DIPTEBA. 451 



TaEANUS TEMPERATliS, FoeUJ. 



Piveus, cinereo tomentosus ; caput supra ferrugineum, apud oeulos 

 luteum, callo piceo ; antennce rufa, hasi nigrce ; thorax ferrugineo 

 quinque vittatu.i, scapulis testaceis ; abdomen inttis tribus maculari- 

 bus testaceis, laleribus basi ferrugineis, segmcntorum marginibus 

 posticis subtus testaceis ; pedes fulvi, tarsis,tibiis anticis apice femo- 

 ribusque anticis nigris ; alee cinerece, basi casta et apud venas dis- 

 calesfuscce ; halteres fulvi, apice albidi, 



Piceous, with cinereous toraentum. Head toiuentose, ferruginous 

 above, luteous about the eyes, testaceous behind and beneath ; callus 

 piceous. Eyes aeneous ; all the facets Tery small. Palpi cinereous. 

 Antennas black; first joint prolonged into an acute angle at the tip 

 above; second red, forming above a slender acute horn; third red, 

 curved; its horn short, small, and forming an almost right angle. Tho- 

 rax with five indistinct ferruginous stripes ; scapulas testaceous. Abdo- 

 men piceous, ferruginous on each side towards the base, with three 

 macular pale testaceous stripes ; the lateral spots diffuse ; the dorsal 

 spots triangular, and successively decreasing in size ; hind borders of 

 the segments testaceous beneath. Legs tawny ; tarsi, fore femora, ex- 

 cepting the lips, and tips of the fore tibiae black. Wings gray, brown 

 at the base, along the costa, and about the discal veins ; veins black ; 

 fore fork of the cubital vein simple, forming an obtuse and rounded 

 angle near its base ; aluloe brown. Halteres tawny, with whitish tips. 

 Length of the body 9 Hues ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Port Natal. 



Tabanus bipabtitus, Fcem. 



Fulva ; caput album, verlice ferrugineo, callo nigro ; palpi albi ; an- 

 tennce nigrce ; thorax supra niger, cano quadrivittalus, disco poslice 

 lateribusque fulvis ; abdomen e yyiaculis albis univittatum, basi ma- 

 cula nigra, apicem versus nigrum ; femora tursique nigra, ilia apice 

 fulva; alcE subcinereae, venis nonnullis nigro marginulis ; halteres 

 albi. 



Tawny. Head white; vertex ferruginous ; callus black, obcapilale. 

 Eyes aineous ; all the facets very small. Palpi white. Antenna; black; 



