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large conical white spot on each side : legs hoary ; shanks tawny : 

 feet and tips of shanks black : wings gray, brownish at the base and 

 along the fore borders ; wing-ribs and veins piceous ; poisers tawny. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 

 a. ? 



Tabanus innotabilis, n. s., fern. Cinereo-piceus, capite fulvo, abdo- 

 mine ferrugineo maculis fulvis triviitato, apice piceo, pedibus 

 ferrugineis, tibiis fulvis, tarsispiceis, alis cinereis. 

 Head tawny : eyes, mouth, and feelers piceous ; third joint of 

 the feelers long, much curved, with a very short obtuse horn at the 

 base : chest and breast grayish piceous : abdomen dark ferruginous, 

 which colour passes into piceous towards the tip ; each segment 

 with three triangular pale tawny spots on its hind border : legs taw- 

 ny : hips and thighs very dark ferruginous, clothed with white 

 hairs ; feet piceous : wings gray ; veins black, dark ferruginous to- 

 wards the base ; poisers tawny, their knobs brighter and paler. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Tabanus primitivus, n. s., fern. Ferrugineus, capite fulvo subtus 

 albo, thorace fusco trivittato , pectore albo, abdomine flavo fasciato 

 et fulvo trivittato, pedibus ferrugineis, tibiis fulvis, tarsis piceis, 

 alis cinereis. 



Head tawny, with a shining brown dart-shaped spot in front 

 between the eyes, brilliant white and clothed with long white hairs 

 beneath : palpi tawny ; lancets ferruginous ; sucker piceous : feel- 

 ers tawny; first and second joints beset with short black bristles ; 

 third black, long, curved, with an angle or short horn near the base : 

 chest pale ferruginous, with three brown stripes ; the side stripes are 

 interrupted : breast white, clothed with long white hairs : abdomen 

 ferruginous, with three indistinct tawny stripes ; hind borders of the 

 segments pale yellow, thinly fringed with pale yellow hairs: legs 

 ferruginous ; hips and thighs, especially the former, tinged with 

 white lustre ; shanks tawny with dark tips ; feet piceous : wings 

 gray ; veins piceous, tawny at the base and along the fore borders ; 

 brands yellowish brown, long and narrow; poisers ferruginous. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. South America. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



Tabanus remotus, n. s., fern. Niger, capite ferrugineo, abdomine 

 rufo fasciato basique utrinque maculato, pedibus rufis,femoribus 

 nigris, alis subcinereis. 



Head ferruginous : eyes black : palpi yellow : sucker black : 

 feelers ferruginous with black tips : chest, breast, and abdomen 

 black : breast and sides of the chest clothed with pale yellow hairs ; 



