DIPTERA, 49 
TABANUS TENENS, Fem, 
Fervugineus, thoracis vittis duabus lateribus pectoreque canis, abdomine 
Susco-ferruyineo vittis tribus fulvis ornato, antennis ferrugineis basi 
fulvis apice nigris, pedibus fulvis, tarsis ferrugineis, alis limpidis. 
Body ferruginous : crown of the head adomed with a tawny covering 
which is interrupted by a ferruginous, shining, convex, club-shaped mark ; 
under side white and clothed with white hairs: sucker black: lancets fer- 
ruginous ; palpi pale yellow, clothed with short white hairs; feelers ferru- 
ginous ; first and second joints tawny, clothed with short black bristles ; 
third slightly convex beneath, its horn forming a little shallow obtuse angle 
whose fore side forms also an obtuse angle with the continuation of the third 
joint to the tip ; compound joint curved upward, tipped with black, shorter 
than the third joint : chest adorned with two hoary stripes ; sides and breast 
hoary : abdomen obconical, much longer than the chest, its back brownish 
ferruginous and adorned with three pale tawny stripes, the middle one 
broader and more distinct than the side pair: legs tawny, clothed with 
short black and white hairs; feet ferruginous, with pitchy tips; claws 
black: wings quite colourless; brands dark tawny; wing-ribs and veins 
tawny, the latter black towards the tips; ewrve of the tip cross-vein slight, 
not angular ; scales and poisers tawny. Length of the body 7 lines; of 
the wings 14 lines. ; 
East India, 
TaBANuS HILARIS, Plate 2, fig. 3. 
Mas. Ferrugineus, thoracis vittis duabus lateribus pectoreque canis, ab- 
domine vittis tribus canis ornato, antennis fulvis apice ferrugineis, 
pedibus fulvis, tarsis ferrugineis, tibiis anticis apice tarsisque anticis 
piceis, alis limpidis. 
Body ferrnginous : head white and clothed with white hairs beneath : 
eyes divided into two regions; the upper one composed of large facets, is 
traversed by a spindle-shaped dark brown band which is shortened at each 
end, and divides the fore yellow band from the pale red hind band; side 
region composed of very small facets, dark bronze, extending in a narrow 
band along the hind border: sucker black: feelers bright tawny, paler at 
the base, third joint slightly convea above and beneath, not angular ; com- 
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