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_Female._ Body somewhat elongated and depressed. Head somewhat oblong;
eyes nearly contiguous in front, diverging hindward, where there is an
elevated margin. Mouth and palpi very short. Antennæ nearly as long as
the breadth of the head; 3rd joint fusiform, fully half the length of
the flagellum, which is compressed and lanceolate, and with indistinct
joints. Thorax slightly widening hindward; scutellum with six ? very
minute spines. Abdomen elliptical, broader but not longer than the
thorax. Legs short, slender. Wings narrow; 1st cubital vein less than
one-third the length of the 2nd; three complete externo-medial veins;
subanal vein joining the anal vein at some distance from the border;
discal areolet elongated, its exterior side very short.
30. TINDA MODIFERA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, antennis basi testaceis,
pedibus testaceis, femoribus posterioribus supra obscurioribus, alis
cinereis costam versus subnigricantibus.
_Female._ Black, hardly shining. Antennæ testaceous towards the base.
Legs testaceous; posterior femora somewhat darker above, except
towards the base. Wings grey, slightly blackish along most of the
costa; veins black; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines;
of the wings 5 lines.
Gen. SARUGA, n. g.
_Mas. Corpus_ contractum, breve, latum, crassum. _Vertex_ gibbosus.
_Oculi_ magni. _Antennæ_ brevissimæ; articulus 3^{us} rotundus; arista
apicalis, gracillima. _Thorax_ gibbosus; scutellum elevatum, conicum,
postice productum. _Abdomen_ transversum, thorace brevius. _Pedes_
breves, graciles, simplices. _Alæ_ breviusculæ.
_Male._ Body contracted, short, broad, thick. Head almost as broad as
the thorax; vertex gibbous; eyes large, bare; mouth extremely short
and small; antennæ very short, 3rd joint round; arista apical, very
slender, a little longer than the antennæ; thorax gibbous; scutellum
very gibbous, forming an upright cone, somewhat gibbous and conical
hindward, where it is horizontal; abdomen a little broader than long,
much shorter than the thorax; legs short, slender, simple; wings
rather short; veins in structure like those of _Oxycera_.
31. SARUGA CONIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Anthracina, antennis pedibusque
albido-testaceis, thorace maculis duabus magnis flavo-tomentosis,
femoribus nigris, genibus fulvis, alis albidis.
_Male._ Coal-black; antennæ and legs whitish testaceous; thorax with
a large yellow tomentose spot on each side in front of the scutellum;
femora black; knees tawny; wings whitish vitreous; veins and stigma
whitish testaceous, the former black towards the base. Length of the
body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Fam. TABANIDÆ, _Leach_.
Gen. TABANUS, _Linn._
32. TABANUS SUCCURVUS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigricanti-fuscus, capite
ferrugineo, callo longo lanceolato gracillimo, palpis piceis, antennis
nigris, segmentorum abdominalium marginibus posticis subpallidioribus,
tibiis subtus rufescenti-piceis, alis obscure cinereis apud venas
fuscescentibus.
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