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  MAJOR 
  E. 
  E. 
  AUSTEN. 
  

  

  ochraceous-tawny, 
  small, 
  with 
  its 
  upper 
  distal 
  angle 
  strongly 
  produced 
  ; 
  third 
  

   segment 
  of 
  antennae 
  ochraceous-tawny 
  or 
  orange-cinnamon-coloured, 
  annulate 
  

   portion 
  sometimes 
  brown 
  or 
  brownish, 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  

   expanded 
  portion, 
  latter 
  in 
  $ 
  fairly 
  deep 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  blunt, 
  

   rounded 
  angle 
  on 
  upper 
  margin. 
  Thorax 
  : 
  dorsum 
  (including 
  scutellum) 
  smoke- 
  

   grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine, 
  short, 
  silky, 
  appressed 
  drab-coloured 
  hair 
  (in 
  certain 
  

   places, 
  as 
  on 
  fore-border 
  of 
  scutum, 
  lateral 
  borders 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  in 
  region 
  of 
  

   admedian, 
  longitudinal 
  thoracic 
  stripes 
  seen 
  in 
  many 
  species 
  of 
  Tabamts, 
  replaced 
  

   by 
  paler 
  hair), 
  hair 
  immediately 
  above 
  base 
  of 
  wing 
  and 
  on 
  anterior 
  extremity 
  of 
  

   postalar 
  callus 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  longer 
  and 
  whitish 
  ; 
  ante-alar 
  tubercle 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   vinaceous 
  buff, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  or 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  intermixed 
  below 
  with 
  fine 
  

   and 
  fairly 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  and 
  pectus 
  pale 
  neutral 
  grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  fine 
  whitish 
  hair. 
  Abdomen: 
  second 
  ' 
  (visible) 
  and 
  three 
  (or 
  four) 
  following 
  

   tergites 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  admedian, 
  elongate, 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  blackish-brown 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  Tabanus 
  fumidus, 
  Austen, 
  §• 
  

  

  marks, 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  fig. 
  4, 
  resting 
  on 
  front 
  margin 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  hind 
  

   border, 
  second 
  and 
  two 
  (or 
  three) 
  following 
  tergites 
  also 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  oblique, 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  blackish-brown 
  fleck 
  near 
  each 
  lateral 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  

   border, 
  and 
  near 
  or 
  resting 
  upon 
  anterior 
  margin 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  ; 
  ground-colour 
  of 
  sides 
  

   of 
  second 
  and 
  third, 
  or 
  second, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  tergites 
  sometimes 
  vinaceous 
  buff 
  ; 
  

   lateral 
  extremities 
  of 
  first 
  (visible) 
  tergite 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine 
  whitish 
  hair 
  of 
  moderate 
  

   length, 
  lateral 
  extremities 
  of 
  five 
  following 
  tergites 
  clothed 
  with 
  silvery 
  white 
  hair, 
  

   short 
  and 
  appressed 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  second 
  and 
  third, 
  longer 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  three 
  tergites, 
  dark 
  markings 
  clothed, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  part, 
  with 
  minute, 
  appressed 
  

   black 
  or 
  blackish-brown 
  hairs, 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  terminal 
  segment 
  fringed 
  with 
  fairly 
  

   long, 
  fine 
  black 
  hairs, 
  sometimes 
  mixed 
  with 
  pale 
  hairs, 
  dorsum 
  clothed 
  elsewhere 
  

   with 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  pale 
  olive-buff 
  or 
  ivory-yellow 
  hairs 
  ; 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  first 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  (visible) 
  segments 
  uniformly 
  smoke-grey 
  pollinose, 
  two 
  following 
  

   sternites, 
  except 
  hind 
  margins, 
  usually 
  darker 
  (mouse-grey), 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  first 
  

  

  