356 Contributions to the Diptcra of Nev: Zealand. 



P. adrel, n. sp. 



Tabanus adrel, White MS. 



Palpi brownish, beak deep-black ; face and front with a 

 yellowish-grey down ; antennte black ; thorax blackish- 

 brown above, the side with a narrow line of black hairs, 

 beneath yellowish-grey; scutellum blackish-brown, between 

 the scutellum and the base of wing a tuft of yellowish-grey 

 hairs ; abdomen above black, with a spot of yellowish-grey 

 hairs on each segment, in the middle of the margin ; a 

 considerable tuft of whitish hairs on each side, near the 

 end of the abdomen ; in the male the whole of the under 

 side is covered with yellowish-grey hairs ; legs black with 

 short hairs, tibias of fore legs yellowish, wings somewhat 

 fuliginous, an abbreviated band of a deeper colour about 

 the middle : no tooth on the third joint of the antenna?. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



GENUS TABANUS. 



T. oplus. White MS. 



Palpi yellowish, beak blackish ; face and cheeks grey ; 

 thorax above light olive-brown, with longish hairs, beneath 

 it is more grey ; abdomen above brownish-yellow ; a black 

 line down the middle, interrupted at the margin of each 

 segment which is brownish-yellow ; legs light yellowish- 

 brown : wings light. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



The remainder of Mr. White's descriptions have been 

 superseded by those of Mr. Walker's and others, so that it 

 would be rather injurious (as regards synonymy) to 

 repeat them here. 



