220 Miss G. Ricardo on Tabaniclse/;•o/?^ 



The type is in the South Australian Museum. 



A small species allied to Tahaiius neogermanicus, Ricardo, 

 but differing iu the darker colour of the abdomen, and in 

 the shape of the frontal callus which is rather distinctive 

 for this s[)ecies. 



Length 11-12 mm. 



Face covered with yellowish-grey tonieutum, almost devoid 

 of pubescence. Beard composed of spar^^e white hairs. 

 Palpi long and slender, pale yellow, a little stouter on the 

 basal half, ending in a long point; pubescence on the first 

 long, white, on tlie second joint short and black. Antennce 

 bright reddish yellow, dusky at the tips, the first two joints 

 with black pubescence, the tiiird not very wide at its base, 

 with a slight tooth. Forehead and subcallus darker than 

 the face, the latter often appearing reddish through the 

 tomentum; the forehead Avith black short hairs beyond the 

 frontal callus, which is blackish brown, not reaching the 

 eyes; large and club-shaped, ending iu a very short jioint, 

 Avhich isj however, drawn out on some of tlie specimens ; 

 the whole callus is Iwug, otten attaining half the length of 

 the forehead, which is about four times as long as it is 

 broad and is the same width throughout. Thorax blackish, 

 covered with yellowish-grey tomentum and with appressed 

 pale fulvous hairs ; pubescence on the reddish shoulders 

 black, some white hairs at sides at base of wings. Scutellum 

 identical. Abdomen blackish brown ; poj«terior halves of tiie 

 segments with greyish tomentose bands, extending in the 

 middle as indistinct median spots, most discernible on 

 the second to the fifth segments; some very short white 

 pubescence is present on the segmentations and is longer 

 at the sides. Legs blackish ; the femora a^ ith some grey 

 tomentum, and at their aj^ices reddish yellow, or almost 

 wholly so ; the tibiae reddish yellow, dusky at their apices. 

 Wings clear, stigma yellowish brown, veins brown; a short 

 appendix i:)resent. 



Dr. Ferguson states that this is a common sp: cies. 



Tabanus milsonis, ? , sp. n. 



Type (female) and another from INIilson Island, Kew 

 South ^Vales. (" Occurs on the cattle, but is rare and hard 

 to catch ^' : note by collector.) 



A medium-sized species, blackish brown, with yellow 

 palpi and blackish antennae. Legs dusky in colouring. 

 Abdomen with grey tomentose bands and spots. \Vings 

 with an appendix. 



