DIPTERA. 5 1 



pale tawny ; under side whitisli and clothed with white hairs : eyes coj)- 

 peiy, parted above by a moderate interval : sucker blaek ; lancets pale 

 ferruginous ; palpi whitish yellow, thinly clothed with very short black 

 hairs : first and second joints of the feelers tawny, beset with short black 

 bristles: sides of the chest ferruginous ; breast clothed with hoary hairs : 

 abdomen ferruginous, slightly obeonical, pitchy towards the tip, a little 

 broader and much longer than the chest, adorned above with three stripes 

 of somewhat triangular spots, which are clothed with pale yellow hairs ; 

 the middle stripe narrower than the side pair : legs ferruginous, tinged 

 with gray, clothed with pale yellow hairs ; feet pitchy, red beneath ; fore- 

 feet and tips of fore-shanks black : wings slightly gray ; wing-ribs ferru- 

 ginous ; veins black, ferruginous towards the base ; curve of the tip cross- 

 vein not angular ; scales tawny ; poisers tawny, with bright pale yellow 

 knobs. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



East India. Java. 



Tabanus bubiginostjs, Fem. 



Ferruginens, abdomine mactdis trigonis fit/vis trivittatn, antennis ferru- 

 gineis apice nigris, pedihus fidvis, tibiis anticis apice tarsisque piceis, 

 tarsis anticis nigris, alis suhcinereis. 



Body ferruginous : crown of the head adorned with a pale tawny 

 covering, which is interrupted in front by a convex, shining, club-shaped, 

 ferruginous mark ; under side whitish and clothed with white hairs : eyes 

 l)ronzed, parted above by a moderate interval ; sucker black, short and 

 stout ; lancets ferruginous ; palpi pale yellow : feelers ferruginous ; first 

 and second joints clothed with short black hairs; third black on the inner 

 side towards the tip ; slightly convex beneath, armed above vnth a vcri/ shal- 

 Intv and obtuse angle tvhich occupies the whole length, and- ic hose fore side is 

 slightly concave ; compound joint black, curved upivard, much shorter than 

 the third joint : breast pale ferruginous, clothed with hoary hairs : abdo- 

 men obeonical, longer than the chest, adorned with three indistinct rows 

 of tawny, triangular spots : legs tawny ; feet and tips of fore-shanks 

 pitchy ; fore-feet black : wings slightly gray ; wing-ribs ferruginous ; veins 

 pitchy, ferruginous towards the base ; curve of the lip cross-vein slight, not 

 angular ; brands pale brown ; scales and poisers tawny. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



East Inilia. 



