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This may prove to be the male of _T. reducens_, though it is very
different in appearance. _Male._ Cinereous black, with whitish
tomentum, which is visible when viewed horizontally; head cinereous;
palpi testaceous, very short; antennæ black, reddish at the base, with
an extremely small tooth; thorax dull-tawny along each side; abdomen
reddish, with a small triangular whitish spot on the hind border of
each segment; hind borders of the ventral segments whitish; tibiæ
reddish with a black line; wings cinereous, brownish along the costa;
veins black, ferruginous at the base; fore branch of the cubital vein
simple, nearly straight; halteres whitish. Length of the body 9 lines;
of the wings 16 lines.
36. TABANUS IMMIXTUS, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereo-niger, capite albido,
callo nigro longo angusto sublineari, palpis albidis, antennis nigris
basi rufis vix dentatis, abdomine ferrugineo apice nigro maculis
trigonis marginibusque posticis testaceis, tibiis fulvis, alis
cinereis apud costam subluridis, halteribus testaceis.
_Female._ Cinereous black; head whitish; callus long, black, slender,
nearly linear; palpi whitish; antennæ black, red at the base; tooth
extremely small and obtuse; abdomen ferruginous, black towards
the tip; each segment with a triangular spot and the hind border
testaceous; tibiæ tawny; wings cinereous, slightly lurid along the
costa; veins black, ferruginous at the base; halteres testaceous.
Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
37. TABANUS FLEXILIS, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereus, testaceo tomentosus,
callo nigro longo gracillimo, palpis testaceis, antennis ochraceis
subdentatis apice nigris, abdomine ferrugineo fusco maculis dorsalibus
trigonis marginibusque posticis testaceis, tibiis basi fulvis,
alis cinereis apud costam subluridis fusco bifasciatis, halteribus
testaceis apice albis.
_Female._ Cinereous, with testaceous tomentum; head with a black,
long, extremely slender callus; palpi testaceous; antennæ ochraceous,
with black tips and with a very small black tooth; pectus whitish;
abdomen ferruginous brown; each segment with a large triangular spot
and with the hind border testaceous; tibiæ tawny towards the base;
wings cinereous, somewhat lurid along the costa, with two irregular
brown bands; 1st band short, discal, 2nd abbreviated hindward; veins
black, ferruginous at the base; fore branch of the cubital vein
simple, nearly straight; halteres testaceous with white tips. Length
of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Gen. CHRYSOPS, _Meigen_.
38. CHRYSOPS FASCIATUS, _Wied_. See Vol. I p. 112.
Fam. ASILIDÆ, _Leach_.
Subfam. MYDASITES, _Walk._
Gen. MYDAS, _Fabr._
39. MYDAS BASIFASCIA, n. s. _Foem._ Atra, antennis clavatis, abdomine
fascia basali flava apice nitente, femoribus tibiisque posticis
rufescentibus, alis cinereis apud venas ochraceis.
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