﻿FURTHER 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  TABANIDAE 
  OF 
  PALESTINE. 
  155 
  

  

  abdomen 
  in 
  $ 
  clothed 
  on 
  black 
  areas 
  with 
  minute 
  black 
  hairs, 
  otherwise 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   short, 
  appressed, 
  glistening 
  cream-buff 
  hair. 
  Wings 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  with 
  blackish-brown 
  

   markings 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  3 
  ; 
  blackish-brown 
  costal 
  border 
  not 
  extending 
  beyond 
  

   end 
  of 
  first 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  ; 
  basal 
  cells, 
  except 
  their 
  extreme 
  distal 
  extremities 
  

   and 
  a 
  small, 
  blackish-brown 
  fleck 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  second 
  basal 
  cell, 
  entirely 
  clear 
  ; 
  transverse 
  

   band 
  dying 
  away 
  in 
  base 
  of 
  fifth 
  posterior 
  cell 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  anal 
  cell, 
  without 
  distinctly 
  

   reaching 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  discal 
  cell 
  either 
  entirely 
  blackish-brown, 
  or 
  exhibiting 
  a 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  well-defined, 
  hyaline 
  or 
  semi-hyaline, 
  longitudinal 
  streak 
  ; 
  anal 
  cell 
  

   closed 
  shortly 
  before 
  (occasionally 
  on) 
  wing-margin. 
  Squamae 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  light 
  

   isabella-coloured, 
  with 
  cream-buff 
  borders. 
  Halteres 
  blackish-brown. 
  Legs 
  : 
  tibiae 
  

   not 
  incrassate 
  in 
  either 
  sex 
  ; 
  coxae 
  olive-grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   femora 
  entirely 
  black, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  greyish 
  (neutral 
  grey) 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  hair, 
  except 
  distal 
  halves 
  of 
  front 
  pair, 
  which 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  or 
  blackish 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  proximal 
  halves 
  or 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  clothed 
  with 
  glistening 
  

   Naples 
  yellow 
  hair, 
  which, 
  especially 
  in 
  $, 
  forms 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  fringe 
  on 
  inner 
  and 
  

   outer 
  surfaces 
  of 
  hind 
  pair, 
  the 
  fringe 
  towards 
  the 
  distal 
  extremities 
  gradually 
  changing 
  

   to 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  otherwise 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  hair, 
  with 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  minute, 
  

   glistening 
  Naples 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  of 
  extensor 
  surfaces 
  of 
  front 
  pair 
  ; 
  

   tarsi 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute 
  black 
  hairs, 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  pair 
  ochraceous- 
  

   tawny 
  (or 
  cinnamon-rufous) 
  at 
  base, 
  tarsi 
  otherwise 
  black. 
  

  

  Zikron 
  Jakob 
  and 
  Khedeira 
  (both 
  in 
  coastal 
  zone 
  — 
  P. 
  A. 
  Buxton). 
  

  

  Type 
  of 
  $ 
  and 
  two 
  paratypes 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  sex, 
  Zikron 
  Jakob, 
  17.V.1921 
  ; 
  

   type 
  of 
  $, 
  one 
  <$ 
  and 
  three 
  $ 
  paratypes 
  (one 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  taken 
  " 
  on 
  horse's 
  neck 
  "), 
  

   Khedeira, 
  30-31. 
  v.1921. 
  

  

  The 
  fine 
  species 
  just 
  described, 
  to 
  associate 
  which 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  its 
  discoverer 
  

   affords 
  much 
  pleasure 
  to 
  the 
  author, 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  Clirysops 
  hamata, 
  Lw., 
  the 
  typical 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  its 
  describer 
  near 
  Makri, 
  on 
  the 
  south-west 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  C. 
  buxtoni, 
  however, 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  species 
  mentioned, 
  inter 
  alia, 
  

   in 
  the 
  smaller 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  ocellar 
  callus 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  ; 
  in 
  details 
  concerning 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   markings 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  transverse 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  both 
  £ 
  and 
  

  

  $ 
  being 
  much 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  and 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  consisting 
  simply 
  of 
  an 
  

   " 
  edging 
  to 
  the 
  transverse 
  veins," 
  as 
  is 
  stated 
  by 
  Loew 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  C. 
  hamata. 
  

   In 
  the 
  latter 
  connection 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  state 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  $ 
  paratypes 
  of 
  C. 
  buxtoni, 
  while 
  the 
  left 
  wing 
  is 
  perfectly 
  normal, 
  the 
  other 
  has 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  band 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  streak 
  traversing 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  cells 
  

   and 
  the 
  proximal 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  discal 
  cell. 
  

  

  Chrysops 
  punctifera, 
  Lw. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  species, 
  which, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  having 
  a 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  clear 
  " 
  window-pane 
  " 
  

   in 
  the 
  discal 
  cell, 
  is 
  placed 
  by 
  Krober 
  in 
  his 
  Group 
  Heterochrysops* 
  the 
  following 
  

   are 
  additional 
  localities, 
  etc. 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  One 
  9, 
  Zikron 
  Jakob, 
  17.V.1921 
  (P. 
  A. 
  Buxton) 
  ; 
  one 
  $, 
  Zahle, 
  Lebanon, 
  

   20. 
  v. 
  1917, 
  one 
  $, 
  same 
  locality, 
  2.viii.l918 
  (/. 
  Aharoni). 
  Two 
  $ 
  c? 
  and 
  two 
  $ 
  $ 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  — 
  the 
  latter 
  on 
  a 
  horse 
  — 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Buxton 
  at 
  Haifa, 
  

   20-28.V.1921. 
  

  

  Tabaninae. 
  

   Genus 
  Haemaiopota, 
  Meigen. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  paper 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  1920, 
  it 
  was 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  material 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  this 
  genus 
  obtained 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  Palestine 
  seemed 
  to 
  represent 
  four 
  species, 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  apparently 
  new. 
  The 
  data 
  referring 
  to 
  additional 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   two 
  of 
  these 
  species, 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  twelve 
  months, 
  are 
  recorded 
  below. 
  

  

  * 
  Cf. 
  O. 
  Krober, 
  " 
  Die 
  Chrysops-Arten 
  der 
  palaarctischen 
  Region 
  nebst 
  den 
  Arten 
  der 
  

   angrenzenden 
  Gebiete 
  " 
  : 
  Zool. 
  jahrb., 
  Abt. 
  f. 
  Syst., 
  xliii, 
  pp. 
  42, 
  50, 
  56, 
  60, 
  Taf. 
  2, 
  figs. 
  63-65 
  

   <1920). 
  

  

  