Tabanus atratus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 789. 9. Syst. Antl. 96. 16. Weidemann Auss. Zw. Ins. 1. 114. No. 3.
Tabanus niger, Pal. Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Amer. Dipt. t. 1. f. 1.
Habitat: New York, and other parts of North America.
Head black. Antennæ black, being placed on the front of the head; the parts surrounding them shining, as if finely polished. Ocelli wanting. Proboscis red brown; being inclosed in a kind of sheath, which is black. Thorax very dark brown, almost black. Wings dark brown and membranaceous, not transparent. Abdomen lead coloured, the extremity nearly black; being of the same colour underneath as at top. Legs entirely black; the middle ones being furnished with two spines at the tips of the tibiæ. Breast hairy and black.
SPHEX JAMAICENSIS
Plate [XLIV]. fig. 4.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Fossores. Family: Sphegidæ, Leach.
Genus. Sphex, Linn. &c.
Sphex Jamaicensis. Castaneo-rufus, abdomine nitido, capite thoraceque fulvo-hirtis, antennis nigris, alis fuscis.
Syn. Vespa Jamaicensis, Drury, App. vol. 2.