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is distinguished from it by the narrower, longer frontal callus, and 

 narrower forehead, by the broader base of third antenna! joint, 

 and wings less deeply tinged. The tibiae are less widely whitish at 

 base. The abdomen is broader and shorter with no golden yellow 

 pubescence on the segmentations, only a little appears at the sides 

 of the segments. The thorax is a httle lighter in colour. 



Face covered with greyish tomentum which becomes yellowish 

 brown on the upper parts of cheeks, on subcallus and forehead, 

 pubescence on face of white hairs, with darker ones on the cheeks. 

 Beard white. Palpi yellow with thick black pubescence, large, 

 stout, ending in an obtuse point Antennae long, slender, the first 

 two joints pale yellow with thick black pubescence, the first joint 

 with the upper angle produced, the third joint reddish with a 

 small tooth, dusky at its extreme apex. Forehead about ten times 

 as long as it is broad, and a third narrower anteriorly, the frontal 

 callus reddish brown, long, narrow, not reaching the eyes, with a 

 rather thick lineal extension. Thorax brown covered with yellow- 

 ish brown tomentum, denuded, pubescence remaining is chiefly 

 yellowish, on shoulders and at sides chiefly black ; breast covered 

 with greyish tomentum. ScuteUum similar to thorax. Abdomen 

 fulvous, a Httle browner on the anterior borders of third, fourth 

 and fifth, and almost wholly blackish brown on the last two seg- 

 ments, pubescence short, golden yellow, scanty, thickest on the 

 segmentations, black on the last two segments; under side darker, 

 reddish brown with paler under segmentations, appearing banded on 

 anterior segments, at apex wholly dark, pubescence golden yellow 

 only on segmentations, black elsewhere. Legs black, knees and basal 

 third of all the tibiae whitish with some yellow hairs, fore coxae with 

 pale hairs, elsewhere the pubescence is black. Wings tinged yellow- 

 brown on fore border, veins and stigma yellow, 



Tabanus nigropictus, $ , Macquart. 



Dipt, exot., Suppl. V, p. 44 (1855). 



Testaceous (denuded). Thorax with black stripes, breast 

 black. Wings hyaline, the veins margined with brown. Length 8 

 lines, 9 . Palpi yellow, long. Beard yellowish. Face and fore- 

 head testaceous, frontal callus the same colour, prolonged in a fine. 

 Antennae ; the first two joints testaceous, the third missing. Eyes 

 naked. Thorax (denuded) testaceous with three wide black 

 stripes ; sides with traces of yellowish tomentum ; breast black. 

 Scutellum testaceous. Abdomen (denuded) testaceous ; under side 

 testaceous with the segmentations less dark, those of the fifth and 

 sixth segments yellow. Legs testaceous, the last two joints of the 

 tarsi brown. Wings brownish on the outer border, veins normal, 

 bordered brownish, stigma reddish brown. From India. M. Bigot. 

 Macquart, Dipt, exot., vSuppl. v, p. 44. 



This type is much denuded as stated by Macquart, no other 

 specimens yet met with by me. The species is distinguished by 

 the uniform colour of the abdomen, which is however darker at 



