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DIPTERji ujv j.±vux 



are especially troublesome in the New Forest, where they often 

 tease horses severely. T. bovinus is frequently called the Ox 



Fig. 101. — A, Head, and b. Proboscis of Taeanus autumnalis. 

 (After Delafond.) 



a, Anteuna ; p, maxillary palp ; t, proboscis ; s, mandibles and maxillse ; Is, epi- 

 pliarynx ; Zft, hypopharynx ; li, labium. 



Gad-fly ; and some specimens reach more than an inch in length. 

 In colour the male is dark-brown on the thorax, with five pale 



Fig. 102.— Ox Gad-fly {Tabarms bommis). 

 0, Imago ; d, larva ; E, pupa. 



stripes, and pale yellowish hair ; abdomen reddish-brown, with 

 a black central line and tip, and with a pale spot in the middle 



