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  S. 
  A. 
  NEAVE. 
  

  

  are 
  believed 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  pupal 
  aster 
  is 
  normal 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  papilla 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  line, 
  about 
  the 
  middle. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  well-marked 
  dorso- 
  

   lateral 
  comb, 
  consisting 
  of 
  comparatively 
  short, 
  stout 
  spines. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  17. 
  Tabanus 
  maculatissimus, 
  Macq. 
  ; 
  (a) 
  dorso-lateral 
  comb 
  of 
  $, 
  X 
  70 
  ; 
  (a 
  1 
  ) 
  do. 
  of 
  

   another 
  individual 
  ; 
  (b) 
  pupal 
  aster 
  of 
  $, 
  X 
  35; 
  (&') 
  dorso-lateral 
  comb 
  of 
  $, 
  X 
  70. 
  

  

  Tabanus 
  corax, 
  Lw. 
  

  

  This 
  large 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Mlanje 
  in 
  the 
  

   more 
  wooded 
  areas 
  within 
  the 
  belt 
  of 
  heavy 
  rainfall. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  from 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  November 
  to 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  January. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt, 
  especially 
  

  

  Fig. 
  18. 
  Tabanus 
  corax, 
  Lw. 
  ; 
  (a) 
  pupal 
  aster 
  of 
  <J, 
  X 
  35 
  ; 
  (b) 
  pupal 
  aster 
  of 
  $, 
  X 
  35 
  ; 
  

   (&') 
  dorso-lateral 
  comb 
  of 
  $, 
  X 
  50. 
  

  

  now 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  bred, 
  that 
  the 
  females 
  described 
  by 
  Austen 
  under 
  

   the 
  name 
  T. 
  xanthomelas, 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  males 
  may 
  easily 
  be 
  

   mistaken 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  T. 
  biguttatus, 
  Wied., 
  but 
  are 
  distinguished 
  by 
  

  

  