THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 32. AUGUST lUOO. 



XVI. — Notes on Diptern from South Africa (Tabanidse and 

 Asilidaj). By Miss Gertuudk Ricardo. 



The Diptera treated of in this paper are tho.se collected by 

 Mr DistanI, chiefly from the Transvaal, but a few come from 

 Angola and Nyasaland. 'JMie new species will be fii-ured 

 later in his work on the insect fauna of the Transvaal. Tlie 

 otiier families represented in his collection will be described on 

 a future occasion. 



TabanidaB. 



PANOOyiNJS. 



Cadt'cera nigreacens^ ^ , sp. n. 



One female from Zomba, British Central Africa (Renda't). 



This species, rather resembling C. riihra-mai'i/inataj Maeq., 

 differs from it in the following particulars : — The antennte ar<i 

 imperfect in this specimen. The red colouring on the ab ii- 

 men is not so widespread, there is no central dorsal red stripe 

 on the first three segments, the red at the sides is less marked 

 and does not begin till the third segmenr, on the ventral si<le 

 it extends as a band on the last segment. There is a greyish 

 band on the forehead behind the anteniu'P, extending to the 

 pides, plainly visible when viewed from behind. The palpi 



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