Genera and Species of Tabauidse. 17 



calli and lateral borders of dorsum grey, admedian stripes 

 oil dorsum commcnciiig on front margin but becoming in- 

 distinct beyond transverse suture ; scutelluin slate-black, 

 darker than remainder of dorsum ; pleune and pectus clothed 

 with white hair, dorsum somewhat sparsely clothed with 

 minute, appressed, yellowish-white hairs, mixed with longer 

 and more erect black hairs ; a patch of longer silvery-white 

 hair al)ovc base of wing on each side, and a smaller patch of 

 simihir hair on anterior extremity of each postalar callus ; 

 scutelluin, portion of dorsum inimedi;itely in front of prae-- 

 scutellar groove, and remainder of postalar calli clothed 

 entirely with black hair ; j)realar calli clothed with black 

 mixed with silvery-white hair. Abduiaen : median black 

 blotch on dorsum of second segment extending from base 

 ahnost to hind margin ; ventral surface of third and folloM'ing 

 segments agreeing with dorsum in coloration and banding; 

 black portion of abdomen clothed with black hair, which on 

 dorsum of second segment also extends a little way outwards 

 from sides of median blotch ; cream-buff area clothed with 

 yellowish-white hair, hind border of dorsum of second segment 

 with whitish hair, which also extends on to the hinder portion 

 of the median black blotch ; posterior angles of dorsal scutes 

 of third to fifth segments inclusive cream-buff, clothed with 

 silvery-white or yellowish-white hairs, which more or less 

 fringe the lateral margins of these scutes ; posterior portion 

 of dorsum of sixth segment somewhat greyish, with a few 

 yellowish hairs on hind margin in middle line. Wings .: 

 extreme base and costal cells ochre-yellow ; stigma oraiige- 

 oehraccous, narrow ; costa dark brown, auxiliary vein and 

 main portion of fifth longitudinal vein orange-ocliraceous, 

 remaining veins mummy-brown. Squamae light sepia- 

 coloured, border mummy-brown. Halteres dark sepia- 

 coloured, stalks buff at base, Legs : coxib grey, clothed, 

 like proximal half of under side of hind femora, with white 

 hair; legs elsewhere clothed with black hair. 



Madagascar : type from Andranolava, Majunga Province, 

 North-West jMadagascar, 25. x, 1907 [J. J. Lloyd). 



The collector's field-note on this species is as follows : — 

 ''Observed first on Oct. 25th, 1907; taken at midday in 

 vicinity of office. Another specimen was seen on the follow^p 

 ing day, but not captured ; these were the only two iiidivitluals 

 observed up to Oct. 30th, 1907. The natives know this Hy 

 and state that it oviposits in loose earth ; its bite is said to be 

 very painful ; these flies are reported to become more plentiful 

 later in the season. ^^ 



Owing to its striking markings, this handsome species 

 Ann. & Mag. X. Hist. Scr. 8. Vol. ix. 2 



