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  Miss 
  G. 
  RIcar(]o 
  on 
  

  

  LIV. 
  — 
  Species 
  of 
  Tabanus 
  from 
  PoIi/7i^sia 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   j\[useujn 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Verr 
  all's 
  Collectio7i. 
  By 
  

   Gertrude 
  Eicardo. 
  

  

  Very 
  few 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  from 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  From 
  New 
  Caledonia 
  : 
  T. 
  alhoiwtatus, 
  Bigot, 
  now 
  changed 
  

   to 
  T. 
  culedoiiicits, 
  as 
  the 
  original 
  name 
  is 
  preoccupied 
  — 
  this 
  

   species 
  belongs 
  to 
  Group 
  IX. 
  (see 
  'Indian 
  Records/ 
  i 
  v. 
  

   p. 
  114, 
  1911), 
  with 
  j)aler 
  hands 
  and 
  spots 
  on 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  From 
  Lifii 
  Island 
  : 
  T. 
  Ufuensis^ 
  Bigot, 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   Group 
  X., 
  with 
  the 
  abdomen 
  unicolorous. 
  

  

  From 
  Mew 
  Hebrides 
  : 
  T. 
  expulsus, 
  Wlk. 
  — 
  this 
  type 
  is 
  not 
  

   to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Brit, 
  Mus. 
  Coll. 
  

  

  From 
  Sidney 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  Phoenix 
  Islands 
  : 
  T. 
  sidney- 
  

   ensis 
  and 
  T. 
  niyriverJris, 
  Macquart 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   trace 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  types, 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  hairy 
  

   eyes. 
  

  

  This 
  Sidney 
  Island 
  is 
  nunlioned 
  by 
  Macquart 
  in 
  his 
  

   introduction 
  to 
  the 
  1st 
  Supplement 
  of 
  Dipt. 
  Exot. 
  p. 
  134, 
  as 
  

   supplying 
  some 
  species 
  connnon 
  to 
  Tasmania. 
  Australia 
  is 
  

   wrongly 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  locality 
  in 
  Kerlesz' 
  Cat., 
  Sidney 
  the 
  

   town 
  evidently 
  being 
  confused 
  with 
  this 
  island. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands: 
  T. 
  insidaris,y^\k. 
  — 
  this 
  type 
  

   is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  Coll. 
  

  

  Two 
  new 
  species 
  are 
  now 
  described, 
  both 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   Group 
  IX., 
  viz. 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  fij'ui7ius 
  from 
  Fiji 
  and 
  New 
  Hebrides. 
  

  

  Tabunus 
  rubiicaUosiis 
  fi-om 
  New 
  Caledonia. 
  

  

  Tahamis 
  lifueiisis, 
  Bigot. 
  

   M^m. 
  Soc. 
  Zool. 
  de 
  Frauce, 
  v. 
  p. 
  689 
  (1892). 
  

  

  Type, 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Verrall's 
  coll. 
  from 
  the 
  inland 
  

  

  of 
  Lifu. 
  

  

  A 
  medium-sized 
  reddish 
  species. 
  Antemice 
  reddish, 
  the 
  

   first 
  two 
  joints 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  destroyed. 
  

   Face 
  cluimois-leather 
  colour, 
  with 
  rather 
  long 
  hrown 
  hairs. 
  

   Falpi 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  with 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Eyes 
  bare, 
  occupy- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  head, 
  the 
  large 
  facets 
  reaching 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  frontal 
  triangle, 
  and 
  almost 
  reaching 
  the 
  vertex. 
  

   Thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dull 
  reddish, 
  the 
  former 
  with 
  daik 
  

   stripes, 
  sides 
  and 
  breast 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  face, 
  pubescence 
  

   on 
  abdomen 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  chiefly 
  black, 
  consisting 
  of 
  short 
  

   pubescence, 
  sides 
  with 
  yellow 
  hairs; 
  underside 
  same 
  as 
  

  

  