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hind borders of the segments of the abdomen red, and a large spot 

 of the same colour on each side of its base : legs red : thighs and 

 tips of the feet black : wings slightly gray ; veins piceous, tawny at 

 the base and along the fore border ; poisers ferruginous. Length 

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



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Tabanus antecedens, n. s., mas. Fuscus, capite subtus albo, thorace 

 vittis quinque pallidioribus, abdomine rufo-fusco, segmentis 

 supra fulvo subtus albo fasciatis, pedibus piceis, alls subcinereis. 



Head hoary in front, clothed with long white hairs : eyes 

 piceous : palpi dull tawny : sucker piceous : feelers piceous, ferru- 

 ginous at the base : chest and breast brown ; chest with five 

 very indistinct paler stripes ; breast thickly clothed with long white 

 hairs : abdomen reddish brown ; hind borders of the segments dull 

 pale tawny ; under-side dull red ; hind borders of the segments 

 white ; legs piceous : wings light gray ; veins brown ; poisers 

 piceous (?) pale tawny with yellow. Length of the body 5 lines ; of* 

 the wings 10 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 



Tabanus Regis Georgii, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 132. 

 a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Tabanus sequens, n. s., fern. Capite fulvo subtus albo, thorace cine- 

 reo vittd utrinque obscuriori, humeris fulvis, pectore cano, abdo- 

 mine ferrugineo basi apiceque piceo, segmentis albo fasciatis et 

 utrinque vittatis,pedibus nigris, tibiis fulvis, alis subcinereis. 



Head dull tawny above, brown and shining in front between 

 the eyes, white and clothed with white hairs beneath : eyes piceous : 

 palpi very pale tawny ; sucker piceous ; feelers tawny ; first and 

 second joints clothed with black bristles ; third joint wanting: chest 

 gray, with a very broad darker stripe on each side ; shoulders taw- 

 ny ; breast hoary ; stegmata pale yellow : abdomen ferruginous, 

 slightly piceous at the base and towards the tip, with a white stripe 

 on each side ; hind borders of the segments also white ; legs black, 

 clothed with white hairs ; knees and shanks tawny ; tips of fore 

 shanks piceous : wings slightly gray ; veins piceous ; ferruginous 

 towards the base ; brands brown, narrow ; poisers ferruginous ; tips 

 of their knobs nearly white. Length of the body 5 — b\ lines ; of 

 the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



Var. |3. A broad brown band across the first, aud another across 

 the second segment of the abdomen. 



a. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's collection. 





