356 Contributions to the Dijptcra of New Zealand. 



P. adrel, n. sp. 



Tabanus adrel, White MS. 



Palpi brownish, beak deep-black ; face and front with a 

 yellowish-grey down ; antennse black ; thorax blackish- 

 brown above, the side with a narrow line of black hairs, 

 beneath yellowish-grey; scntellum blackish-brown, between 

 the scutellum and the base of wing a tnft of yellowish-grey 

 hairs ; abdomen above black, with a spot of yellowish-grey 

 hairs on each segment, in the middle of the margin ; a 

 considerable tuft of Avhitish hairs on each side, near the 

 end of the abdomen ; in the male the whole of the under 

 side is covered with yellowish-grey hairs ; legs black with 

 short hairs, tibias of fore legs yellowish, wings somewhat 

 fuliginous, an abbreviated band of a deeper colour about 

 the middle : no tooth on the third joint of the antennae. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



GENUS TABANUS. 



T. oplus. White MS. 



Palpi yellowish, beak blackish ; face and cheeks grey ; 

 thorax above light olive-brown, with longish hairs, l)eneath 

 it is more grey ; abdomen above brownish-yellow ; a black 

 line down the middle, interrupted at the margin of each 

 segment which is brownish-yellow ; legs light yellowish- 

 brown : wings light. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



The remainder of Mr. White's descriptions have ])een 

 superseded by those of Mr. Walker's and others, so that it 

 would be rather injurious (as regards synonymy) to 

 repeat them here. 



