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Tabanus contactus, Fem 



Cinereiis, pectore cano, abdominis maculis duabus lateribus et segmcntnram 

 mar(/iiiibus posticis fulri.t, antennis ferrugineis basi fulvis apice 

 piceis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus einereis, tarsis piceis, alis subcine- 

 reis. 



Head tawny, adorned with a hoary covering which on the crown is 

 interrupted by two pitchy, shining marks, one round, the other very 

 slender : eyes dark bronze ; the fticets as usual : sucker pitchy : lancets 

 ferruginous ; palpi pale yellow, clothed with short black hairs : feelers fer- 

 ruginous ; first and second joints tawny, clothed with short black hairs: 

 third joint slightly convex beneath, armed above with an obtuse angle, whose 

 fore side is not longer than its hind side ,• compound joint pitchy, i-erg 

 slightly curved tiptvard, as long as the third joint : chest gray ; breast 

 hoary, thinly clothed with short white hairs : abdomen gray, slightly ob- 

 conical, longer than the chest, thinly clothed with short pale haii-s ; sides 

 and hind borders of the segments tawny ; a large tawny spot on each side 

 of the second segment : legs tawny, clothed with very short black hairs ; 

 hips and thighs gray, clothed with white hairs ; feet pitchy ; claws and 

 fore-feet black : wings pale gray ; wing-ribs and veins tawny, the latter 

 black towards the tips ; curve of the tip cross-vein inclining to an obtuse 

 angle ; brands dull yellow ; wings pale gray, with tawny borders ; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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Tabanus hispidus, Mas. 



Cinereus, thoracis lateribus abdomineque ferrugineis, hoc basi nigro vittato, 

 antennis ferrugineis, basi fulvis, pedibus ferrugineis, tarsis piceis, 

 tarsis anticis nigris, alis subcinereis. 



Head beneath dark tawny, clothed with pale tawny hairs : eyes dark 

 bronze, thickly clothed with short dark tawny hairs ; all the facets very 

 small : sucker black ; palpi hoary : eyes tawny, clothed with short pale 

 yellow hairs ; feet black, ferruginous beneath ; tips of the fore-shanks 

 black : wings pale gray ; wing-ribs and veins ferruginous, the latter pitchy 

 towards the tips ; angle of the tip cross-vein very obtuse, slightly rounded ; 

 poisers tawny, with pale yellow knobs. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



