222 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



290. Tabanus trigonophorus. 



Foem. Niger ; antenna basi testacea ; thoracis later a rufesceniia ; 

 abdomen testaceum, basi nigrum ; pedes testacei ; ala flaves- 

 centes. 



Tabanus trigonophorus, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 185. 

 Brazil. 



291. Tabanus variventris. 



Foem. Niger; abdomen testaceum, maculis dorsalibus ventreque 

 nigris ; tibia fusca, postica ciliata ; ala Jiavescenti-cinerea. 

 Long. 6 lin. 



Tabanus variventris, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 2, 18, 97. 

 Brazil. 



292. Tabanus festivus. 



Ater ; abdomen imo basi et marginibus lateralibus sulphureis ; 

 ventre medio fulvo ; aim nigra ; tibia postica niveo ciliata. 



Tabanus festivus, Wied. Auss. Zweifl. i. 135, 37. 

 Brazil. 



293. Tabanus compactus. 



Foem. Niger ; caput et pectus subtus cano tomentosa; antenna 

 furcata, articulo So basi rufo ; thorax fulvo pilosus, lateribus 

 ferrugineis ; abdomen segmenta cano marginata ; trochanteres, 

 femora basi, genua, tibia media tarsique posteriores fulva ; 

 tibia antica posiicaque nigro-ciliata , ha dilatata basi albo- 

 ciliata, ilia subdilatata ; ala cinerea, antice sublurida. 



Fern. Black. Head beneath with hoary tomentum and hairs ; 

 front with tawny hairs on each side. Eyes aeneous, with very small 

 facets. Antennae stout ; first and second joints with hoary down ; 

 third red at the base, armed with a long stout curved born. Thorax 

 ferruginous along each side, slightly clothed with tawny hairs. 

 Pectus with hoary hairs and tomentum. Abdomen with a band of 



