2Q6 N0VITATE3 ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



Of this species, whicli was origiually discovered in Asia Minor, the Museum 

 alread)' possessed one J and 3 9 ¥ from Biskra, Algeria, 28. v. 1894 and 31. v. 1893 

 (Rev. A. E. Eaton). 



NEMESTRINIDAK 



Genus NEMESTRINUS Latr. 

 Nemestrinus aegyptiacus Wied. 



(^Aussereurop. zioeifl. Iiisel'leii, i. p. 249 (1828).) 



One (? and one ? from the Oued N?a, between Gnerrara and Ghardaia, 

 Southern Algeria, 3-5. vi. 1912 (Dr. E. J. 0. Hartert and C. Hilgert). 



The ? of this species brought back by Dr. Hartert is not quite typical, since 

 in it the hairy covering of the head and thorax is more ochraceous-bufF than usual, 

 while the femora, instead of being, with the exception of the extreme tips, clove- 

 brown or dark brown, are entirely cinnamon-rufous or ochraceous-rufous. 



The series of specimens of Nemestrinus aegyptiacus already contained in the 

 National Collection includes examples from Biskra, Algeria ; Cairo and vicinity, 

 Egypt ; Arabia ; and Trebizond, Turkey in Asia. The type of the species was 

 obtained in Egypt. 



ASILIDAE. 



DASYPOGONINAE. 



Genus SAROPOGON Lw. 

 Saropogon sp. incert. A. 



One ? from Ghardaia, Southern Algeria, 26-30. v. 1912 (Dr. E. J. 0. Hartert 

 and C. Hilgert). 



This specimen has been determined by Herr Th. Becker as " Saropogon pollin- 

 osus Lw. var.," but the correctness of the identification seems open to grave doubt. 

 Thus, the length of the individual in question is only 9'0 instead of 14 mm. ; the 

 black area on the dorsum of the thorax shows no indication of being composed of 

 stripes ; the soutellum is black instead of " red " or " yellowish-red " ; the short 

 hair on the first two joints of the antennae and on the dorsum of the thorax is jiale 

 yellowish instead of black ; the dorsum of the abdomen, instead of being black with 

 yellow transverse bands, is cinnamon-rufous, with a large black spot on each side 

 of each tergite after the first ; and all femora, instead of being entirely " yellow," 

 have a dark brown or blackish brown stripe on the antero-superior surface. 



Saropogon sp. incert. B. — ? nov. 



Two c?c? and two ? ? from between Touggourt and El Oued, Algerian Sahara, 

 April 1909 (Hon. L. W. Rothschild and Dr. E. J. 0. Hartert). 



A black species, 11 to ir5 mm. in length, apparently belonging to this genus, 

 with grey pollinose face, silvery white moustache borne on a low tubercle, narrow 

 hyaline wings in which the fourth posterior cell is much contracted on the wing 

 margin, and black legs, though the anterior and middle tibiae in the cJ, which are 

 thickly clothed throughout with silvery white hair, are cream-buff in front, at least 

 at the base. Unfortunately all four specimens are more or less denuded and other- 

 wise damaged, to such an extent as to be useless for descriptive purposes. 



