LIST OF D1PTERA. 153 



Tabanus flammans, n. s., fem. Rufus, thorace nigro quadrivittato, 

 abdominis vittd apiceque nigris, antennis pedibusque fulvis, alis 

 fusco-fulvis. 



Body red : head brown on the crown between the eyes, with 

 four black spots beneath, and clothed with bright tawny hairs 

 behind : mouth black : palpi and feelers tawny ; the horn on the 

 third joint of the latter very short and small : chest with four indis- 

 tinct black stripes that are confused together on the disk ; disk of 

 the breast also black : abdomen darker towards the tip beneath ; a 

 black stripe on the back extends from the base to beyond the middle, 

 where it widens and occupies the whole back to the tip : legs bright 

 tawny ; fore feet and tips of the four hinder feet darker : wings 

 brownish tawny ; veins ferruginous ; poisers tawny, with bright yel- 

 low knobs. Length of the body 9^ lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Tabanus calens, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1000, 6. Deg. Ins. vi. 226, 1. 



Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 364, 9. Syst. And. 94, 7. Wied. Dipt 



Exot. i. 72, 19. Auss. Zweif. i. 134, 36. 

 a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Tabanus Pluto, n. s., fem. Piceus, thorace nigro-fusco piceo vix 

 vittato, abdomine fasciis duabus angustis vittisque totidem latis- 

 simis aureis, antennis nigris, pedibus nigro-cinereis, alis sub- 

 nigris. 



Body piceous : head covered with hoary down above, hoary 

 and clothed with white hairs beneath : eyes bronze : mouth black : 

 palpi yellowish white : feelers black ; third joint with a slight angle 

 at the base : chest dark brown, with very indistinct piceous stripes, 

 and with a slight hoary bloom, as has also the breast which is clothed 

 with white hairs : sides of the abdomen beneath thinly clothed w T ith 

 white hairs ; on the back a broad golden stripe occupies two-fifths of 

 the breadth on each side from the base till near the tip, and these 

 stripes are united together by two narrow bands of the same colour : 

 legs dark gray, clothed with short white hairs : wings almost black ; 

 veins black : poisers piceous. Length of the body 11 lines; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Tabanus cinctus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 366, 18. Wied. Dipt. Exot. 



i. 67, 10. Auss. Zweif. i. 1 19, 12. 

 a. Mexico. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



I Tabanus sorbillans, Wied. Auss. Zweif. i. 141, 48. 

 a. Brazil. Presented by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



