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with dull yellowish apical annulation, and in the intensity of the cross- 

 band which includes the antennae ; other minor variations in the colour 

 of the pubescence, or of the legs or abdomen, are noted in the des- 

 cription, but the variation in the amount of the black bristles on the 

 palpi of the female is remarkable, as it may extend from entire absence 

 to nearly exclusive predominance. 



T. cordiger appears to be an uncommon species in Japan, and 

 I have but little knowledge of it. It may occur, however, in the north- 

 ern and southern parts of Japan, though I only have two actual 

 records from Akita and Kumamoto, where a series of the materials I 

 described have been collected by me. It has been recorded from 

 Europe and North Africa, and is common in South Europe along the 

 Mediterranean to Asia Minor, but northwards it becomes less common 

 though it extends to Finland or England. 



I have no actual knowledge of the economic statement of this 

 Tabanus. but it may attack horses or cattle, as labanus do usually. 



5. Tabarms fnlvimedioides, Shir. (n. sp.) (PI. V. 

 fig. 8 ; PI. X, figs. 6 & 7). 



(Kisuji-Abu) 



A small blackish species with two rather large shining black or 

 blackish castaneous calli on the nearly parallel-sided rather broad frontal 

 stripe, and with a narrow (but not very so) greyish yellow haired 

 stripe on the blackish abdomen. 



Female, Head broader than and nearly a half as long as the 

 thorax, slightly arched behind. Frontal stripe pale yellowish grey or 

 pale yellowish brown, broad, nearly parallel-sided but slightly contracting 

 below and at the vertex, furnished with numerous short variously directed 

 though erect black pubescence which becomes sparse on the lower 

 third or more at where there are some much shorter very inconspicu- 



