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Tabanus septempunctatus, Ricardo. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 8, Vol. I., p. 268 (1908). 



PLATE V., FIG. 36. 



With Tabanus fasciatus, Fabr. (p. 78, Plate VI., fig. 40), T. brucei, 

 Ricardo (p. 81, Plate VI., fig. 41), T. africanus, Gray (p. 81, Plate 

 VI., fig. 42), T. latipes, Macq. (p. 84, Plate VI., fig. 43), and 

 T. subvittatus, Ricardo (from Angola), Tabanus septempunctatus 

 forms a group of large or moderate-sized species, characterised 

 by the possession of more or less apple-green, ochraceous, or 

 ochraceous-rufous bodies, strongly banded wings, black legs, 

 and swollen front tibiae. The present species is represented in the 

 National Collection by five females, of which four (including the 

 type) are from Fwambo, near the south-eastern extremity of Lake 

 Tanganyika, North-Eastern Rhodesia, 1896 (W. H. Nutt), while 

 the fifth is from Mazoe, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, December, 

 1898 (G. A. K. Marshall}. 



Tabanus obscurissimus, Ricardo. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 8, Vol. I., p. 272 (1908). 



PLATE V., FIG. 37. 



As shown by the localities of the specimens in the Museum, this 

 dusky species has a wide range in West Africa, extending at least 

 from the Congo Free State to Sierra Leone. The details as to the 

 fifteen females in the National Collection are as follows. Congo 

 Free State : one female from Lopori River, Upper Congo, October, 

 1907 (Rev. W. D. Armstrong}. French Congo : one female from 

 Libreville, Gaboon River, 1899 (the type of the species), and one 

 other female, 1900 (Dr. A. L. Bennett). Cameroon : one female, 

 without precise data. Southern Nigeria : one female from Uwet, 



