d\)C) On the Tabanklje of the Australian Region. 



with yellow hairSj thickest at the sides aod in the middle^ 

 not present on the last three segments, which are covered 

 with black hairs ; pubescence elsewhere on dorsum also 

 black ; underside with the yellow hairs on every segment. 

 Legs blackish, the tibise on their basal two-thirds reddish 

 yellow. Wings tinged with brown_, yellowish on fore border, 

 veins brown. 



Length 16 mm. A female from Queensland only measures 

 13 mm. 



Tabanus duplonotatus , $ , sp. u. 



Type (female) and a series from S. Queensland, Deception 

 ]3av. S. Queensland, and Burnett River District (7", L. Ban- 

 croft), 1907-1912 ; and from Brisbane, 1902 {H. Tryon). 



A medium-sized species allied to Tabanus innotabilis, Wlk., 

 but distinguished from it by the more slender palpi, the 

 black femora, and by the markings of abdomen, a black 

 stripe being present with median grey-haired spots super- 

 imposed on it. 



Length 14-15 mm. 



Face covered with yellowish-grey tomentum, with some 

 brownish hairs on centre below antennae and on borders of 

 cheeks, wdth white hairs at base of these last. Beard white. 

 Palpi slender, almost the same width throughout, apex 

 obtuse, pale yellow, with scattered black hairs. Antenna 

 reddish yellow, the first two joints pale yellow, with black 

 hairs, the third red, black at apex, with a distinct small 

 tooth crowned with some black hairs ; subcallus and forehead 

 same colour as face. Forehead parallel or slightly narrower 

 at the vertex, about five times as long as it is broad, the 

 frontal callus reddish brown, pear-shaped, with a short 

 extension, not reaching the eyes ; pubescence on forehead 

 black. Thorax blackish, with some grey tomentum and 

 covered with recumbent yellowish pubescence; sides and 

 shoulders with longer black hairs. Scutellum same as thorax. 

 Abdomen reddish yellow, with a median blackish stripe ; the 

 spots, composed of dirty whitish-coloured hairs, are triangular 

 in shape, apex of abdomen darker, the pubescence on dorsum 

 a. id on sides black ; underside yellowish, darker on apical 

 half, with w hite pubescence, short but thick. Legs blackish, 

 the femora with grey tomentum and chiefly whitish pubes- 

 cence ; the tibiaj pale yellow, darker at apices, with black 

 hairs ; the tibia? reddish at base, becoming darker. Wings 

 grey, very faintly tinged with broAvn at apex, yellow on fore 

 border, ve ns v el low. 



