Tiibaiiiilto of the AnstraUan liegion. 3D1 



greyi^lij pubescence on dorsum cliiolly coin|,osed of very 

 short pale hairs ; underside ycllowisli. J-cf/s uniformly 

 cinnainou-l)rown. Jtinr/s clear, very faintly siiadcd on 

 cross-veins ; stigma and viins yellowish ; no appendix. 



(J is similar. Eyes witii large facets on tlie upper two- 

 thirds of their surface. Palpi comi)osed of three joints, the 

 last two almost equal in length, with long black hairs, 

 larger and more slender than is usual in males. 



Tubanus reducens, ? , Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 103 

 (18601 ; Ricardo, Records Indian Museum, iv. no. vi. 

 p. 267 (1911). 



Tvpc (female), from Macassar, the other female from 

 Celebes (Wallace Coll., 1857-1858). 



A large blackish species, with a median well-marked grey 

 stripe on abdomen, in general appearance not unlike 

 Tabainis mandarinus, Schiner, but distinguished by the opeu 

 first posterior cell of wings. 



Length ^20-23 mm. 



Face covered with ashy-grey tomentum and with long 

 whitish hairs. Beard white. Palpi stout at base, ending iu 

 a long obtuse point, pale yellowish, covered with grey 

 tomentum and with black pubescence. Antenna tawny at 

 base, the third joint dusky, long, with a small tooth at base. 

 Forehead covered with grey tomentum, narrow, about nine 

 times as long as it is broad anteriorly ; frontal callus dark 

 chestnut-brown, long and narrow, not reaching the eyes, 

 ^vith a short lineal extension. Thorax blackish, with two 

 fairly distinct grey tomentose stripes, hairs on shoulders 

 black, posteriorly at sides Mhite. Scutelluni the same 

 colour, covered with grey tomentum. Abdomen blackish, 

 the grey tomentose median stripe very distinct, composed 

 of elongated sjjots forming a united stripe; the seventh seg- 

 ment has no spot, traces of side-stripes are very apparent ; 

 formed of spots which do not coalesce ; underside blackish, 

 reddish at sides, with narrow grey segmentations. Le(/s 

 blackish, the femora covered with grey tomentum; the tibiae 

 tawny : pubescence on femora white, elsewhere black. 

 IVbigs laige, clear; veins and stigma yellowish. 



Tabanus similis, ? , Macquart, Dipt. Exot., Suppl. iv. p. 335 

 (1849). 



Type (female) in Ycrrall Coll., from Tasmania, in poor 

 condition. 



