1M2 OKOB DtPTCSA. 



NVithrr of the fi>rre<>lnc !>p«*iM nrr flgtiml xr ilf«crib<-«l in Sax's American 1 \ , 



but thrn* IS vrry little «loul)l that they belong to thr (aiuu» Lt-muA. Thp \. ■ A 



lu thirkct!! in the !tiuiuurr : thry Icwil on other SQull Uuccts, and their UnK hro to ofljd 



ur uii tlcc;iv iiii; uiH>ii. 



Tabaiiiilar. 



Tabanti rtrMBCva ( Llnnstis). Gad-fly. Hortefly. 

 Tabam* rtixiitii ( l>rury). T. «crico«M» ( F»briciuii). T. LmnATii ( I'al. dc llamoi*. 

 » Head oAh-coloreJ ; ey«»» black ; ontonnff ntidi.sh brown ; ocellus one ; thorax i;ri < iii>h, 

 ' with a wiiite .si>ot iit the l>ase of each wing ; al>donien dark brown, each strgnient of 

 ' which on the underside is margined with gray ; win^ tran.<i|>arent, anterior edfrrs 

 ' bMwn and ojvake ; lejpt dark brown, the middle ones U-ing armed with two opines 

 * at thf tiji of each tibia : the ungues have two small brown scales under them. 

 ' Breast hairy; Ivick coloreti, but white on the sides ' ( Wjjjtwood, Illustrations of 

 DniRV, Vol. 1, i>. 97). 

 This sjiecies appears in New-York in July, and is most common In woody places, hot is 

 often in o|>en pastures, and fn-queuts roatisidcs, alighting on horses and cattle. In New- 

 York and New-Kngland they are too ftw in nuniUr to occa>ion -much tn>uble, though 

 their probosccs are armed with lancets sufliciently long and sharp to wound cattle severe- 

 ly. Were they as numerous as the smaller kinds of flies, our pastures could not be occupied 

 during the months of July and August. 



Tabams AMEKicAxis ( Drury). 



Tabams atratcs ( Fabricioi). T. nicer ( Pal. de B«*UToi»). 

 Head, antennie, sheath of the prolwscis, extremity of the abdomen, breast and legs black ; 

 thorax bn>wni>h black ; wings dark brownish, scarcely opake ; anterior part of the 

 alMlomen dark plumbonis ; spines of the middle legs two ; breast hairy. 

 The lighter jwirt of the nlnlomen apj^-ars ns if covered v. ith a whitish bl(X>m. Tlie eyes 

 are very large, and meet at their lower inlges, but are separated above by a narrow yel- 

 lowish si>ace : their color Is black and bn.>nzed. Length seven-eighths of an inch, or 

 nearly one inch ; exjwnsion of wings, nearly two inches. 



This species is rather smaller than the plumbms, with wings less robust and strong : it 

 appears at the same time, and attacks c.ittle and horses in the same savage way. Both arc 

 found as far south as Maryland. 



