290 On (he Tabanuliu of the Aiistrah'an Region. 



obscured by brown indistinct stripes ; dorsum shows little 

 trace of any pubescence ; sides with a few yellow liairs. 

 Scutellum the same as thorax. Abdomen narrow, a little 

 obscured by darker colouring, the last two segments 

 brownish, goldtMi-yoUow short hairs appear on the seg- 

 mentations, ^vith the exception of the last two segments, 

 where the pubescence is black ; underside similar, with 

 more golden-yellow hairs. Legs same colour as palpi or a 

 shade darker and rediler, rather shining; the tarsi dusky ; 

 pubescence on coxnc and femora yellow, elsewhere black. 

 flings dusky, on fore border and at base yellowish ; stigma 

 yellowi'<h ; veins reddish yellow ; a small appendix jn'osent. 



Male is similar. Et/es with the large facets reacliing the 

 apex of frontal triangle, but they are very little larger than 

 the small facets below ; the third joint of antennce is only 

 dusky on apical half. Iflngs are rather paler in colouring 

 and the appendix is non-existent. 



Tabaniis aiirihirtus, ^ ? j sp. n. 



Tvpe (female) and another from Townsville, Queensland 

 (F. P. Dodd), 1901., 28 k 



Ty[)e (male) and another from same locality, 1902, 281, 

 and 1903, 319, and another male from Kuranda, N. Queens- 

 land (K P. Dodd, per Janson). 



A medium-sized species with short golden-yellow pubes- 

 cence on the thorax and on the abdomen, this latter with a 

 reddish-yellow ground-colour. Antennte, palpi, and legs 

 reddish yellow. Frontal callus heart-shaped, reddish brown, 

 very indistinct. 



Length, female type 16 mm., the other female 11 mm. ; 

 male type 14 ram., others 11—15 mm. 



Face reddish brown, but covered with ashy-grey tomentum 

 and with pale yellow short hairs. Beard pale yellow. 

 Palpi yellow, only slightly stout at base, ending in a long 

 slender point ; pubescence pale yellow or white, consisting 

 of fairly long hairs on the basal part. Antennce ]Mars-yellow, 

 the first two joints paler, with a few black hairs, the third 

 broad at its base ; the tooth represented by an obtuse angle. 

 /oreAearf narrow, parallel, about six times as long as it is 

 broad, covered with much the same coloured tomentum as 

 the face, but the pubescence is brighter-coloured, more 

 orange-yellow, with some black hairs intermixed ; the frontal 

 callus is only indicated by a heart-shaped reddish-brown 

 spot, reaching the eyes, but with no lineal extension, it is 

 partially obscured by the pubescence which overlaps it, and 



