274 Miss Gr. Kicardo on 



broad cl)estnut-l)rown abdomen, reddish legs, narrow forehead, 

 and bLickish antennae. 



Length 2o mm. 



It is distinguished from Tahanus pervams, Wlk., by the 

 bare abdomen, on wliich is no trace of bluisli-grey tomentum, 

 and the underside is the same colour; the palpi are a little 

 longer, with more attenuated point. It lias the same narrow 

 foreliead, about five times as long as it is broad and narrowed 

 anteriorly, with the oblong reddisii callus continued as a fine 

 line hfilfway up the forehead, the callus with a median 

 indented line; the face is yellowish brown, with yellowish- 

 brown hairs above and blackish ones below, the scanty beard 

 being blackish ; the palpi are reddish, with black pubescence, 

 not very stout at base, with a rather long point. The an- 

 tennae are blackish, tlie first two joints dull red, with black 

 hairs; the first joint stout, large, cap-like, the second very 

 small, the third with the usual tooth rather near the base. 

 Thorax reddish brown, with some yellowish-brown and grey 

 tomentum and some black hairs anteriorly ; no stripes are 

 visible. Scutellum chestnut-brown like the abdomen, with 

 black pubescence, darker at base. Abdomen bright chestnut- 

 brown, almost devoid of pubescence, traces of yellowish- 

 brown tomentum only on the first segment ; sides with short 

 black hairs ; the lateral maigins of fourth, fit'th, and sixth 

 segments yellowish transparent ; the underside the same 

 colour as the dorsum. Legs reddish brown, coxse with black 

 pubescence and some brown tomentum. Femora dull red- 

 dish, the fore femora darker, all with black pubescence ; tibiae 

 brighter red, apex of fore tibia3 black; fore tarsi black, the 

 others the same colour as the tibise, both with black pubes- 

 cence, which is thickest on the hind tibias and tarsi. Wings 

 liyjiline, tinged with brown, on the fore border brown, a 

 little yellowish at the base ; veins brownish, tinged with 

 brown, which becomes paler towards the apex of the wing. 



Tahanus obscurehirtus, ? , sp. n. 



Type (female) from Lutete, Congo, Nov. 10, 1903, and 

 another female from Leopold ville, Congo (presented by 

 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Dec. 7, 1903, 

 1904. 267. 



A yellow robust species easily distinguished from T. par, 

 T. thoracimis, P. B., and T. obscuripes, sp. n., by its long 

 black-haired femora and white fore tibiae. The thorax also 

 appears redder than in the above-mentioned species. 



Length 15 mm. 



