= = 53 ty . ame — ’ im hs oe ne 
/DIPTERA. 55 
on the fore border: legs tawny; thighs clothed with pale yellow hairs ; 
shanks and feet clothed with short black hairs; feet pitchy, tawny at the 
base; claws black ; foot-cushions pale tawny; fore-shanks from half the 
length to the tips and fore-thighs pitchy; fore-feet black: wings pale 
gray, tawny at the base, and with a slight tawny tinge along the fore 
border; brands tawny ; cross-veins clouded with pale brown; wing-ribs 
tawny ; veins black, tawny towards the base; curve of the tip cross-vein 
almost obtusely angular, with no stump; scales and poisers tawny, the 
latter with pale yellow knobs. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 
12 lines, 
Central India. 
TaBANUs FERVIDUS, Fem. 
Cinereus, pectore cano, abdomine fulvo vittis ribus canis ornato, antennis 
Serrugineis apice nigris, pedibus fulvis, tibiis anticis apice tarsisque 
piceis, tarsis anticis nigris, alis subcinereis basi costaque subfulvis. 
Body gray: head dark tawny aboye, yellowish white in front and 
beneath where it is clothed with whitish hairs; a long, pitchy, shining 
ridge on the crown: eyes dark bronze, parted aboye by a moderately 
broad interval ; all the facets very small, but largest on the inner side of 
the fore part: sucker black ; lancets bright pale ferruginous : palpi yellow, 
rather long, clothed with short black hairs: feelers bright ferruginous ; 
first and second joints clothed with short black hairs; horn of the third 
joint very short and broad ; compound joint black, slightly curved upward : 
chest gray; breast hoary: abdomen tawny, obconical, very much longer 
than the chest, adorned with three hoary stripes, the middle one distinct, 
the side pair indistinct and interrupted, especially towards the base: legs 
tawny ; thighs clothed with pale hairs ; shanks and feet clothed with short 
black hairs ; fore-shanks towards the tips and feet pitchy ; claws and fore- 
feet black: wings pale gray, with a slight tawny tinge at the base, and 
along the fore border as far as the brand, which is pale brown; wing-ribs 
tawny; veins black, tawny towards the base; a slight curve but no angle 
nor stump near the base of the tip cross-vein; scales gray with tawny 
borders ; poisers pale tawny. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 
16 lines. 
Asia. 
