new Species of Tabani. 321 



lonp^est, all with wliltisii pubescence; the side spots in the 

 type are large on the second segment, smaller on the third 

 and fouitli segments, all yellowish in colour, with ^vity 

 tomentum and some white hairs, irregular in shape; tlie Hfth 

 segment is black at the sides and the sixth wholly black, 

 both, however, with yellow transparent side margins ; in the 

 other female there are traces of" side spots on the fifth segment ; 

 pubescence on dorsum black, yellowish on the lighter spots, 

 sides with white pubescence, black at the extreme apex ; 

 underside pale reddish yellow, blackish at the apex, with 

 chiefly white pubescence. Halteres brown, with whitish 

 knob. Legs blackish brown, with red-yellow tibiae ; they 

 are similar to those of Tabanus cornformis, Ricardo. Wings 

 clear, very slightly tinged round veins with pale yellowish 

 brown ; the first posterior cell slightly narrowed at opening; 

 veins brown, stigma yellowish. 



Tabanus coniformis, ? , sp. n. 



The following specimens are in the British Museum 

 collection : — 



Type (female) and another from Ruwe, Lnalaba River, 

 Congo Free State, circa 11° S., 26° E., Feb. 1906 {Dr. A. 

 Yale Massei/)^ 190G. 98 ; two females from Benguella, 

 Angola, l'JO'5 {Jh\ F. C. Wellman), 1906. 139. " Entangled 

 in an old si)ider's web near my bungalow." 



A species not belonging to any very distinct group, but 

 nearest to that one represented by Tabatius tcenioUt, Macq. 

 It is a slender reddish-brown species, with the abdomen very 

 jiointed at the apex, with indistinct median and side spots 

 and a black apex; the legs are blackish, with red-yellow 

 tibiae; the wings quite clear, with no appendix. Antennae 

 red-yellow. 



Length 14 mm. 



Head wider than thorax. Face covered with greyish 

 tomentum, which becomes yellowish brown on the subcailus 

 and extreme borders of cheeks, pubescence white; beard 

 white. Palpi yellowish red, with thick short white pubes- 

 cence, moderately stout, with short apex. Antennoj reddish; 

 the first joint cap-shaped, with white pubescence and black 

 hairs on the upper angle; second small, with whitish pubes- 

 cence ; the third long, with moderate tooth ; the last four 

 divisions nearly as long as the first division ; the extreme apex 

 black. Forehead red, covered with same coloured tomentum 

 as the subcallus ; the frontal callus reddish brown, hardly 

 reaching the eyes, oval, with a thick line proceeding troiu it 



Ann. 1- Maj. S. lllst. Scr. 8. Vcl. i. '11 



