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Country unknown. 



Tabanus ligatus, Fem. 



Fernigineva, tkorace subvittato, abdomine fulvo vitta interrupta apicequc 

 fuscis, antennis basi pedibusque fulvis, tarsis femiyineis, tibiis an- 

 ticis apice tarsisque anticis nigris , alts subcinereis bast fulvis, ner vis 

 transversis fusco subnebulosis. 



Body pale ferruginous : covering of the head tawny above, whitish 

 yellow beneath where it is clothed with pale yellow hairs; ridge on the 

 crown long, slender, ferruginous, shining, club-shaped in front : eyes 

 brassy, parted above by a moderately broad interval ; all the facets very 

 small : sucker black ; lancets pale ferruginous ; palpi pale yellow, clothed 

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

 with short black hairs ; tip of the first forming a short stout horn ; tip of 

 the second forming two short slender horns : chest indistinctly striped with 

 pale colour, which also prevails on each side and on the breast, the latter 

 is partly clothed with pale tawny hairs : abdomen dark tawny, very slightly 

 obconical, much longer than the chest, adorned above with a pale brown 

 middle stripe, which is interrupted on the hind border of each segment, 

 but comprizes the whole of the tip, clothed with short pale tawny hairs, 

 and towards the tip with short black hairs ; uuder side paler: legs tawny ; 

 hips and thighs clothed with whitish hairs ; hips gray ; shanks clothed with 

 bright tawny hairs : feet ferruginous, clothed with short black hairs, })itchy 

 towards the tips ; foot-cushions tawny ; claws, fore-feet and tips of fore- 

 shanks black : wings pale gray, tawny at the base ; cross-veins slightly 

 clouded with brown ; brands pale tawny ; wing-ribs and veins tawny, the 

 latter black towards the tips ; angle of the tip cross-vein slightly rounded, 

 no stump ; scales pale tawny, with darker borders ; poisers tawny, their 

 knobs yellow, with white tips. Length of the body 9 Hues ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



