightly dila- 

 ted , convex on the outside ; hind tibiae fringed on both 

 sides with short black hairs. Halteres pale-green. Wings 

 greyish; their extreme base black; their anterior margin 

 brown as far as the subcostal vein, joined at its end to 

 a broad crossband , which passes over the discal cell and 

 slowly disappears towards the hind margin. 



A Q from Ogowe (W. Africa), presented to the Museum 

 by Mr. A. Fauvel. 



30. Tabanus bipunctatus, n. sp. 



(Plate 5, fig. 5). 



Cinereus • oculis nudis ; fronte lata , punctis duobus nigro- 



Note» from the Leyden IVIuseum , "Vol. "VII, 



