488 Miss G. Ricardo on new Tabanus Species 



A black medium-sized species, with white bands on tlie 

 abdomen. Antennae, palpi, and legs blackish. Wings hya- 

 line, tinged with brown. 



Length 15-16 mm. 



Nearly allied to Tabanus justorius, Rondani, from Borneo, 

 but distinguished by the more hyaline wings, the forehead 

 parallel, and the palpi darker. 



Face covered with greyish tomentum in the middle, on the 

 cheeks and subcallus with yellowish-brown tomentum, the 

 pubescence black. Beard black. Pa^y^i on outside appearing 

 blackish, covered with grey tomentum and with black pubes- 

 cence, on the inside obscure reddish yellow, long and pointed, 

 stouter at the base. Antennce dull reddish black or black, 

 the first two joints with grey tomentum and black pubescence, 

 the tooth of the third joint smalh Forehead same colour as 

 subcallus, tlie samewidtii throughout, with a few black hairs, 

 nearly seven times as long as it is broad ; the frontal callus 

 oblong, narrow, brown, not reaching the eyes, furrowed in 

 the middle, with a long, narrow, linear extension. Thorax^ 

 scutellum, and abdomen brownish black, the former with 

 grey tomentum and traces of two stripes, a tuft of white hairs 

 behind the base of wings ; breast black, with grey tomentum 

 and black and white hairs. Scutellum on outer border 

 covered with grey tomentum, pubescence black, wiiite on the 

 outer grey border. Abdomen with distinct white-haired 

 bands on every segment except the seventh, enlarging 

 slightly in the middle to half-moon spots and wider at the 

 sides; underside similar. Legs black or brownish black, 

 with black pubescence ; coxas with white pubescence and a 

 few white iiairs on hind femora below ; the tibioe are some- 

 times obscurely reddish brown at base. Wings clear, tinged 

 faintly with brown ; in one specimen it is more distinct and 

 borders the longitudinal veins. 



Tabanus leucohirtus , ? , sp. n. 



Type ( ? ) and two others from Kanara, Bombay, sent for 

 identification by Mr. F. M. Hewlett. 



A medium-sized dull reddish-brown species, not unlike 

 Tabanus fumifer J ^ tilker, in appearance, but distinguished 

 from it by the absence of spots on the abdomen and by the 

 dark beard and hairs on face. Wings tinged with brown. 

 Legs blackish brown ; tibias obscurely red. 



Length 20-22 mm. 



Face coveied with grey tomentum, pubescence brown, but 

 some white hairs are visible on the sides o£ face; beard is 



