1895.] DEER FOREST AND SHEEP SPIDER FLIES 141 



August 29, 1895. 



I am writing a few lines to mention that Mr. Meade has 

 verified my identification of the New Forest Tabanidce for 

 me as being all correct, with one exception. He thinks the 



H.K. 





With wings thrown off ; also still retaining wings ; and wing- 

 all much magnified. Line shows natural length. 



FIG. 24. DEER FOREST FLY (MALE), LIPOPTENA CERVI, VOX 

 SIEBOLD AND LOEW. 



glaucopus is more like cognatus, but Brauer of Vienna says 

 the latter is only probably a variety of the former, so this is 

 no great matter. Mr. Meade is not only an eminently 

 skilled dipterist himself, but he also possesses a collection of 



Fly, magnified, with line showing natural length ; puparium, 

 magnified (showing incrustation), also natural size. 



FIG. 25. SHEEP SPIDER FLY, " KED," OR " KADE," 

 MELOPHAGUS OVINUS, LINN. 



the Tabanidce (our British kinds) named for him by Dr. 

 Brauer, the great continental authority. So now we stand 

 on a very firm footing (thanks to the trouble which you 



