200 Miss G. Ricaiclo on the Tahani from the 



Tabnnus pulcliellus, Loew. 



One male from Biskra, 28. v. 94 {Eaton), 94. 114. 



One female from Biskra, 28. v. 94 [Eaton), 94. 114. 



Two females "from Biskra on the dunes, 7.15-9.30 a.m., 

 Gi miles from the town, 31. v.'' 93 " [Eaton), 94. 114. 



The type came from Asia Minor. These specimens answer 

 to the description, but the femora are entirely yellow in the 

 male and female; there are a few black hairs on the palpi of the 

 female. In the table of the males Brauer places the species 

 conditionally under the section with long hairs on the back of 

 the head ; this is correct as far as concerns these specimens 

 from Algeria. Brauer remarks that this species makes the 

 genus Atylotus no longer tenable, as this species is near 

 A. rusticus, L., but on account of the naked (or neai'ly naked) 

 eyes it must belong to Tabanus in sensu stricto. A note ou 

 the female gives the eyes as light sage-green in life ; Brauer 

 describes them thus, viz. as glass-green. 



Tabanus albifacies, Loew. 



Two females from Moghara, Egypt, March 1901 (Dr. C. W. 

 Andreivs), 1902. 20, answer to the description given by 

 Loew ; they have a narrow black, not very noticeable, baud 

 below the eyes, not mentioned by Loew. 



This species, pulverifer, Wlk., and pulchellus, Loew, 

 are all near cordiger. These differ by having an appendix 

 to the wing, and may be distinguished from pulverifer and 

 pidchellus by their black antennae and darker legs. 



The type came from Asia Minor. 



The Walker types of Tabanus macrops, nigrlfer, and siccus 

 from Egypt, of Tabanus terminalis from Mount Sinai, and 

 of Tabanus paUescens and politus from Arabia are not to be 

 found in the British Museum Collection, and are unknown 

 to me. 



The Tabanus transiens, Walker, from an unnamed locality, 

 is missing now from the Collection ; it was probably a 

 synonym of Tabanus ater, Rossi, and might in any event be 

 now expunged from the Catalogue of Tabani. 



The specimen named Tabanus connexans, ? , Saunders 

 Coll., 68. 4, by Walker, from an unknown locality, is nothing 

 but a specimen of Tabanus bromius, L., and should be added 

 to the synonyms of that species. 



The specimen named Tabanus depressus, ? , by Walker, 

 from unknown locality, badly preserved, is, 1 believe, an 



