﻿FURTHER 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  TABANIDAE 
  OF 
  PALESTINE. 
  159 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  gigas, 
  Herbst. 
  

  

  One 
  $, 
  Nahr 
  Rubin 
  (coastal 
  zone), 
  23.V.1921 
  (/. 
  Aharoni) 
  ; 
  one 
  $, 
  Wadi 
  Hamam, 
  

   Galilee, 
  7.iv.l922 
  (P. 
  A. 
  Buxton). 
  The 
  latter 
  specimen 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  $ 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   received 
  from 
  Palestine. 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  mendicus, 
  Villen. 
  

  

  One 
  <J, 
  one 
  $, 
  Wadi 
  Hamam, 
  Galilee, 
  7.iv.l922 
  (P. 
  A. 
  Buxton). 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  rare 
  species, 
  only 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  previously 
  been 
  recorded, 
  

   (cf. 
  Austen, 
  loc. 
  cit., 
  pp. 
  299-300), 
  the 
  $ 
  was 
  hitherto 
  unknown. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  

   of 
  the 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  sex 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Buxton 
  in 
  the 
  Wadi 
  Hamam 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Length, 
  12 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  head, 
  just 
  over 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  wing, 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  appearance 
  of 
  body, 
  wings 
  and 
  legs 
  the 
  <$ 
  of 
  T. 
  mendicus 
  resembles 
  

   the 
  $, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  specific 
  identity 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  sexes, 
  

   although 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  the 
  tergites 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  (visible) 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  instead 
  

   of 
  being 
  (as 
  in 
  the 
  $) 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  uniformly 
  neutral 
  grey 
  or 
  olive-grey 
  pollinose, 
  

   are, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  angles 
  and 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  tergite, 
  

   olivaceous-black. 
  The 
  eyes 
  of 
  the 
  $, 
  which, 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  $, 
  are 
  densely 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  light 
  brownish 
  or 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  consist 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  extent 
  of 
  

   enlarged 
  facets 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  which 
  on 
  the 
  lower, 
  upper 
  and 
  outer 
  borders 
  merge 
  

   into 
  smaller 
  facets 
  without 
  any 
  abrupt 
  transition. 
  Palpi 
  of 
  $ 
  dusky 
  neutral 
  grey, 
  

   clothed, 
  except 
  outer 
  and 
  under 
  surfaces 
  of 
  proximal 
  segment, 
  with 
  long 
  and 
  fine 
  

   black 
  or 
  blackish 
  hair, 
  outer 
  and 
  under 
  surfaces 
  of 
  proximal 
  segment 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  

   and 
  fine 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  distal 
  segment 
  in 
  £ 
  cylindrical, 
  swollen, 
  rounded 
  at 
  tip. 
  First 
  

   and 
  second 
  segments 
  of 
  antennae 
  in 
  <$ 
  dark 
  neutral 
  grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  for 
  most 
  

   part 
  with 
  blackish 
  hairs 
  mixed 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  yellowish 
  hairs 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  first 
  segment, 
  

   latter 
  strongly 
  swollen 
  towards 
  distal 
  extremity, 
  third 
  segment 
  of 
  $ 
  antennae 
  

   narrow, 
  elongate, 
  with 
  no 
  prominent 
  angle 
  on 
  upper 
  margin, 
  velvety 
  black 
  in 
  colour 
  

   except 
  extreme 
  base, 
  which 
  is 
  russet. 
  Third 
  and 
  three 
  following 
  segments 
  of 
  <J 
  

   abdomen 
  shining 
  black, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  tergites 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine, 
  erect 
  black 
  or 
  

   blackish 
  hair, 
  mixed, 
  especially 
  in 
  centre 
  and 
  on 
  hind 
  border 
  and 
  posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  

   fourth 
  tergite, 
  with 
  similar 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth, 
  as 
  also 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   tergites 
  clothed 
  mainly 
  with 
  fine 
  glistening 
  yellow 
  or 
  yellowish 
  hair. 
  Wings 
  with 
  

   stigma 
  blackish-brown 
  and 
  very 
  conspicuous, 
  and 
  with 
  brownish 
  suffusions 
  extending 
  

   along 
  the 
  third 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  from 
  its 
  base 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  its 
  anterior 
  branch 
  inclusive, 
  

   and 
  across 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  discal 
  cell 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  transverse 
  vein 
  to 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  posterior 
  cell. 
  

  

  Viewed 
  from 
  above, 
  the 
  distal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  of 
  the 
  $, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  <J, 
  

   commencing 
  with 
  the 
  third 
  (visible) 
  segment, 
  appears 
  uniformly 
  shining 
  black. 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  lunatus, 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  One 
  Q 
  10 
  miles 
  E. 
  of 
  Jerusalem, 
  17.iv.1922 
  (P. 
  A. 
  Buxton). 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  nemoralis, 
  Mg. 
  

  

  One 
  <J, 
  Jerusalem, 
  15.iv.1922 
  (P. 
  A. 
  Buxton). 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  <J 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  

   History) 
  from 
  any 
  locality. 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  eggeri, 
  Schin. 
  

  

  One 
  (J, 
  Rehoboth 
  (Jaffa 
  district), 
  20.vi.1916 
  {I. 
  Aharoni). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  $ 
  sex 
  of 
  T. 
  eggeri 
  to 
  be 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  from 
  any 
  locality. 
  

  

  