of ihe Family Tabuiiiila'. 101 



21. (5roiiu(]-colour of wings light rusty 



brown bidrigata, $ , Loow. 



Ground-colour of wings pale blackish 

 prey or brownish grey 22. 



22. Antennae browni!*h or blackish 23. 



Antennte testaceous or reddish brown, 



sonietiuies black at the extreme apex . 25. 



23. Abdomen with triangiijar median spots 



of whitish colour on the segment*) . . *imhrium, 2 > Wiedem. 

 Abdomen with no such spots 24. 



24. Pirst joint of antennaj distinctly incras- 



sate ; the two black spots on the face 



joined scutelluris, 5 , Loew. 



First joint of antennae hardly incrassate ; 

 the two black spots on the face small, 

 widely separated reciirrens, $ , Loew. 



25. Upper part of lace yellowish brown, 



with no spots 26. 



Upper part of face not yellowish brown, 

 but with spots 27. 



26. First joint of antennae moderately in- 



crassate, small, yellow *bninnescens, $ , sp. n. 



First joint of antennae much inerassate, 

 large, greyish *biptinctata, $ , sp. n. 



27. Wings with distinct ocelli : an ashy- 



grey black species (from the Cape) . . *ocellata, 5 , Wiedem. 

 ? Wrings with no distinct ocelli : a brown 



species (from East Africa) meteortca, 2 . Corti. 



[27 a. Antenuce red, apex black nificornis, J , Macq.] 



28. Thorax with a broad white stripe. Face 



black above. Third joint of antennae 



wide, short *decora, $ , Walker. 



29. Wings have a chequered appearance . . *hrunnipennis, 2 , sp. n. 

 Wings have not a chequered appear- 

 ance; the dark colour predominates 



only on the poatei-ior border and at the 

 apex 30. 



30. Palpi and antennae yellowish *tinifoIo7-, 2, sp. n. 



Palpi and antennae blackish *si}7iili.s, 2 > sp. u. 



Hcematopota hirta, $ , sp. n. 



Type (female), Uganda {Lt..CoI. Bruce), 1903. 206, and 

 nine other females. 



These were collected and sent by Lt.-Col. Bruce to the 

 British Museum (Natural History) in a box with tsetse-flies 

 and other Tabanidae. 



A dark hairy species ; face with long white pubescence; 

 the grey spots on the abdomen large and prominent, appearing 

 at first sight as grey stripes. 



Face greyish, with long white hairs ; some brown colour 

 appears on the sides, but there are no black spots. Palpi 

 yellowish, with white hairs at the base and black pubescence 

 on the apical half. Antenna red, the first joint not iucras- 



