280 Miss G. Ricartlo on the 



ami tlic posterior borders of scgnunits <;rov tonicntosc, 

 formiufj narrow bauds ; pubescence on dorsum blaclusb. 

 Lcqs rcddisli yellow, femora and tarsus darker. If hi(/s clear, 

 veins and stigma yellow. 



Tabauus immlxtus, Walker. Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 103 (ISHO). 



Type (female) from ^Macassar, Celebes, 



A species allied to Tabanus dorsobimaculatus, ^Slacq., aiul 

 Tabanus sequens, \Vlk., but distiuguislicd from botli l)y tlie 

 very narrow forehead, l^cddisli yellow, abdomen ■with well- 

 marked median grey spots and bands. Legs blackish, fore 

 til)iiv pale yellow on basal half, other tibiae reddish yellow. 



Length 14 ram. 



Face covered witb ashy-grey tomentum and with a few 

 long white hairs. Beard white. Paljri chamois-coloured, 

 with black pubescence, only slightly stouter at base, ending 

 in an obtuse point. Anicnnce reddish brown, the first two 

 joints reddish yellow with black hairs. Fore/tead covered 

 with darker tomentum than the face, very narrow, anteriorly 

 only half the width that it is at the vertex ; the frontal 

 callus chestnut-brown, oblong, very narrow, almost reaching 

 the eyes, prolonged as a lineal extension more than half the 

 length of forehead. Tltorux and sciiteUinn blackish, with 

 some grey tomentum ; pubescence appears to liave been 

 largely palc-colourcd : shoulders reddish, with black hairs. 

 Abdomen tawny, the last three segments blackish; the trian- 

 gular median spots appear most distinct on the second to 

 the fifth segments, not forming a continuous stripe; the grey 

 tomentose bands on the segmentations appear on every 

 segment except the first and last one, and are narrow, be- 

 coujing broader at the sides; pubescence on dorsum black, 

 with longer black hairs on the apical segments; underside 

 tawny^ with lighter bands, the last two segments blackish. 

 Legs : femora blackish, "with grey tomentmn and long white 

 hairs; the fore tibi» with the basal half whitish or pale 

 yellow, black at apex, the other tibire tawny, with black 

 hairs ; all the tarsi blackish. IVings clear, with yellowish- 

 brown shading, most marked on the first, second, and third 

 longitudinal veins; no appendix present ; stigma and veins 

 reddish yellow. 



Tabanus ])ari'us, Tavlor, Australian Inst. Tropical Medicine 

 Keport for 1911, p. 19 (1913); Austen, Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (8) xiii. p. 2G6 (1914). 



This is a small species, 8-10 mm. long. 



