36 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



gray with ferruii^inous borders ; i)oisers pale brown, with yellowish white 

 tii)s. Lengtli of the body 10 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Para. • 



Tabanus pudens, Fern. 



C'inereo-fiisciis, fhorace vittis trihtis julvis ornato, pectore ea^io, abdoiuine 

 fusco vltlis U7ia albida duahusque fulvis ornato, antennis rujis basi 

 fulvis apice nigris, pcdibus fulvis, femoribus cinereis, tnrsis piceii, 

 tibiis tarsisque anlicis nigris, tibiis anticis basi flavis, alis sttbci- 

 nereis. 



Head tawny above, whitish in front and beneath where it is clothed 

 with white hairs : eyes bronzed, parted above by a moderate interval : 

 sucker black ; lancets pale ferruginous ; palpi pale yellow, clothed above 

 with short black bails : feelers pale red; first and second joinis tawny, 

 clothed with black h<airs ; third joint deep, very convex beneath, its horn 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle tvhich occupies the whole side ; compound 

 joint black, slender, tapering, curved upward, more than half the length of 

 the third joint : chest grayish brown, adorned with three indistinct tawny 

 stripes ; sides tawny, clothed with black hairs; breast hoary, clothed with 

 white hairs : abdomen obccnical, brown, pitchy towards the tip, much 

 longer than the chest, adorned with three stripes; the side stripes are 

 tawny, composed of oblique spots, and do not extend beyond the fourth 

 segment; the middle stripe is narrow, linear, whitish, and has a tawny 

 tinge towards the tip of the abdomen, which it nearly reaches ; underside 

 tawny, tinged with gray, adorned with pitchy bands : legs tawny, clothed 

 with very short black hairs ; thighs gray, clothed with pale hairs ; tips of 

 four hinder thighs tawny; feet pitchy; foot-cushions pale tawny ; claws, 

 fore-shanks and fore-feet black ; fore-shanks pale yellow above, tawny be- 

 neath for half the length from the base : wings pale gray ; wing-ribs 

 tawny ; veins black, tawny towards the base, a7tgle of the tip cross-vein dis- 

 tinct, obtuse, bearing a little knob ; scales gray, with pitchy borders ; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body O5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines, 



llio Janeiro. 



