TabanicloD of (lie Australian Region. .'VJ3 



Tabanus queenslandii, ? , sp. n. 



Type (;i female) in IJrit. Mas. Coll. I'rora N.E. Qiiceus- 

 laiul (C. M. Ketsall), 1910, 201) ; and another female from 

 Cliing Do, N. Queensland, 30. 1. 1913 {F. H. Taylor), 1911. 



A blackish-brown species, not in very good preservation, 

 but easily identified by the one well-marked median stripe 

 on abdomen, composed of white tomentum. 



Length 17 mm. 



Face covered with greyish-yellow tomentum and with 

 some white hairs. Beard white. Palpi yellow, very stout, 

 ending in a short point, the pubescence black. Antenna : 

 the first two joints dusky yellow, with thick black pubes- 

 cence, the third is broken off. Forehead rather broad, 

 parallel, about five times as long as it is broad, covered with 

 gieyish-yellow tomentum, the frontal callus small, very 

 narrow, pear-shaped, with short lineal extension. Thorax 

 and scutellam denuded, r.-ddish, with black stripes and some 

 grey tomentum. Abdomen blackish brown, with median 

 broad pale stripe ; underside blackish, with ashy-grey 

 tomentum on sides. Leys reddish, the femora witli grey 

 tomentum, the tarsi darker. Winys clear, stigma and veins 

 yellowish brown. 



This species bears a general resenil)lance to Tabanus 

 rtducens, Walker, from Celebes, but is smaller and has a 

 broader forehead ; the palpi also are less stout. 



The female from Ching Do differs somewhat in the 

 markings of the abdomen, the tomeutose spots not being 

 quite continuous ; the first spot on the second segment 

 reaches the anterior border, which is not the case with the 

 trto following spots ; all of them are smaller and more 

 triangular in shape. The third joint of antenuce is black, 

 Avith a small tooth. 



Tabanus strangmannii, ? , sp. n. 



Type (female) and others from Port Darwin, S. Australia 

 (Dr. Slranymann) , presented by London School of Tropical 

 jNledicine ; another from Townsville, Queensland {F. P. 

 Duilil) ; another from Port Essington, S. Australia (in- 

 correctly labelled '• Tabanus brevivitfa, Walker") : all in 

 Brit. Mas. Coll. ; one female in .Mr. Wainwright's Coll. 

 from Rockhampton, Queensland {Pitcher). Type (male) 

 from Townsville (F. P. Dodd). 



A species easily distinguished in the group with stripes on 

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