294 LIST OF DtPTERA. 



Genus 16. H^IMATOPOTA. 



Corpus mediocre, lineare, pubescens. Ocelli nulli. Antennae 

 6-articulatae, lanceolatae, subretusae ; articulus lus cylindricus, sat 

 loDgus ; 2us brevis, cyathiformis. Alae parallelae, deflexae. 



Haematopota, Meig. Klass. i. 162; Fabr.; Latr. ; Fall.; Meig. ; 



Macq.; Zett. 

 Tabanus, p., Linn. ; Fabr. Ent. Syst. ; Gmel.; Sckr. ; Panz. 



Mediastinal vein ending at beyond half the length of the wing. 

 Subcostal ending at a little beyond two-thirds of the length. Ra- 

 dial ending much nearer to the tip of the wing than to the subcos- 

 tal. First branch of the cubital forked, very slightly curved, form- 

 ing a slightly obtuse and not rounded angle near its base ; hind 

 branch straight, ending on the hind border at some distance from 

 the tip. Four complete separate externo-medial veins. Subanal 

 vein united to the anal close to the border. Discal areolet elon- 

 gated, rather narrow, hexagonal ; hind apical side full thrice the 

 length of the fore apical side. 



Europe. 



1. H^MATOPOTA PLUVIALIS. 



Nigra (mas) aut fusca (foem.) ; caput canum ; thorax fueminae 

 cinereo trivittatus ; abdomen maris lateribus nonnunquam 

 fulvis, foeminae maculis cinereis trivittatum segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis cants ; tibice posteriores fulvce, nigro bi- 

 cinctcB ; alee cinerece. confertim albido subocellatce. 



Tabanus pluvialis, Linn. 



Haematopota pluvialis, Fabr. Dahlb. Ins. Skad. och Nytt. 307, 205. 



Zell.Isis, 1840,520,1. 

 Haematopota equorum, Fabr. 

 Var. Haematopota tenuicornis, Macq. 

 Var. Haematopota grandis, Meig. 

 Var. Haematopota longicornis, Macq. 

 Var. Haematopota elongata, Lep. de St. Farg. et Serv. Encycl. 



Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 211, 5. 

 Var.? Harmatopota variegata. Fabr. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 



211,6. 

 Var. ? Haematopota lusitanica, Guer. Icon. Regne Anim. Ins. pi. 



97, f. 4. Texte 542. 





