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  ERNEST 
  E. 
  AUSTEN. 
  

  

  longitudinal 
  stripes 
  ; 
  swelling 
  in 
  depression 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  transverse 
  suture 
  drab- 
  

   grey 
  or 
  light 
  drab 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  and 
  pectus 
  pale 
  smoke-grey, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hair. 
  

   Abdomen: 
  pale, 
  median, 
  longitudinal 
  stripe 
  on 
  dorsum 
  sometimes, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  (J, 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  linear 
  series 
  of 
  anteriorly 
  directed, 
  truncated 
  triangles 
  ; 
  median 
  

   stripe, 
  at 
  least 
  on 
  third 
  (visible) 
  and 
  following 
  tergites, 
  bordered 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  with 
  

   a 
  dusky, 
  oblong 
  blotch, 
  extending 
  for 
  the 
  full 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  except 
  extreme 
  

   hind 
  border, 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  black 
  hairs 
  (like 
  rest 
  of 
  hairy 
  

   covering 
  of 
  dorsum 
  very 
  easily 
  removed 
  by 
  rubbing, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  the 
  blotches 
  are 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  distinguish) 
  ; 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  third 
  and 
  two 
  following 
  tergites, 
  outside 
  

   dusky 
  blotch 
  just 
  described, 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  trace 
  of 
  another 
  pale 
  stripe 
  or 
  

   oblique 
  pale 
  mark, 
  sometimes 
  bordered 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  on 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  tergites, 
  

   at 
  least 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  $, 
  with 
  another 
  dusky, 
  black-haired 
  blotch, 
  not 
  reaching 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  sixth 
  and 
  seventh 
  tergites, 
  except 
  lateral 
  and 
  hind 
  borders 
  of 
  former 
  and 
  

   its 
  median 
  stripe, 
  dark 
  brown 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  black 
  hairs 
  

   (posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  sixth 
  tergite 
  in 
  (J, 
  and 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  seventh 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8. 
  Tabanus 
  rwpinae, 
  Austen 
  : 
  a, 
  head 
  of 
  $ 
  in 
  profile 
  ; 
  b, 
  head 
  of 
  $ 
  from 
  in 
  front, 
  

   X 
  10 
  ; 
  b', 
  antenna 
  of 
  9 
  from 
  the 
  side, 
  greatly 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  clothed 
  with 
  longer 
  black 
  hair) 
  ; 
  dorsum, 
  except 
  as 
  already 
  stated, 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   minute, 
  appressed, 
  glistening, 
  ochreous 
  hairs, 
  longer 
  and 
  paler 
  on 
  hind 
  borders 
  

   of 
  segments, 
  extreme 
  lateral 
  borders 
  of 
  tergites 
  pale 
  drab-grey 
  pollinose 
  and 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  longer 
  whitish 
  hair 
  ; 
  ventral 
  scute 
  of 
  first 
  (visible) 
  segment 
  pale 
  drab-grey 
  

   pollinose, 
  remainder 
  of 
  venter 
  except 
  terminal 
  segment 
  pale 
  cinnamon 
  or 
  pinkish 
  

   cinnamon, 
  covered 
  with 
  cream-buff 
  pollen 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  or 
  appressed, 
  

   glistening, 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  or 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  hair, 
  hind 
  borders 
  of 
  segments 
  cream- 
  

   buff 
  or 
  pale 
  drab-grey 
  pollinose, 
  clothed 
  with 
  longer 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  ventral 
  surface 
  

   of 
  terminal 
  segment 
  mouse-grey 
  or 
  deep 
  mouse-grey, 
  clothed 
  as 
  usual 
  with 
  coarse, 
  

   erect, 
  black 
  hair, 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  $ 
  sometimes 
  a 
  few 
  similar 
  hairs 
  on 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  

   preceding 
  segment 
  also. 
  Wings 
  suffused 
  with 
  light 
  drab 
  ; 
  stigma 
  inconspicuous, 
  

   elongate, 
  pale 
  tawny-olive 
  ; 
  veins 
  lighter 
  or 
  darker 
  sepia-coloured. 
  Squamae 
  

   cream-buff, 
  borders 
  cinnamon-buff. 
  Halieres 
  cream-buff 
  or 
  cream-coloured, 
  knobs 
  

  

  