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BLOOB-SUCKING AETHROPODA. 



p,o c>—Pa')i(ionkimngrcUh,'Bczz\. ? Kassala, Sudan. 

 (X 2.) 



Yia. 7. — Ilwinatopota 

 sp., froni Zululand, 

 in resting attitude, 

 sbowingtlie position 

 of the "wings (x 2). 

 The wing niaikings 

 are omitted. 



The enormous majority of blood-sncking Diptera belong to this 

 family in which the blood -sucking habit is universal in the temale 

 sex The Tabanida; are world-wide in their distribution, and are 

 amons the largest of all families of Diptera. The majority of the 

 species that have hitherto attracted attention by reason of their 



Fig. 8. 

 Stomoxys .^p., 

 from Natal, 

 in resting 

 attitude, 

 showing the 

 position of 

 the wings 

 (X 1^.) 



Fig. 9. — Glosslna 

 Inngipcnnis, Corti, 

 from Somaliland, in 

 resting attitude, 

 showing the position 

 of the wings (x li). 



Fig. 10.— Li/ perosia sp- 6 . 

 .Sokotra (x 3). 



bloodthirsty habits belong to one or other of the four principal 

 genera, Tabanus, Fcmgonia, Ecematopota, and Chrysops. 



