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torum marginibus posticis cinereis, pedibus fulvis, tarsis piceis, alis 

 cinereis sti-iga costali fusca. 

 Male. Piceous. Head beneath and pectus with whitish tomentura. 

 Ej'es rather broader than the thorax, divided, as in many other species, 

 into large and small facets, the former reddish, the latter blackish. An- 

 tennae reddish, piceous at the base, black towards the tips ; third joint 

 with an extremely small horn. Thorax with cinereous tomentum. 

 Abdomen brown, conical, tawny towards the base ; hind borders of 

 the segments pale cinereous. Legs tawny ; coxae hoary ; posterior 

 tarsi piceous, tawny towards the base ; fore tibiae towards the tips and 

 fore tarsi piceous. Wings cinereous, with a brown streak along the 

 costa beyond the middle ; veins black, piceous at the base ; fore fork 

 of the cubital vein almost straight, forming a fork at its flexure j hal- 

 tei'es piceous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



22. Tabanus breviusculus. Mas. Fulvus, capite subtus pectore- 

 que cinereo tomentosis, thorace antico vittis tribus cinereis, abdomine 

 apice pedibus anticis tarsisque piceis, alis cinereis striga costali lurida. 



Male. Tawny ; in structure like the preceding species. Head beneath 

 and pectus with cinereous tomentum. Eyes without the black line 

 of minute facets along the hind border which distinguishes the pre- 

 ceding species. Proboscis black. Antennae tawny. Fore part of 

 the thorax with three cinereous stripes. Abdomen piceous towards 

 the tip. Tarsi and fore legs piceous. Wings cinereous, with a lurid 

 streak along the costa beyond the middle ; veins black, tawny towards 

 the base; fore branch of the cubital vein straight, slightl)' curved 

 towards its base and towards its tip. Length of the body 4^ lixies ; 

 of the wings 11 1 lines. 



Pam. ASILID^, Leach. 

 Subfam. Dasypogonites, Walk. 

 Gen. Dastpo&on, Fahr. 



23. Dasypogon indecorus. Mas. Nigro-piceus, capite apud oculos 

 subaurato, mystace albo minimo, thorace suturis subauratis maculis 

 duabus lateralibus rufescentibus, abdomine petiolato segmentorum 

 2' et 3' marginibus posticis rufescentibus, femoribus tibiisque piceo- 

 rufescentibus, alis cinereis apice nigricantibus. 



Male. Piceous black. Head with white tomentum behind, slightly 

 gilded in front along the eyes ; front flat ; mystax composed of very 

 few slender white bristles. Proboscis and palpi black. Antennae 

 slender, linear, nearly as long as the breadth of the head. Thorax 

 with the sutures slightly gilded ; a reddish spot on each side at the 

 base of the fore wing. Pectus with a silvery band on each side. Ab- 

 domen petiolated ; hind borders of the second and third segments red- 

 dish. Legs reddish, smooth, shining, partly tinged with piceous ■ tarsi 



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