116 



Nunez, 1904 (received from M. J. R. M. Surcouf). Sierra Leone : 

 near Songotown, April, 1904 (Major F. Smith, D.S.O., E.A.M.C.) ; 

 Batkanu, Sierra Leone Protectorate, May, 1907, " caught inside 

 house, about 150 yards from river " (Dr. H. E. Arbuckle, W.A.M.S.). 

 Northern Nigeria : Gwagwa, Nassarawa Province, May 12th, 1907, 

 " on horse " (Dr. B. F. Williams, W.A.M.S.) ; Kontagora, June, 

 1907 (G. G. Dudgeon). 



Tabanus variabilis, Loew. 



Ofvers. af Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Forhandl., XIV., 1857, p. 340 

 (1858) : Dipteren-Fauna Siidafrika's, p. 41, Taf. I., fig. 23 

 (1860). 



PLATE X., FIG. 78. 



This species, which was originally described from Cape Colony, 

 has recently been received from Uganda and the Katanga District 

 of the Congo Free State. The following are the localities, etc., of 

 the nineteen females in the Museum. Uganda : Junda, Buruli, 

 " in banana plantation near River Seziwa," 1903 (8. C. Tomkins) ; 

 Busoga, March, 1906 (Dr. A. D. P. Hodges], and August 7th, 1903 

 (Colonel Sir David Bruce, C.B., R.A.M.C., F.B.S.) ; Northern Usoga 

 and north-east side of Lake George, 1906 (received from Dr. A. D. 

 P. Hodges). Congo Free State : Ruwe, Lualaba River, about 

 11 S., and 26 E., February, 1906, and near Lualaba River, Katanga 

 District, between 9 and 10 S., January, 1907 (Dr. A. Yale 

 Massey). 



Tabanus rothschildi, Surcouf. 



Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Annee 1906, p. 527 



(Paris, 1906). 



PLATE X., FIG. 79. 



The only specimens of this species yet obtained are the type and 

 two other females, which are now in the collection of the Museum 



