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NEW AFRICAN TABANIDAE.— PART I. 



By Ernest E. Austen. 



{Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The following paper contains descriptions of eleven new species belonging to 

 seven genera, besides notes on some other species. The types of all the new 

 forms are in the British Museum (Natural History). As indicating the countries 

 in which the new species have been obtained, the appended list may be of service. 



PANGONIINAE. 



Genus Silvius, Mg. 

 Silvius fallax, sp. n. ... ... ... Northern Rhodesia. 



Genus Cadicera, Macq. 



Cadicera distcmti, sp. n. ... ... ... Transvaal. 



„ speciosa, sp. n. ... ... German East Africa. 



„ flavicoma, sp. n. ... ... Nyasaland Protectorate. 



Genus Pangonia, Latr. 

 Pangonia comata, sp. n.... ... ... East Africa Protectorate. 



Genus Dorcaloemus, Austen. 

 Dorcaloemus silve?Iocki, s'p.n. ... ... Northern Rhodesia. 



Genus Subpangonia, Surcouf. 

 Subpart g onia grahami, sp. n. ... ... Ashanti ; Southern Nigeria. 



TABANINAE. 



Genus Tabanus, L. 



Tabanus canofasciatus, sp. n. ... ... East Africa Protectorate. 



„ te?iuipalpis, sp. n. ... ... Gold Coast (including Ashanti). 



„ barclayi, sp. n. ... ... Nyasaland Protectorate. 



Genus Hippocentrum, Austen. 

 Hippocentrum murphyi, sp. n. ... ... Sierra Leone Protectorate. 



PANGONIINAE. 

 Genus Silvius, Mg. 

 Silvius fallax, sp. n. (fig. l.) 



$ Q. — Length, $ (15 specimens) 10*25 to 12*25 mm., Q (16 specimens) 10 to 

 11*75 mm. ; width of head, <$ 4 to 4*5 mm., Q 3*6 to 4*2 mm.; width of front of 

 Q, at vertex 0*6 to 0*75 mm., across lower edge of frontal callus 1 to 1*2 mm.; 

 length of wing, $ 9*6 to 11 mm., Q 9*25 to 10*6 mm. 



(25110— Ent. Res.) Wt. P. 11.— 21. 1000 8/12. D & S, 



