172 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IV, 



Tabanus varicolor, Ricardo. 



Tahanus variegafus, Rondani, Ann. Miis. Civ. Geneva, vii, p. 

 458 (1875) {nomcn bis ledum). 



Length 14 mm. Antennae with the first two joints and the base 

 of the third reddish 3^ellow, the apex blackish. Foreliead gre^-ish 

 yellow, anteriorly paler, the lineal callus red, shining; head above 

 and below white and white haired; palpi very pale, black haired. 

 Thorax on dorsum dark brown, the sides, posterior corners and 

 margin of scutellum reddish ; pleurae greyish and white haired. 



Abdomen with the first two segments reddish yellow luteous ; 

 the following ones streaked blackish brown and ferruginous ; the 

 apex black, a pale dorsal stripe present on the four segments before 

 the last one; under side with the basal segments blackish, or black 

 spotted, posteriorly luteous, with white tomentum, and short 

 white hairs. Wings sub-limpid, the costal border luteous. Legs: 

 anterior ones black, the tibiae at the base widely luteous, the pos- 

 terior tibiae and knees luteous reddish ^-ellow, femora and tarsi 

 more or less blackish. Calyptera ferruginous. Halteres with club 

 outside whitish, inside and the stalk brown-red. Rondani, Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Genova, vii, p. 458. 



The name of varies,atus being preoccupied by a Fabrician species 

 from N. America, I propose the substitution of varicolor for this 

 species, the type of which came from vSarawak, Borneo, and was 

 seen by me at Genoa. 



It is a narrow-bodied specimen measuring 17 mm., with a 

 yellowish .shining abdomen irregularly marked with black on all the 

 segments except the first one, and has besides three series irregular 

 shaped greyish spots median and lateral, indistinct; the blackish 

 markings are situated between the anterior and posterior borders 

 of segments, the seventh segment is blackest, with black hairs on 

 the outer border ; the dorsum appears finely punctuated all over , 

 pubescence black, thickest on the apical segments ; under side 

 similar but darker. Thorax blackish with grey tomentum, reddish 

 at sides, with black hairs at the sides ; scutellum blackish, red 

 round the outer border. Legs yellow, with black pubescence, the 

 femora reddish brown with white pubescence, the tarsi reddish 

 brown. Face with grey tomentum and whitish hairs. Palpi 

 yellow, thickly covered with black hairs, slender, ending in an 

 obtuse point. Antennae reddish, dusky on the third joint, the tooth 

 distinct, the first two joints with black hairs. Forehead with 

 yellow-brown tomentum, narrow, anteriorly barely half as wide, 

 about eight times as long as it is broad, the frontal callus 3^ellow 

 mahogany, narrow, oblong, not reaching the eyes. 



I have not seen any specimens identical with this isolated 

 type. 



Tabanus rubicundus, cf 5 , Macquart. 

 (PI. xiii, fig. 12.) 



Dipt., exot., vSuppl. i, p. 160 (1846); id., Suppl. iii, p. 170 

 (1847); id., Suppl. V, p. 47 (1855). 



