﻿CONTRIBUTION 
  TO 
  KNOWLEDGE 
  OF 
  TABANIDAE 
  OF 
  PALESTINE. 
  301 
  

  

  In 
  life, 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  the 
  $ 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  purplish 
  bronze, 
  with 
  three 
  dark 
  

   purple 
  horizontal 
  bands, 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  narrowest, 
  across 
  the 
  centre. 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  nemoralis 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Brauer 
  (Denkschr. 
  k. 
  Akad. 
  Wiss., 
  Wien., 
  Bd. 
  

   xlii, 
  pp. 
  175, 
  208-210 
  (1880)) 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  France, 
  Switzerland, 
  Italy, 
  Sicily 
  and 
  

   North 
  Africa 
  ; 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  collection 
  contains 
  specimens 
  from 
  Switzerland 
  

   (Upper 
  Engadine), 
  and 
  Algeria 
  (Kouiba, 
  May-June, 
  1911, 
  Baron 
  J. 
  R. 
  M. 
  Surcouf). 
  

  

  8. 
  Tabanus 
  eggeri, 
  Schin. 
  

  

  One 
  Q, 
  Wilhelma 
  (Jaffa 
  district), 
  30.vii.1918, 
  resting 
  inside 
  small, 
  open 
  shed, 
  

   at 
  back 
  of 
  house 
  in 
  village 
  ; 
  one 
  $, 
  near 
  Jerisheh, 
  5 
  miles 
  N.E. 
  of 
  Jaffa, 
  26. 
  viii. 
  1918, 
  

   in 
  tent, 
  7.45 
  a.m. 
  (Lt.-Col. 
  (temp. 
  Col.) 
  E. 
  P. 
  Sewell, 
  C.M.G., 
  D.S.O., 
  R.A.M.G.) 
  ; 
  

   one 
  $, 
  near 
  Yahudiyeh 
  (Jaffa 
  district), 
  i.ix.1918 
  (Captain 
  (acting 
  Major) 
  W. 
  S. 
  

   Corfield, 
  R.A.M.C. 
  (T.)). 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  species, 
  as 
  was 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  specimen 
  taken 
  near 
  Jerisheh 
  by 
  Colonel 
  

   Sewell, 
  the 
  eyes 
  in 
  life 
  are 
  purplish 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  bronze 
  sheen, 
  and 
  are 
  unbanded. 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  eggeri, 
  which 
  is 
  already 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  collection, 
  

   by, 
  among 
  others, 
  specimens 
  from 
  Gibraltar, 
  Italy 
  and 
  Algeria, 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  

   Brauer 
  (Denkschr. 
  k. 
  Akad. 
  Wiss., 
  Bd., 
  xlii, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  184 
  — 
  under 
  thepre-occupied 
  name 
  

   T. 
  intermedins, 
  Egg.) 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  Southern 
  France, 
  Spain, 
  Switzerland, 
  Sicily, 
  

   Corsica, 
  Egypt 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  As 
  an 
  aid 
  to 
  recognition 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  

   that, 
  in 
  the 
  species 
  under 
  consideration, 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell 
  

   is 
  greatly 
  contracted 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  According 
  to 
  Brauer 
  (t. 
  cit., 
  

   p. 
  183), 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  fringed 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  with 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Palestine, 
  however, 
  show 
  a 
  slight 
  variation 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  form, 
  in 
  that 
  

   the 
  external 
  fringe 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  consists 
  mainly 
  of 
  ochreous 
  or 
  ochraceous- 
  

   tawny 
  hair. 
  

  

  9. 
  Tabanus 
  autumnalis, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  One 
  (J, 
  Baharet 
  Katurieh, 
  near 
  El 
  Jelil 
  (about 
  10 
  miles 
  N.E. 
  of 
  Jaffa), 
  28.iv.1918, 
  

   only 
  specimen 
  seen; 
  two 
  $$, 
  Ain 
  es-Sultan, 
  near 
  Jericho, 
  22.iv.1918 
  — 
  one 
  taken 
  

   on 
  a 
  horse, 
  the 
  other, 
  as 
  also 
  a 
  third 
  specimen, 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  captured, 
  resting 
  on 
  

   face 
  of 
  excavations. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  widely 
  distributed 
  species, 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  Brauer 
  (Denkschr. 
  

   k. 
  Akad. 
  Wiss., 
  Bd. 
  xlii, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  193), 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  Central 
  and 
  Southern 
  

   Europe, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  Holland, 
  Sweden, 
  England, 
  S. 
  Russia, 
  Poland, 
  Corsica, 
  

   Corfu, 
  Syria 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  Loew 
  (Verh. 
  z.-b. 
  Ges. 
  Wien, 
  Bd. 
  viii, 
  1858, 
  p. 
  605), 
  

   who 
  draws 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  variability 
  of 
  T. 
  autumnalis, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  other 
  

   species, 
  as 
  regards 
  both 
  size 
  and 
  coloration, 
  according 
  to 
  locality, 
  records 
  its 
  range 
  

   &s 
  including 
  " 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  Europe 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Near 
  East." 
  In 
  addition 
  

   to 
  specimens 
  from 
  Hungary, 
  Bulgaria, 
  England 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  

   represented 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  by 
  a 
  ? 
  from 
  Algeria 
  (Biskra, 
  

   18.V.1893, 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Eaton) 
  and 
  two 
  ?$ 
  from 
  Cyprus 
  (one 
  collected 
  by 
  P. 
  

   'Gennadius, 
  the 
  second 
  specimen 
  taken 
  by 
  Miss 
  D.M. 
  A. 
  Bate, 
  near 
  Ktima, 
  between 
  

   3.v. 
  and 
  15.vii.1901). 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  three 
  last-mentioned 
  examples 
  

   belong 
  to 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  Palestine, 
  and 
  also 
  recorded 
  by 
  Loew 
  

   {loc. 
  cit.) 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  Cyprus, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  of 
  the 
  dorsum 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  