. Bulletin of entomological research. Entomology. CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE OF TABANIDAE OF PALESTINE. 311 hair; venter pale smoke grey or pale drab-grey pollinose, clothed with minute, appressed, glistening, ivory yellow hairs, hind borders of second to sixth scutes inclusive ivory yellow, seventh segment deep greyish olive or mouse grey pollinose, clothed with usual coarse, erect, blackish hair. Wings : clear, hyaline, veins lighter or darker olive-brown, anterior branch of third longitudinal vein without an appendix, at least in typical form ; stigma pale isabella-coloured or almost colourl
. Bulletin of entomological research. Entomology. CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE OF TABANIDAE OF PALESTINE. 311 hair; venter pale smoke grey or pale drab-grey pollinose, clothed with minute, appressed, glistening, ivory yellow hairs, hind borders of second to sixth scutes inclusive ivory yellow, seventh segment deep greyish olive or mouse grey pollinose, clothed with usual coarse, erect, blackish hair. Wings : clear, hyaline, veins lighter or darker olive-brown, anterior branch of third longitudinal vein without an appendix, at least in typical form ; stigma pale isabella-coloured or almost colourless, inconspicuous. Squamae ivory yellow, borders cream-buff. Halteres: knobs ivory yellow, stalks pale cream-buff. Legs : coxae smoke grey or pale smoke grey pollinose, clothed with whitish hair; femora, except tips which are cream-buff, light greyish olive or smoke grey pollinose, clothed with whitish hair (extreme tips, at least of front and middle femora, with minute black hairs above), inner and under sides of front femora blackish brown or warm sepia-coloured, inner sides more or less smoke grey pollinose ; tibiae cream-buff, tips (distal sixth in case of middle and hind pairs, distal fourth or rather less in case of front pair) blackish brown or dove brown, pale area of tibiae clothed with minute, appressed, glistening ivory yellow hairs, mingled on extensor surfaces with minute black hairs ; front. Fig. 12. Tabanus accensus, Austen, head of $ from in front, x 10; a, antenna from the side, greatly enlarged. tarsi blackish brown, first joint more or less clothed above, except at distal extremity, with minute appressed, glistening ivory yellow hairs ; middle and hind tarsi clove brown, proximal two-thirds or three-fourths of first joints cream-buff or cream- coloured, clothed with minute, appressed, glistening ivory yellow hairs, mingled with minute black hairs. Lower Jordan Valley and Jerusalem : type from Wadi el Kelt, Jericho Plain , biting author's arm ; a pa
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