284 Miss G. Rlcuido on the 



the last two ; pubescence on the bauds and spots white, 

 elsewhere black ; underside black, with fine white pubescence 

 covering it. Legs black, the fore tiljiie on their basal third, 

 anil the otlier tibije wIidIIv, ])ale reddish yellow, with white 

 pubescence : femora with white hairs ; pubescence elsewhere 

 black, fl'ings clear, stigma reddish brown, veins brown ; 

 no appendix. 



Tabanus cyuneus, Wicd. Ausszwcifl. Ins. i. p. 152 (1828). 

 Tabamts a/aneoviridk, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., Suppl. iv. p. 334(1849). 



Wicdemauu described his type from a specimen caught 

 in unknown locality with the autcnnse and legs wanting. 

 jNlacquart's tyjic is in the Paris ^Museum from Tasmania, 

 and has been examined by me. Specimens arc in the Brit. 

 ]\lus. Coll. from Sydney, N. S. Wales ('Challenger' Expe- 

 dition) ; from Brisbane, 1. iii. 1902 (//. Tnjon), 1*J12; from 

 South Queensland {Dr. T. L. Bancroft) ; from Stannary 

 Hills, North Queensland, circa 3000 ft. {Dr. T. L. Ban- 

 croft) ; also from Burpengary, South Queeiisland, by the 

 same collector ; from lukerman, near Townsville, N. Queens- 

 land {W. Stalker), 1008. 



This well-known species is easily recognized, being a 

 shining blue-black metallic colour. The antenna bright 

 reddish yellow, the two basal joints black. Palpi, face, and 

 forehead black, the latter parallel, narrow, with a pear-shaped 

 shining idack frontal callus ; the lineal extension stout, 

 reaching the vertex. Legs black. Wings clear, dark brown 

 at the base; stigma yellow, veins brown. 



Length from 13-14 mm. 



Group X. 



Species with the abdomen unicolorous or almost so, sometimes 

 darker at apex. 



Tabanus funebr is, Macq. Dipt. Exot., Suppl. i, p. IGl, pi. iii. 

 fig. 12 (1845). 



A species from New^ Holland, which I have not been able 

 to identify, the type being apparently lost. 



It is described as entirely black, the margins with the 

 veins shaded brown, as shoM n in the figure. 



Length 11 mm. 



