THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 88.] MARCH, MDCCCLXXI. [Price 6d. 
List of Diptera collected in Egypt and Arabia, by J. K. 
Lorp, Esq.; with Descriptions of the Species new 
to Science, by F. WALKER, Esq., F.L.S. 
Tue Diptera in this collection are not very numerous, 
and, with some exceptions, are not remarkable, and but 
slightly represent the Dipterous Fauna of Egypt and of 
Arabia. The more conspicuous species are Nemestrina 
fEgyptiaca, Exoprosopa gloriosa, Dimorphaphus syrphoides, 
and Midas maculatus. 
Fam. CuLicIp&.—Gen. CuLex, Linn. 
1. C. pipiens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 1002. Cairo. Inhabits 
Europe. 
Fam. TAaBANIDZ.—Gen. TaBanus, Linn. 
2. T. terminalis. Female—Red. Head piceous above, with 
a shining ferruginous callus; triangular space between the 
callus and the antenne with pale testaceous tomentum ; 
under side clothed with white hairs. Eyes black; facets 
extremely small. Palpi white. Antenne tawny, testaceous 
at the base, with the usual structure. Thorax with two 
blackish stripes, and in front with two exterior blackish 
patches. Abdomen with two blackish stripes; disk blackish 
towards the tip; hind borders of the ventral segments testa- 
ceous. Legs tawny; tibiz at the tip and tarsi ferruginous. 
Wings cinereous; veins black, with the usual structure; 
branch of the cubital vein forming a very obtuse angle near 
its base. Halteres testaceous, piceous at the tips. Length of 
the body 7} lines. Mount Sinai. 
3. T. nigrifer. Female.—Blackish. Head above with cine- 
reous tomentum ; callus ferruginous, with a band of cinereous 
tomentum ; space above the eyes bare, shining; under side 
with white hairs. Eyes with extremely small facets. Palpi 
testaceous. Antenne with the usual structure. Thorax with 
four stripes of cinereous tomentum. Hind borders of the 
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