19 1 1.] G. RiCARDO : The Oriental Tabanidae. 367 



Corizoneura longirostris, Fabr., subsp. varipes, subsp. nov. 



The males with no prolongation on the first two joints of fore 

 tarsi and the females with these joints not at all prolonged cup-like 

 appear to be a distinct subspecies of C. longirostris distinguished 

 by the plain fore tarsi and also by the bright reddish third an- 

 tennal joint, the first two joints being reddish grey with black 

 hairs, by the shining reddish brown face, no grey or 3'ellow tomen- 

 tum covering it, and by the abdomen being usually more largely 

 reddish yellow, the first three segments being almost wholly so, 

 with only median blackish spots, the remaining segments blackish 

 with reddish segmentations covered with short yellow hairs. 



Male specimens of this subspecies in Brit. ]\Ius. coll. from 

 Nepal (Hardwicke bequest); and from Darjiling (G. C. Champion, 



1895). 



In Indian Museum from Sikhim ; Trivandrum, Travancore ; 

 Sadiya, Assam; Margherita, Assam ; Himalayas. 



Corizoneura taprobanes, $ , Walker. 



List Dipt, v, Suppl. i, p. 324 (1854) [Pcingonia^. 



Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), v, p. 167 (1900) ; Pan 

 gonia rufa, 5 , Macq., Dipt. exot. Suppl. iv, p. 322 (1850), nomen 

 bis lectum. 



I believe the type of taprobanes is the same as the species 

 described by Macquart as P. rufa, but I have not seen this last 

 type. The species belongs to the subgenus Con2:o7jgMm probably, 

 though Macquart describes his t^^pe as having the first posterior cell 

 closed ; in most of the specimens I have seen it is open, varying 

 in width, but in two specimens it is so narrow that it might almost 

 be called closed. Walker's name must take precedence as Mac- 

 quart described another P. riifa from Peru in 1838. 



In Brit. Mus. coll. the Walker type 2 from Ceylon (Temple- 

 ton) ; others from Karwar, N. Canara, India (Bell) ; Bangalore ; 

 Nilghiri Hills, 6,000 feet (Hampson) ; Periyakulam, Kandy and 

 Trincomalee (where it is stated to be very common), Ce3don 

 (Yerbury). 



In Indian Museum specimens from Bangalore (conunon), 

 Arnadi, Melghat, Berar, 1,800 feet (I. H. BurkillJ (1908). 



Thorax black, with red pubescence. Abdomen red with dor- 

 sal black spots. Eyes naked. Antennae and legs red. Wings 

 with the second submarginal cell appendiculated. 



Length 6 lines $ , proboscis as long as the Ijody. Palpi brown. 

 Beard yellow. Face black, with some grey tomentum. Forehead 

 black, sides with yellowish tomentum ; ocelli present. Antennae 

 a light fawn colour. Thorax with indistinct bands. Abdomen 

 fawn coloured ; the first four segments with transverse black spots ; 

 the three last with black bands on the anterior borders ; segmenta- 

 tions yellow ; under side wholly of a testaceous fawn colour. Legs 

 fawn coloured ; coxae brown. Wings reddish, second submarginal 

 cell with a long appendix ; the first posterior closed. 



