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hairs: feelers tawny; first and second joints pale tawny, clothed with 
short black hairs ; third joint convex beneath, angular above, but not horned ; 
compound joint pale ferruginous, curved upward : chest tinged with dull 
tawny ; a tawny spot on each side at the base of the wings: breast hoary, 
partly clothed with white hairs: abdomen bright tawny, slightly obconical, 
clothed with short tawny hairs, very much longer than the chest, adored 
above with a black stripe which widens towards the tip, where it occupies 
the whole surface ; under side paler: legs bright tawny, clothed with yel- 
low hairs; shanks and feet clothed with short black hairs; tips of feet and 
of fore-shanks pitchy; claws and fore-feet black: wings colourless, tawny 
at the base and along the fore border as far as the brand which is also 
tawny; wing-ribs and veins tawny, the latter pitchy towards the tips; an- 
gle of the tip cross-vein obtuse, very distinct, sending forth a short stump ; 
scales slightly gray, with tawny borders; poisers yellow, with whitish 
knobs. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 
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TaBanus FuLvicer, Mas. 
Fulvus, pectore cano, antennis ferrugineis basi fulvis, pedibus fulvis, alis 
limpidis. 
Body tawny: head pale tawny in front, whitish, and clothed with 
white hairs beneath; eyes brassy, of one colour but divided into two dis- 
tinct regions ; upper region composed of very large facets ; fore region on 
each side of the front, not extending along the hind border, composed of 
very small facets: sucker pitchy; palpi pale yellow, clothed with long 
yellowish white hairs: feelers ferruginous ; first and second joints tawny, 
clothed with short black hairs ; third unusually shallow at the base, almost 
straight beneath, slightly rising and forming a very obtuse angle above ; com- 
pound joint dark ferruginons, rather long and slender, hardly curved up- 
ward : chest thickly clothed with short tawny hairs: breast hoary, partly 
clothed with whitish hairs: abdomen obconical, clothed with short tawny 
hairs, longer and a little broader than the chest ; segments impressed with 
rows of little punctures, their hind borders pale: legs tawny; thighs 
clothed with pale yellow hairs; shanks and feet rather darker than the 
thighs, clothed with short black hairs; claws black; foot-cushions pale 
tawny: wings quite colourless ; wing-vibs and veins tawny ; an obtuse dis- 
tinct angle sending forth a moderately long stump near the base of the tip 
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