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continued as a narrow black line. Eyes shortly but distinctly pale 

 haired, with three bands ; ocelligerous tubercle small. Palpi brown , 

 on apical half narrow with obtuse apex, above and a little below 

 channelled, on basal half incrassate, and at base with proboscis 

 with rather long black hairs. Antennae black, basal joints with 

 rather long black hairs, second joint wholly, and third at base, 

 widely red, third joint at base with no tooth. Thorax black with 

 rather long black pubescence and numerous yellow hairs intermixed. 

 Pleurae long and densely covered with snowy or white hairs. Scutel- 

 lum black with rather long yellow pubescence. Abdomen black, 

 the three first segments widely yellow at sides and all densely 

 covered with red golden hairs, under side black, each segment in the 

 middle black haired, but at apex narrowly margined with yellow 

 hairs. Wings subinfuscate, darker round the transverse veins, 

 stigma brown. vSquamae ashy grey, margined with brown. Hal- 

 teres brown. Legs black and black haired. Tibiae yellow testaceous 

 with yellow hairs, and apex with tarsi brown or darker. I^ength 

 7 mm. Portsch., Horae, etc., p. 179. 

 This species is not known to me. 



Tabanus pusillus, 9 , Macq. 



Dipt, exot., i (i), p. 131 (1838). 



Black. Antennae red. Abdomen with \-ellow hairs. 



Legs red. Length 4|- lines, $ . 



Palpi of a pale yellow. Face and forehead brownish grey ; 

 the latter with a black roundish callus. Antennae fawn coloured. 

 Thorax black, denuded ; a brownish spot on each side. Abdomen 

 black, with yellow hairs ; segmentations fawn coloured. Legs 

 fawn coloured. Halteres yellow. Wings a little yellowish, pale 

 yellow at base and on outer border. 



From China. Museum, Macq., Dipt, exot., i (i), p. 131. 



Type 9 in very bad preservation seen by me in Paris Museum. 



A small species with clear wings, the veins yellow. Legs 

 wholly yellow. Abdomen apparently dark brown with yellowish 

 pubescence. Eyes apparently bare. Forehead with only one 

 callus, nearly square, not reaching eyes, no linear extension, the 

 same width throughout, about four times as long as it is wide. 

 Antennae 5'ellow. Face- hair^^ Beard white. Palpi slender, a 

 little stout at base with a slender point and rather long black hairs. 



I have not found any specimens identical with this species. 

 There is another T. pusillus named by Macquart from New Holland. 

 This is left for the present in the Palaearctic Region, but as only 

 ' ' China ' ' is given, it may belong to the Oriental Region. 



Tabanus tataricus, 9 , Portsch. 



Horae Soc. Entom. Ross., xxi, p. 178 (1887). 

 From Btschan, Central Asia ; Mt. Altai, — see Verrall, British 

 Flies, V, p. TO, 1909. 



