276 E. E. AUSTEN TABANIDJi COLLECTED IN 



cinnamon -rufous in middle, occupyiDg greater portion of middle part of face 

 and extending to lower margin of latter ; under surface ol head, sides of face, 

 and median portion of vertical margin clothed with yellowish hair ; palpi 

 small, lanceolate, ochraceons-buff, clothed on outer surface with yellowish 

 hair ; first and second joints of antennce moderately incrassate, first joint 

 1 mm. in length, tawny-ochraceous, second joint about 0*5 or 0*6 mm. in 

 length, darker, mummy-brown, both joints clothed with short, blackish hair 

 (third joint missing in case o£ type). Thorax : dorsum with a pair of 

 admedian, chrome-yellow pollinose, longitudinal stripes, extending from front 

 to hind margin, each stripe connected at each extremity with a similar lateral 

 stripe running above base of wing from humeral to post-alar callus ; pleurae 

 largely covered with chrome-yellow pollen, and clothed with similarly coloured 



Fig, 1. — C/iri/sops neaiei, Aiisteu, 5 • X 6. 



hair. AMomen : clove-brown admedian stripes on dorsum interrupted on 

 hind margins of segments, diminishing in width and becoming less distinct on 

 third and fourth segments, and extending from base (where they appear to 

 be in contact on first segment beneath scutellum) to a little beyond middle of 

 fourth segment, where they die away ; hind margins of segments paler, 

 yellowish pollinose ; venter unicolorous, somewhat paler than dorsum, clothed 

 with short, chrome-yellow hair. Wings : proximal margin of infuscated 

 distal portion, from base of third longitudinal vein to that of fifth posterior 

 cell, nearly straight ; stigma mummy-brown. TIalteres buff. Legs : front 

 tibiie slender, not incrassate ; front coxse, femora, and tibiae ochraceous, first 

 joint of front tarsi mummy-brown, its under surface darker (middle and hind 

 legs and last four joints o£ front tarsi missing in typical specimen) ; front 



