THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 88.] MARCH, MDCCCLXXI. [Price Gd. 



List of Diptera collected in Egypt and Arabia, by J. K. 

 Lord, Esq. ; with Descriptions of the Species new 

 to Science, by F. Walker, Esq., F.L.S. 



The Diptera in this collection are not very numerous, 

 and, with some exceptions, are not remarkable, and but 

 slightly represent the Dipterous Fauna of Egypt and of 

 Arabia. The more conspicuous species are Nemestrina 

 ^gyptiaca, Exoprosopa gloriosa, Dimorphaphus syrphoides, 

 and Midas maculatus. 



Fam. CtJLiciDJd:.~Gen. Culex, Linn. 



1. Cpipietis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 1002. Cairo. Inhabits 

 Europe. 



Fam. Tabanid^. — Gen. Tabanus, Li7in, 



2. T.terminalis. Female. — Red. Head piceous above, with 

 a shining ferruginous callus; triangular space between the 

 callus and the antennae with pale testaceous tomentum ; 

 under side clothed with white hairs. Eyes black ; facets 

 extremely small, w Palpi white. Antennae tawny, testaceous 

 at the base, with the usual structure. Thorax with two 

 blackish stripes, and in front with two exterior blackish 

 patches. Abdomen with two blackish stripes; disk blackish 

 towards the tip ; hind borders of the ventral segments testa- 

 ceous. Legs tawny; tibia3 at the tip and tarsi ferruginous. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins black, with the usual structure ; 

 branch of the cubital vein forming a very obtuse angle near 

 its base. Halteres testaceous, piceous at the tips. Length of 

 the body 7j lines. Mount Sinai. 



3. T. nigrifer. Female. — Blackish. Head above with cine- 

 reous tomentum ; callus ferruginous, with a band of cinereous 

 tomentum; space above the eyes bare, shining; underside 

 with white hairs. Eyes with extremely small facets. Palpi 

 testaceous. Antennso with the usual structure. Thorax with 

 four stripes of cinereous tomentum. Hind borders of the 



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