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hoary hairs on the hind border of each segment. Legs stout, with 

 hoary hairs ; trochanters, femora at the base, knees, middle tibiae 

 and posterior tarsi tawny ; fore tibiae slightly dilated, slightly 

 fringed with black hairs ; hind tibiae dilated, fringed with black 

 hairs and towards the base with white hairs; tarsi short and stout. 

 Wings slightly lurid, gray along the hind borders and towards the 

 tips ; veins tawny, black towards the borders ; first branch of the 

 cubital vein simple, forming a very obtuse and rounded angle near 

 its base ; extern o-medial veins separate ; subanal vein united to the 

 anal at a short distance from the border. Halteres tawny, with 

 white knobs. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega, on the Amazon. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



294. Tabanus antarcticus. 



Oculi quadrifasciati ; scutellum macula nigra ; abdomen maculis 

 dorsalibus albis ; tibia antica albce ; alee aibce, costa fusca. 



Tabanus antarcticus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1001, 15. Fabr. JEnt. 

 Syst. iv. 369, 31. Wied. Auss. Ziveifi. i. 577, 7. 



South America. 



Africa. 



295. Tabanus cerberus. 

 Tabanus cerberus, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 1, 149. 



296. Tabanus conformis. 

 Tabanus conformis, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 1, 150. 



297. Tabanus Pluto. 

 Tabanus Pluto, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 1, 153. 



298. Tabanus hebes. 

 Tabanus hebes, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 1, 159. 



