new Species -'/Tabani. 273 



of antennae hardly daiker at tlie apex, and by its long narrow 

 abdomen. 



Length 18 mm. 



Head wider than abdomen. Face brown, with dnll fulvous 

 tomentum and bUick pubescence, the latter consisting of fairly 

 long black liuirs, thickest Vi^^low the aittennre and on the 

 cheeks ; the beard blackish brown. Palpi yellowish brown, 

 with black jiubescence, which (f ten gives tliem the appearance 

 of being blackish ; they are yellower on the inner side, slightly 

 stout at base, terminating in a long point. Antennae red ; the 

 third joint bright red, a little duller at the apex, the first 

 and second with black pubescence ; the first stout, the second 

 very small, cup-shaped, with a long upper projection covered 

 with black hairs, the third long with a moderate tooth. 

 Forehead above tlie antennaj the same as face, when denuded 

 shining brown, narrower at vertex, eijzlit times as long as 

 broad, above a little browner, with shining red-brown long 

 callus reaching the eyes and continued as a raised stripe 

 almost reaching the vertex, gradually narrowing to a tine 

 line. 



Thorax dull brown, no stripes, lighter brown at the sides; 

 the [)ubescence on the dorsum short, dull yellowish, mixed 

 with some black hairs; sides wiih long Hue black hairs, behind 

 the wings they are fulvous and short; breast brown, with 

 black pubescence. 



'J'he scutellum same as thorax. Abdomen long 



narrow. 



dull mahogany- brown in colour, covered with short black 

 pubescence; the underside identical; the squamse brown. Legs 

 reddish brown, the femora being brownish ; the tibiaj reddish, 

 the fore tibiae yellowish red or yellow, black at their apices, 

 and the fore tarsi are black ; the pubescence on legs blaik, 

 thick and long on the femora, on the lighter fore tibiai is some 

 yellowish pubescence. Wings pale brown, paler at the 

 extreme apex, on the second submarginal cell, and on the 

 interior border, which in some of the specimens is almost 

 hyaline. Veins brown. 



Tahauus fuseymarg Inatus, ? , s]i. n. 



The following specimens are in the British Museum 

 collection : — 



Type (female) and two other females from Kampala, 

 Kiadondo, Uganda, in banana-plantation, 9. 5. U3 [Lt.-i'ol. 

 Bruce), ld03. 206. 



A species very nearly allied to Tabanus percasus, Wll<., 

 but certainly distinct; it is a large robust species, with a 



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