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M^JJETIXG. 129 e another fact pointing towards a more eastern extension of the cretaceous formatiims than their present outcrop indicates. Still, the writer has found a large inocerainus in a creek bed eight miles east of Manhattan, and Dacotali grave! in Atchison county. Bits ot chalk are not uncommon in secondary drift, 'i'lie distance to wliich such concretions might be carried by iiuaternary agencies (or tertiary) is not easy to tix. and it may be that the carriage of our fossil is nearly from the present outcrop of the Dacotah formation, though how it crossed the high ridge of llu' Flint hills is still a dilliculty. NOTKS AND DESCRIFnONS OF NOKTII AMKlilCAN TAHANID.K. liV S. W. WII.I.ISI'ON. I'il. D. .'. review of my material in the family Tabunidiv has furnisiied occasion for notes e claws, pulvilli and empodia. Whether they are enlarged in all males, I do not know; certainly they are in many. S) asJT 130 KANSAS Academy of Science. Panoonia uasa Loew. I'ANfJONIA. Three female specimens from Connecticut. The palpi in this species are very slender, and the legs of my specimens seem to be lighter colored than they are de- scribed. Panoonia tkanquilla Osten Saeken. A male specimen from New York aj^rces well with the description: the palpi are noticeably shorter than in the males of any other species known to me. Panoonia feka, n. sp. Male: Length 12 mm. Black: eyes bare: prob(»sciG longer than the tibiie; basal sej^ments of abd«)men yellowish red on the sides and hind margin: wings brownisli subhyaline, first posterior cell open: face brownish gray, with black pile: first two joints of antenna' black, with black hairs: palpi slender, black, with loose black hair; ocelli present. Proboscis black; labellie smill; dorsum of thorax brownish black, with some grayish dust, and blackish pile; pleura* with some yellowish pile above; abdomen black, with black ;)ile. the three basal segments broadly on the sides, and wholly on the venter, yellowish red; second, third and fourth segments with the posterior margin yeHow. fringed with golden pih : wings brownish subhyaline, more distinctly cloudeJ in front toward the stigma; costal and subcostal cells luteous yel- low; legs wholly black, with black pile. One specimen, Mt. Hood. < )r. Is nearest allied to P. tramiiiilla (). S., but the more slender palpi and the black pilosity will readi'v* distinguish it; the proboscis is ilso distinctly longer. Panoonia incisubalis Say {P. incisa, Wiedemann). One specimen, from New Mexico. This species will be readily recognized by the elongate proboscis, small labellte, fasciate abdomen, and closed first posterior cell. Panoonia chrysocoma Osten Saeken. A single male specimen, from New York, is evidently of this species, though the sides of the abdomen are largely yellow. The author does not meniion the slender yellow palpi, clothed with long, loose, black pile. The front tarsi, especially the first joints, are more slender than usual. Panoonia dives, n.sp. Female: Length l;{ la mm. Head yellowish gray, the front more brownish. Anteniue reddish yellow, the annulate portion of the third joint largely black. Palpi yellowish red. at the base with light-colored pile, otherwise with short black, more or less intermixed with white hair. Prt)boscis about as long as the head, not ex- tending much beyond ^he palpi, the labellie large. Ocelli present. Dorsum of thorax covered with nearly uniform brownish or yellowish gray dust, nearly conceal- ing the black ground-color; pubescence short, appressed. light yellowish. Pleurie rather tliickly gray pollinose and pilose. Scutellum like ihe thoracic dorsum, pile light yellow. Abdomen brownish yellow, the anterior part i»f the segments brownish or blackish, with more or less short black liair. the posterior part and margin with light yeUow hair. Legs reddisli yellow, tlie tibiie somewhat, the tarsi more, brownish. Wings nearly hyaline, the costal and subcostal cells yellowish; all the posterior cells open, second submarginal cell appendiculate. Male: Eyes distinctly pubescent. Face and the slender palpi with long, abun- dant, light yellowish hair, near the tip of the latter black. Thorax with rather abun- dant light yellow pile. One male and four females. California. The eyes in life appear to be uniformly green, or purplish green. The basal abdominal segments of the male are only faintly brownish anteriorly, with a black spo*, clad with black hair, near the middle. An- NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. Jgl other liiale, from WashinKtou Territory, wliich I believe to be of the same specie, is much darker, the abdominal segments dark reddish brown and black pilose, the hind margins yellowish, with a fringe of light yeUow pile. The pile <.f the body seen.s longer, that . phjra (). S There are, however, no d.,rsal thoracic stripes, the pollen being nearly uniform, the second submarginal cell is appendiculate, etc. SILVIUS. iMLVIUH GIOANTULUS LoeW. This species seems to be very common in the West. I have specimens from ^\ ashington Territory, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. SiLvius (^tJADRiviTTATUH Say, Joum. Acad. Phil, iii, 8;}, 1 ; Compl. Wr. ii. 'A {rhry.ops] : Wiedemann, Auss. zweitl. Ins. i, L'OO, i» (id.) A female specimen from California agrees so well with the' descriptions of this species that I refer it here. The chief ground for doubt in the determination, is the difference of locality. Say's specimen being from "Near the Rockv Mountains" This is, however, of little moment, in consideration of the fact that so many of the species of the Californian fauna reappear in Colorad,). The species differs' from S l>ollinosus Will, in being darker throughout, in the antenna- being m<,re slender in the dorsum of the thorax having gray stripes on a black ground, and in the four abdominal stripes being better marked. SiLvius POLLINOHUS Willistou. Traus. Connecticut Acad, iv, 244— Western Kansa« Additional specimens of this species differ from the types in their much larger size (11 12 mm.) The wings have a whitish appearance and light-colored veins the small clouds on the cross-veins darker and more conspicuous, with none on the course of the veins themselves. I hardly think it probable that this is the ri,n,s„ps qnadriviUatns of Say and Wiedemann, since there are no blackish stripes on the dorsum of tlie thorax. As regards the generic location of both this and the pre- ceding species, there may be a cjuestion. The structure is quite like thai of S. ghian- tidus, but the general appearance is very different. The eyes, as revived over' wet sand, show the characteristic markings of Sihiiis, that is. numerous irregularly scat- tered black dots over a green background. The species must resemble those of the European Nemorius Kondani, and may perhaps belong there. The third joint of the antenniv, however, is considerably longer than the first two together. Al'ATdJ.ESTi;!?. Williston, Entom. Americana, i, 12, IHHr.. Apatolestes COMA8TE8 Willistou, 1. c— Caliiomiu. f'HRYSOPS. srCIM.KSIF.STAKV TAHIK OK Sl'ElIKS. 1. Cross-band obsolescent ; abdomen black Ni(»RimMBO Whitnev. Cross-band distinct ',, 2. Apex of wing beyond cross-band hyaline 3 Costal margin beyond cross-band more ov less infuscated ,.[, 4 3. Second basal cell infuscated on extreme basal part; abdominal segments with posterior gray borders sordiduh (). S. Second basal cell largely infuscated: abdominal segments without posterior gray borders „,, . * cucLUX VVhitney. 132 A'^.V.S'^.V ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 4 Fir.t basal cell hyaliuf; tir.t auteunal joint thickened (San Doming.). Fbazari, n.sp. 5 First basal cell largely infuscated -.. Second basal cell inf uscated on the proximal third or beyond '^ Second basal cell hyaline 0 Prevailing color of body black; palpi blackish • Prevailing color of body brownish yellow; palpi reddish fulvastku «.. ». ,,,,,, I'EBTINAX, U.sp. 7. Abdomen wholly black i-ides of first and second abdominal segments red noctifeb . n. «. Fust antennal joint distinctly thickened pachycera, n.sp. First joint not distinctly thickened ^, ,. , „ ., uiscALia Will. ' . A hyaline spot in the discal cell No hyaline spot in the discal cell 10. Abdomen with four ctmtiuuous black stripes sEtiUAX, n.sii. Abdomen not striped 11 The black facial callosities small, not converging interiorly proclivus ( K S. The black facial callosities large, converging inferiorly; dorsum of thorax dis- HUBDUS U. ». tinctly vittate Chrvsoi'h excitans Walker. ,•..,, fr. I have numerous specimens of this species from Washington, where it seem^ o be common, with others from Anticosti. The latter have no reddish yellow on the sides of the third abdominal segment, as is the case with the AN estern ones. Chrvsoph mitis (). H. . A specimen from Montana agrees very well with the description of this species, except in size (;> mm.). Chryhops FuoAx Osten Sackeu. , .. „„ i Specimens that I refer to this species I have from Anticosti, Massachusetts, and North Park. Colorado. Some of these specimens have the thoracic polluiose mark- ings and the pubescent triangles of the abdomen well indicated, so that the presence of the small hyaline spot at the base of the fifth posterior cell -a ^^^^^'f^^J^^f^'-- is about all that can be relied upon to distinguish it from C. nuUs. The Colorado specimen has the four posterior femora largely reddish at the base. Chrvsops iEHTUANs v. d. Wulp.— Western Kansas, Chbyhops oallidus Osten Sacken. A single female specimen fr.mi Washington Territory, I am unable to satisfac- torily distinguish from this Eastern species. The distal part of the costa is less distinctly clouded, and the cross-band less dark, especially posteriorly. The third and fourth abdominal segments are less dark, leaving only a pair of basal triangles. ChBYHOPH PKRTINAX, n.sp. ,. -^l I • • Female: Length 5)11 mm. Front gray, the large transverse callosity shming black Face light yellow, the large callosities black, broadly coalescent above the ora margin, and separated from the shining black cheeks. Antenn* black, slender, first two joints reddish at base, and together about two-thirds as long as the third joint. Dorsum of thorax black, with two broad, median, anterior, greenish-gray stripes, limited by three slender brown ones. Abdomen shining black, in well-preserved specimens, with small median triangles of whitish pubescence, and with similar t » } 1 [ t t h s ii u tl ido :V^.V£ TEEN Til A yX UA L ME E TIX( i . 1P>.S pubescence on the posterior segment-*. Legs black, the four pusterior tarsi a little reddish at base. Wings with dark-brown markings, tilling out two-thirds or more of both basal cells, the cross-band not reaching the posterior margin, but including the base of the fifth posterior cell. The apical costal spot is diffuse, and readies only a little way into the second sul)mai:ginal cell, and is separated from the cross-band by the hyaline continuation of the halo, which reaches (juitc to the eo>ta. Eight specimens, Wasliington Territory. In some the legs an- more brownish. The species ap[)roaclies ('. celcr most closely, but will be at once distinguished by the apical costal ch)ud, and by the less bushy gray, not fulvous, pile of the pleurif. Chrysoi's mohcht's Osten Sacken. One specimen from Cumberland (rap, ami one witliout locality. Tlie latter is on the same pin with a speciuien of ''. /jimZ/ckn Osteu Sacken. Chkysoi's fhazaiu, n.sp. F' iiHtli': Lengtli H mm. Front yellowish gray, the large callosity black. Fner grayisli yellowish on its borders, elsewhere luteous yellow shining. Antetuiie elong- ate, the first two joints together considerably longer than tlie third, the first joint considerably thickened: first joint re idish, second joint redilish brown, tliird Iflaek. Dorsum of thorax blackish brown, with four very distinct yellow nollinose stripes. the median ones remote, slender, broadly interrupted jjosteriorly. and contiguous on the fr«)nt margin with the broader entire lateral ones. I'leurie l)rownish black, witli six distinct s]iofs of yellow jioUen. the smallest just above the front coxie. Abdo- men dark brown, the first segment with two small yellow pollinose spots on each side, the ptjsterior ones obsolete; second segment with a median stripe, the large anterior angles reaching the whole length of the segment, and two spots liehind, the next three segments each with three small, more or less confluent spots on tlie hind margin, the third segment with an additional median one in front. Wings al- most [Hire hyaline, with distinctly limited dark-brown markings as follows: Anterior margin to the apex not, or but faintly, encroached upon in the marginal cell beyond the cross-band, the extreme base of both basal cells, and the cross-band, reaching to the hind margin at the tip of the first posterior and anal cells, leaving a liyaline sinus in the fifth ])osterior cell posteriorly. Legs luteous yellow, the knees and more i r less of all the tibiie, especially of the hind pair, and tarsi, brown or blackish: hind tibiiB with a distinct fringe of black pile outwardly. Venter dark brown, witli two broad yellow stripes. One specimen, San Domingo ((i. F. Frazar). C'hbysops SEciUAx, n.sp. Female: Length 8.5>mm, Front yeHowish gray, the callosity black. Face mostly black, bare, reddish yellow, the callosities more or less black. Antenme elongate, slender, the first joint longer tlian the second, the two together about as long as the third; first two joints yellowish, the third almost wholly black. I'alpi yellowish or brownish. Dorsum of thorax with four broad, distinct stripes, the lateral ones more yellow, the median ones greenish yellowish gray and separated by a slender stripe. Pleune grayish yellow pollinose, with a lon^,itudinal black stripe, .\bdomen yeilow. brownish or blackish tlisfally, with four distinct black sfriiies reaching from or near the base, the lateral ones slender or partially obsolete anteriorly. Scutillum some- times yellow on its border. Ventor yellow, with a broad median and a more slender lateral black stripe. First basal cell of the wings wholly tilled out with brown, the second hyaline; the cross-band reaches the hind margin, but the fiftii jxisterior cell is largely hyaline at its base; anal cell open; wings broadly ch>uded distally, including nearly all of the second submarginai cell, and encroaching upon the first posterior, the hyaline arcuation between the cross-band and spot slender, scarcely transcending 134 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. the second longitudinal vein. Le^s yellow or brownish yellow, the knees, distnl part of front tibiii'. tlieir tarsi, and the base of hind femora, black; sonietimes the base ot middle fenK.ra. the tip of their tibiie, and the whole hind legs. . xcept the base of the tarsi, black. Mali': Black abdominal stripes stronj^er and more distinct, the median t beyond the cross-band. Four females and one male. Western Kansas. Cukyhoi's I'l.ANOENS Wiedemann. Specimens of this species from Georgia, though smaller, agree in other respects with ones from Connecticut. Chrysops soKDiDi's Osten Sacken. Two specimens of this species from the White Mountains, while agreeing well with th.3 description, would not be correctly located in (^sten Sacken's table, by reason of the slight infuscation at the base of the second basal cell. Chrtsoph ctjcLux Whitney, Can. Entom. xi, l^f). This species, (closely allied to C. sordidus, according to the author,) I do not know. CiiRYSops CUK8IM Whitney, Can. Entom. xi, ;{«;. I do not see \f lerein this species differs from C. piidicus Osten Sacken. Chrysops subdus Osten Sacken. Specimens from California agree very well with the de.scription, but others, from Washington Territory, have the yellow of the face extending to the oral margin in front, and the grayish stripes of the thorax extending distinctly the whole length of the dorsum. The third and following abdominal segments have a narrow posterior yellow margin, and the third and fourth segments have each a median stripe. Chrysops proclivus Osten Sacken. Specimens from California, Washington Territory, and Mt. Hood, Oregon, agree very well with the description. Chrysops vuiaaster Osten Sacken. Num: -ous si)ecimens from Colorado and Montana I identify with this species, though there is some variation among them. In the Montana specimen the second abdominal segment is cliietly blackish, with the posterior margin, a median expan- sion, and the anterior angles yellowish. In the males the segments have each a small yellow median posterior expansion. Osten Sacken omits a striking characteristic of the species, viz., the thickening of the first antennal joint. Near the close of his de- scription of the female, "fourth posterior" should read fifth posterior. Chrysops disc alis Williston, Trans. Connecticut Acad., iv, 24"). ('hrysops ('ostatus Fabr. San Doniingt). Belongs to the group with a hyaline spot in the discal cell; it has, also, very slender antennie. Chrysops paohyoera, n.sp. Feniah-: Length 8, 1) mm. Facial caUosities yellow (probably with blackish in some specimens). Front, yellow; the callosity shining reddish-yellow, somewhat margined with blackish above. Antenna} elongate, the first two joints together longer NiXETEEXrn AW UAL .vketim;. 135 than the third; first j,)int swolh-ii. yi-lh.w; (i-asf,'r. but will be distinguished by the lateral yellow spots on the abdominal segments, etc. H.K.MATOI'OTA. H.tMATOPOTA AMERICANA Osten Sacken. A specimen from California has the four posterior metatarsi with only a vestige of white color at the base, but otherwise agrees very well with the description, excepting that I would hardly describe the first antennal joint as '-very much in- crassated." The wide distribution of the species renders it prot)al>le that it is iden- tical with Macquart's H. pmutulata from Carolina. TAHANTS. siiTi KMK.NTAiiV rAiii.K iiF >;i'Krii:s. 1. Eyes pubescent j- Eyes bare ,, 2. .-Vljdomen with definite white markings ;{ Aiidomen without definite white markings 1^ .^. The white markings of the abdomen consist of a single row f)f triangles, or a median stri]ie < The white markings consist of two or three rows of triangles or s[)ots 10 Abdomen brownish reddish, with whitish i.osterior ixirders to the segments. ANNULATUS Say. 4. Wings distinctly spotteil or clouded witli brown r, Wings witlKHit distinct clouds on the cross virins: prevailing coh)r of antenna- black; dark species sodalis, n. sp. "). Very small species; abdomen with a whitish stripe and incisures (San Domingo.) PAKvuiiUS, n. sp. Abdomen with triangles; larger species 0 136 Kaxsas acadk.vy of Science. <>. Antt'iinii' red; veins of wings clouded ' Antennn' largely black '•> 7. Frontal callosity nearly s(niare; annulate portion of third joint short.. Fi'u. n. s|>. Frontal callosity very narrow; annulate portion of antennie very long. ruuiiint'K Wied. t*. First posterior cell closed: front reinarkal>ly narrow audomin.vi.ih Fahr. First posterior cell open !' y. Abdominal triangles of moderate size kxui- ( >.S. Abdominal triangles large siiLcitKoNS Macij. 10. The lateral spots of the abdomen touch the hind margin 11 The lateral spots do not touch the ! ..id margin; small species \^^ 11. Middle sized, elongate species okacilik Wied. Small species: third antennal joint broail 1- 1'-'. Frontal callosity not denutled i'V(HtfA;rH. n. sp. Frontal callosity denuded si'AKtis Whitney. I'A. Basal part of third joint liroad pumilus Macii. Basal |)art of third joint narrow; darker fuatellus, n.sp. 14. Wings nearly hyaline .eokotus O. S. Wings brown in front ( San Domingo) fknestka. n. sp. l.'>. Abdomen black, without red on the sides 1<> Abdomen more or less broadly red on the sides 17 It). Abdominal segments with a narrow hind border of whitish dust and pubescence, expanding into median triangles sequax. n. sp. Abdomen without grayish borders or triangle; thickly pilose, thick-set species. PKOCYON O.S. 17. Palpi dark; abdomen red with a median black stripe. Meoeri.ei Wied. Palpi light yellow 18. 18. Prevailing color of antenna- red: front convergent anteriorly.. . .comastes, n.sp. Prevailing color of antennie black 11>. 19. Front gray phsnops O. S. Front brownish sonomensis O. S. The following species, published since the appearance of ( )sten Sacken's catalogue, I do not know: Tabanus SUPEK.IUMENTARIUH Whitney, Can. Entom. xi, 37. New Hampshire. Tabanuh dodoi:i Whitney, Can. Entom. xi, H7. Nebraska. "Eyes pubescent; ocellar tubercle wanting; abdomen brown, with two broad white stripes of subequal width with the space between. Wings hyaline, 12-14 ram." Tabanus aliiYni Marten, Can. Entom. xv, 110. North Carolina. Eyes bare; abdomen broadly yellow on the sides; l.'i mm. Tabanus tetricus Marten. Can. Entom. xv. 111. Montana. A Therioplectes of the group of T. ihombicus, with denuded subcallus. Tabanus frenchii Marten, Can. Entom. xv, 111. Montana. A Therioplectes allied to T. microcephalus apparently. The black face with white hair is rathei- peculiar. i NiNErEKXTU ASNl'AL MEETISd. VM Tabani'h huhhrruh Marten, Can. Entoni. xv. 111. Montana. Evidently allied to /'. i-lmitihifus ['rhiriiiplefffs.) A. Eyes puliescj'ut. TH Kh'K H'LKCI ES. Taiunosterior cell and the presence of large-sized triangles on the second abdominal segment. The color of the thoracic dorsum is also often more reddish in the Florida speci- mens. Tabanuh nicjkescens Palisot Beauvois.— Virginia. Tabnaus ^gkotus Osten Sacken. I have several males and females of this «pecies. from Oregon and California, varying in length from 17 to 28 mm. The head of the male is large and convex, but the large and small facets are not distinctly separated, or very different in size. Tabanus punctiflb Osten Sacken. All my specimens (California. Washington) of this easily recognizable species have the lirst posterior cell coarci.ite. as in some specimens of T. sti/fiins, which I have from as far west as Kansas. Tabanus oioanteus Degeer. This species I observed in extraordinary abundance at Vandalia, 111., in the aarly part of September, causing much worry and annoyance to stock in the woodlands. I have it also from Florida. Tabanus sodalis, n.sp. Female: Length, 1"). 1« mm. Brownish black. Abdomen with a single row of conspicuous white triangles: wings without distinct clouds on the cross-veins; third joint of antennie red at the base: tirst posterior cell not coarctate; eyes bare. Abdomen rather broadly oval; second, third, and fourth segments each with a large white triangle, expanding from a narrow posterior border, largest on the second, the fifth with only a small whitish spot, the tirst with a small but distinct one. A'enter dark brown, liroadly whitish pubescent and pollinose on the sides and the narrow posterior borders. Pali)i whitish, with minute black and white hairs. Face and front yeUowish white, the former with yellowish white )>ile. Frontal caUosity nearly black, squarish, above it, and sepj^rated from it. a slender bare si>ot: front of nearly eciual width. Antenna' black, the third joint red at the base, the upper angle mod- erately projecting, forming about a right angle, the annulaled porth)n about two- fifths of the entire length. Dorsum of the thorax grayish brownish black, the ante-alar callosity re^i; pollinose stri[ies moderately distinct. JiCgs dark brown or black, the base of the tibi:r more or less hUeous or redilish. Wings tinged witli brownish, more distinctly so in tiie neigborhood of the stigma. This species is nearest related to Z'. coffcntHs. but will be at once distinguished by the presence of four bright green narrow horizontal stri[>es on the purple back- ground of the eye. From T. mnlr^tns and T. friiiiacuhtfus the large triangle on the second abdominal segment will readily se[)arate the species. Tabanus fuk, n.sp. Female: Length 17 mm. Abdomen with a single row of white triangles; wing cross-veins distinctly clouded with brown: legs red, the tarsal joints a little darker; angle of third antenual joint not produced. 140 KANSAS .ICADE3IY OF SCIENCE. Resembles T. recedens Walker, bu ; is smaller; the annulate portion of the third antennal joint is shorter, not or scarcely a third of the lens^thot' the joint: the dorsum of the thorax is lij^hter colored, the markings less distinct, the i>ile of the pleurse less abundant, the abdomen lighter colored, etc. The abdomen is ferruginous red. with a single row of rat' . narrow triangles: it is attenuated posteriorly, but less so than in T. rcceilen/i. Wings tinged with brownish, the veins broadly iind diffusely elouded with brownish, the cross-veins very distinctly clouded with brown: first ]>os- terior cell coarctate. From T. turhidus, under which it would be sought for inOsten Sacken's table, and witli which it might perhaps be liest compared, tii nearly square frontal callosity and the short annulate portion of tlie third antennal joint will im- mediately separate it. Two specimens, Florida. Tabanus spakuh Whitney, Can. Entom. xi. H>s. This species is closely allied to T. initnilus. and only by a careful examination is one able to distinguisli it in the dried si)ecimens. I have a number of specimens of T. spani.f from Connecticut and Massachusetts. ( July 1.) and three of T. piiDiifus from Indiana. In all of the former the lateral whitish spots of the second and third abdominal segments are broadly contiguous with the hind margins, while in tl>e latter they form on all the segments, small, oval, isolated spots. .Most distinctively characteristic of tlie two species, however, are the color-markings of the eyes, as I can ct)rroborate from the revivilication of my dried specimens. T. puiiiilHN has two bright green stripes on purple ground, while in T. Kpio-us the eyes are wholly light green with a pur])le reflection. TaBA'UH FKATELIiUK, H.Sp. Fe)nale: Length 8-0 mm. Abdomen with three series of isolated spots; wings hyaline: antennjv narrow; small species. Palpi slender, white, with minute black hairs. Face grayish white, with white pile. Front brownish gray, convergent anteriorly: callus nearly square, black, with a larger, shield-shaped, shining spot above it. Anteanie blackish brown, the basal portion of third joint sometimes reddish brown, narrow, only a little wider at base of non-annulate portion, the angle feebly indicated. Thorax grayish black, with three well-indicated larrow gray stripes; pleurre gray, with whitish pile. Abdomen black, with well-marked whitish hind borders to the segments; segments two-five each, with three small, rounded, transverse, whitish spots. Venter with grayish dust, and posterior whitish hind borders to the segments. Legs black, the base of front tibire. and the most of the four posterior tibite yellowish; four posterior tarsi brownish. Wings hyaline, stigma brown; first posterior cell open. Two specimens, Washington Territory. The species closely resembles T.^iioiulus, but is darker, and the antennre a»'e much narrower at the base of the third joint, with the angle feebly indicated. Tabanuh gkacilis Wiedemann, Auss. zweifi. Ins. i, l.'ifi. 71: Osten Sacken, Cat. Dipt., note 81, p. 228. I recognize this species in a number of specimens from Florida. They agree well with Wiedemann's description, except in the color of the antcnniv, which are either wholly red, or with tlie annulate portion brown. Tlie slenderness, pale but distinct brown clouds on the veins of the wings, and general light color — lilac-red- dish throughout, will distinguish it. Oi'ten Sacken. from an examination of the faded type. com[)ared tiie species with his 7'. loitijifs. From the description, indeed, it seeias to be nearly related to that species, though differing in the lighter color, and brownish clouds on the wings. The lateral spots of the abdominal segments, in all my specimens, reach distinctly to the hind margin, the only thing that prevents NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 141 the species being brought to T. longus in Osten Sacken's table, of tiic abdomen is bvownish-red. Their length is 12, 13 mm. The prevailing color Tabanus pycjm^uh, n.sp. Female: Length (5 mm. Third antennal joint broad oval, not angulated, anuii- lated portion short; frontal callus not denuded; tibiii' light yellow at base. Front rather broad, not narrowed anteriorly, cdlosity wanting or not denuded, in color light grayish yellowish. Face yellowi.-h white, with white pile. Palpi white, not slender, with white hairs. Antenna- brownish red, the third joint short, basal portion large, only a little longer than b^oad, gently convex below and obtusely angulated in the middle above; annulate portion very short, not a third the length of the joint. Thorax grayish brown, with three slender lighter stripes. Abdomen light chocolate brown, with a large, oblique, posteriorly contiguous t riangle. and a less distinct median triangle on the segments, grayish yellow-sh. Legs black, the base of the four anterior tibi* whitish yellow, hind tibia^, excep*^ the tip, and the base of the four posterior tarsi, yellow, the remainder of these tarsi brown. Wings hyaline, stigma brownish. One specimen, Florida. The eyes appear to be in life green on the upper, purple on the lower portion. TABANU.S I'ARVULUS, 11. S|J. Female: Length 7 mm. Front narrow, parallel; base of third antennal joint red; abdomen with a median stripe, and the incisures light yellowish: tibia' yellow at base; wings with dark brown clouds on the cross vein^'. Frontal callosity black, a little higher than broad, wi.h a slender prolongation above. Antenna- red, the first joint and the annulate portion black, the latter nearly as long as the base of the joint, basal portion not broad, obtusely angulated. Face yellowish gray. Thorax yellowish gray, the dorsum with three broad reddish-brown stripes. Abdomen brown, tlie segments with distinct narrow, light yellowish hind margins, dilated in the middle into an uninterrupted narrow stripe, reaching from the base of the abdomen to the seventh segment. Legs brownish black, the base of the tibiiv, including a third of the front and two-thirds of the hind pair, yellow, the base of four posterior tarsi likewise yellow. Vt'ings nearly hyaline, the narrow front border, becoming broader and more diffuse on the apex, brownish: all the cross- veins with narrow but strong l)rown clouds: sec specimen, San Domingo. Singularly, the palpi are entirely wanting in my- spe^.imen, J'-jugh there is no indication of the specimen having been injured. Tabanus fenkstka, n.sp. Female: Length VA mm. Black; front narrowed anteriorly; thorax chocolate brown; all the tibia- light yellow; wings hyaline, the anterior and outer part brown, the latter with hyaline streaks. Front yellowish gray, much narrowed anteriorly; the callus small, ()val, continued above as aline: subcallus partly denuded. Face grayish yellowish, with whitish pile. Palpi black, second joint short and thick. Antenna- brownish red, the basal joints and annulate j)ortiou darker: basal portion of the third joint not very broad, the angle not salient. Dorsum of thorax chocolate brown, more or less grayish pollinose. pleuriv with black hair. Abdomen brownish black, with grayish bh)om. Middle and hind femora dark brown, front femora brownish; all the tibite light yellow, the hind pair sonivwhat infuscated at tip; front tarsi light reddish yellow, posterior pairs darker. Wings subhyaline brown along the front part and at the tip: in the mar- ginal and submarginal cells with light streaks; second submarginal cell appendicu- late. 142 Kax.sas Academy of science. San Domingo. The eye^i, as restored, show two horizontal green stripes on a g'eenish purplish background. 'J ABANUS ANNULATtIS Say. A specimen from Louisiana agrees very well with Wiedemann's description, though it does not have the dark abdomen as Say describes. METEOROLOGICAL SIMMARY FOR THE YEAR ISSr,. ^rUEPAREI) HY I'ROF. V. H. SNOW, OK THK INIVERSITY of KANSAS, FliOM UB.sEHVA- TION'8 TAKKX AT LAWRENCE. The year 188(5 was marked by an excessively cold January, a long, hot summer, a dry atmosphere, light winds, and clear skies. But the most remarkable cliaracter- istic of the year was the very light rainfall of its second half. Dp to the 1st of July the rainfall was only 1.75) inches below the average, but for the remainder of the year there was ". deficiency of \).'2?> inches, the total pr'.'cipitation being less than half the normal amount. Altliough the total rainfall was much less than in any previous year of our record, the copious rains o'' the first six months secured good crops of wheat and half crops of corn in the dist.icts most seriously affected by the drouth. TEMPERATUBE. Mean temperature of the year r)2.!H)°. which is .04° ah'tve the mean of the eighteen preceding years. The highest temperature was 105°. on .\iigust lOth; the lowest was 18° below zero, on the !)th of January, giving a range of 123°. Mean at 7 a. m., 47.13°; at 2 P.M., ()2.1(i°; at '.» p.m., 51.28°. Mean temperature of the winter months 23.83°, which is 5.88° below the average winter temperature; of the spring 54.57°, which is .!M)° above the average; of the summer 76.80°. which is .96° above the average; of the autumn 57.17°, which is 3.35)'^ above the average. The warmest month of the year was July, with mean temperature 79.54°; the warmest week was August 11th to 17th. mean 8().93°; the warmest day was August 16th, mean 90.62°. The mercury reached or exceeded 90° on 53 days, (13 more than the average number.) viz.: two in May, three in June, twenty-one in July, eighteen in August, and nine in September. There were five days on which the te'jperature exceeded 100° — one in July and four in August. The coldest month was January, with mean temperature 14.32°: the coldest week was January 6th to 12th. mean temperature .61° below zero; tlie coldest day was January 8th. mean 12.75° below zero. Tlie mercury fell below zero on 16 days, of which 10 were in January. 3 in February, and 3 in December. The last hoar frost of spring was on April 27th; the tirsf hoar frost t>f autumn was on October 1st; giving an interval of 155 days, or over 5 months, entirely with- out frost. This '.a precisely the averag'.' interval. The last seve -e frost of spring was on April 5th; the first severe frost of autumn was on the 27 fh of Octolier: giving an interval of 203 days, or nearly 7 months, with-