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vein forming a very slightly obtuse angle which emits a 
branch. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 7—8 
lines. This species belongs to the South African group, of 
which P. appendiculata isa type. T'ajura. Abundant, and 
very tormenting to cattle. 
7. P.subfasciata. Female.— Black. Head above with whitish 
tomentum, excepting the shining ferruginous stripe between 
the eyes; a black shining callus on each side in front; 
under side with whitish hairs. Proboscis black, rather more 
than half the length of the body. Antenne and legs pale 
tawny. Abdomen piceous-black ; first segment irregularly 
tawny in front and behind; second with a tawny band on the 
hind border; third with a tawny line on the hind border ; 
under side testaceous, brown at the tip. Wings cinereous ; 
veins black; first branch of the cubital vein forming a very 
slightly obtuse angle which emits a branch. Length of the 
body 65 lines. Nearly allied to the preceding species. 
Tajura. 
Fam. Dasypoconip&.—Gen. Dasypogon, Fabr. 
8. D. punctatus, Fabry. Syst. Antl. 165. Harkeko. Tajura. 
Inhabits South Europe. 
9. D.glaucius. Asilus glaucius, Rossi, Faun. Etrusce. ii. 327. 
Harkeko. Inhabits South Europe and Siberia. 
10. D. contrarius. Female.—Black, broad. stout. Head 
short, thickly clothed with white hairs; hind part with 
testaceous hairs. Mystax and beard white, thick. Proboscis 
short, stout. Antenne slender, lanceolate; arista_ short. 
Eyes very large; the facets increasing in size from the outer 
border to the inner border. Thorax thickly clothed with 
long testaceous hairs. Abdomen almost flat, thickly and 
minutely punctured, clothed with white hairs, slightly taper- 
ing from the base to the tip, a little narrower than the 
thorax, and nearly twice its length ; under side and pectus 
with very few hairs. Legs stout, thickly clothed with white 
hairs. Wings whitish; veins black, tawny at the base, 
slightly bordered with pale brown; hind fork of the cubital 
vein, and all the hinder veins, not extending to the border. 
Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 5 lines. This 
species appears to be allied to the group Pycnopogon; there 
are three closed areolets in the exterior part of the disk. 
Mount Sinai. 
