60 IXSECTA SAUNDEESIANA. 



Tabanus sequens, Fem. 



Niger fidvo tectus, thorace subvittaio, abdominis fulvi vitta ni(/ra maculis 

 fulvis ornata, antennis nigris, articulis hasi ferrugineis,pedibus fidvis, 

 femoribus nigro-cinereis, tibiis tarsisque anticis nigris, alis cinereis 

 basi cosia nervorumque marginibus Jlavo-fuscis. 



Body black : covering of the head tawny above, yellowish hoary l)e- 

 neath where it is clothed with pale yellow hairs ; two black, shining, con- 

 vex marks on the crown, one long and slender, the other round : eyes 

 black, parted above by a broad interval ; facets small, but slightly in- 

 creasing in size towards the inner fore border : sucker black ; lancets fer- 

 ruginous ; jmlpi tawny, clothed with short black hairs : feelers black ; first, 

 second and third joints dark ferruginous towards the base ; first and se- 

 cond clothed with short black hairs ; horn of the third joint short and 

 stout; compound joint slightly curved upward: chest indistinctly striped, 

 adorned with a grayish tawny covering, clothed with short tawny hairs ; a 

 tuft of black hairs at the base of each wing ; breast gray, clothed with pale 

 tawny hairs ; abdomen tawny, clothed with short pale tawny hairs, very 

 slightly obconical, a little broader and much longer than the chest, adorn- 

 ed above with a black middle stripe, which is inlaid on each segment with 

 a triangular tawny spot whose base is pale yellow and rests on the hind 

 border of the segment ; sides of the segments pitchy towards the tip ; 

 under sides paler, not striped : legs tawny ; thighs grayish black, clothed 

 with pale tawny hairs ; shanks fringed with black hairs, clothed beneath 

 with very short pale tawny hairs ; feet pitchy towards the tips ; claws 

 tawny with black tips ; foot-cushions pale tawny ; fore-shanks except the 

 base and fore-feet black : wings gray, yellowish brown at the base along 

 the borders of the veins and beneath the fore border, as far as the brand 

 which is dark brown ; wing-ribs ferruginous ; veins black, ferruginous 

 at the base and along the fore border ; curve of the tip cross-vein very slight, 

 no angle nor stump ; scales grayish tawny, with tawny borders ; poisers fer- 

 ruginous, with bright pale tawny knobs. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 17 lines. 



