19 II.] G, RiCARDO : Rri'ision of the species of Tabanus. 165 



with a short fine Hue proceeding from it. E^'es with three cross- 

 bands. 



Thorax with dark pubescence except on the broad grey stripes 

 where it is whitish, sides grey, so that the thorax might be called 

 four-striped, pubescence below black, breast covered with long 

 white hairs. Sciitellitm : the two gre^'- stripes are continued and end 

 on its posterior border. 



Abdomen blackish, reddish brown anteriorly, the pubescence 

 black, white on the stripes; sides grey, covered with white pubes- 

 cence ; under side with white-haired segmentations. Legs reddish 

 yellow, the fore femora darker, all with grey tomentum, the fore 

 pair with black, the others with white pubescence, the fore tibiae 

 with thick white pubescence on basal half, elsewhere black, apices 

 of fore tibiae and tarsi black. In the specimen from Bombay all 

 the femora are darker. 



Wings clear with small 3^ellow stigma, veins dark. 



& . Identical. The eyes with large facets, the lower third 

 consisting of small ones continued as a very narrow border to back 

 of head; the cross-bands are visible in the type. 



Tabanus puteus, cf 2 , n. sp. 

 (PI. xiii, fig. II.) 



Type cf from Velverry, Ceylon, and another from Trincomalee. 



Type 2 and another from Hot Wells, Trincomalee, one 2 from 

 Colombo, all from Yerbury coll.; ''not uncommon" [note by 

 donor]. 



A small brown species with a dusky mahogany-brown abdomen 

 which has a straight median grey stripe. Antennae yellow. Legs 

 brownish. Wings tinged with brown on the fore border reaching 

 the third longitudinal vein. Forehead of 2 narrowest on the vertex. 

 Length 11 mm. 



2 . Face covered with yellow-brown tomentum and with a few 

 dusky hairs. Beard scanty, brown. Palpi small, stout, the same 

 colour as face, with black pubescence. Antennae : the first two joints 

 pale yellow with some black hairs, the third bright yellowish red, 

 narrow, with no tooth, only a small angle marking its usual 

 position, the second joint half as long as the first one. Forehead 

 liroad, narrower at the vertex, about three times as long as it is 

 broad anteriorly, the same colour as the face, frontal callus large, 

 almost square, reaching the eyes with a thick short hue proceeding 

 from it, in all the specimens there is a deep depression on the 

 posterior part of the rather prominent callus which is yellowish 

 brown in colour. Thorax blackish brown with the sides reddish, 

 dorsum with thick short pale yellow hairs (in type rubbed off), on 

 sides with yellowish brown pubescence. Scntellum api)ears rather 

 lighter in colour, with the same very short pubescence. Abdo- 

 men narrow, no spots, the anterior sLgments more yellow-brown, 

 the apex darker, the short yellowish hairs appear on the grey 



