686 ASILID^ 



more than the basal half of the first joint and on the base of the second joint 

 of the anterior tarsi, and usually on the base of the first joint of the hind 

 tarsi. Pubescence on the coxae (which are covered with whitish grey dust) 

 pale yellowish, long, and abundant on the front pair, but less noticeable on 

 the middle pair, and only slight on the hind pair ; front femora with some 

 long pale pubescence behind, and with the usual short pubescence which is 

 black above but tawny in front and behind, and with about six irregular thin 

 tawny posterior bristles extending from near the middle to near the tip, 

 about six rather long black hairs beneath on the basal half, a row of about 

 ten antero-ventral rather short erect inconspicuous black hairs extending the 

 Avhole length, and an inconspicuous subapical circlet of small mainly orange 

 bristles ; front tibise with one black dorsal bristle near the base (the 

 longest dorsal bristle on the front tibiae), four small black postero-dorsal 

 bristles not far from the middle, about the usual four long thin tawny postero- 

 ventral and a few thin longish black hairs beneath, while the short dense 

 decumbent pubescence is orange anteriorly but mainly black dorsally, and the 

 apical circlet has two long orange anterior and one ventral spurs, while two or 

 three shorter bristles near the upperside and some near the underside are black 

 but others are orange • front tarsi with two postero-dorsal bristles and the long 

 anterior bristles of the circlets on the basal joint orange but the rest black, 

 and the usual bristle near the base sometimes orange ; middle femora with 

 about four strong orange anterior bristles not near the tip or base, about four 

 (3-5) rather less strong black antero-ventral, the last one (the one nearest the 

 tip) being longer than the rest, some fairly long but sparse almost postero- 

 ventral tawny pubescence, one or two orange postero-dorsal subapical and 

 two or three smaller anterior ones ; middle tibiae with one black dorsal 

 (slightly postero-dorsal) bristle before the middle, two long orange antero- 

 dorsal well apart but near the middle and one small one nearer the base, 

 three strong black antero-ventral from the middle to near the tip, about five 

 long thin orange postero-ventral, and the apical circlet mainly orange but 

 with one rather long black spur beneath ; middle tarsi with the apical circlets 

 black dorsally, but with one long anterior and one long posterior bristle 

 orange on the three basal joints ; hind femora from quite the base with 

 rather abundant long yellow postero-ventral pubescence in which are about 

 four (2-4) remarkably long hairs, the short dense bristly pubescence mainly 

 black dorsally but elsewhere almost all yellow, subapical circlet all black 

 except one orange anterior bristle, about five obscurely blackish orange 

 anterior bristles, and about seven black antero-ventral (almost ventral) not 

 extended to near the tip ; hind tibia? with one long black dorsal bristle near 

 the base, two black antero-dorsal (one at one-third and one at two-thirds), 

 one long thin black postero-dorsal at one-third the length with one smaller 

 one just after the middle and one small one near the base, two black 

 antero-ventral after the middle, and the apical circlet all black ; the tiny 

 bristles on the posterior tibia? nearly all black except that the hind tibia? bear 

 (on all except the base) obvious ventral and postero-ventral orange felt ; hind 

 tarsi with similar orange felt on the basal joint, but with the circlets of bristles 

 all black. Bristles all mentioned above in the description of the pubescence. 

 Pulvilli elongate oblong, dull orange ; claws long and dull black but reddish 

 brown at the base. 



Wings pellucid, but with a distinct brownish grey " gloom " about the tip 

 and hindmargin which includes the whole of the wing-tip and a fair amount 

 of the front and hind margins, the inner margin of this " gloom " is fairly 

 definite, and there is a vague but obvious gloomy kernel in the fourth and 

 fifth posterior cells and a faint streak in the discal cell ; veins blackish 

 brown. Squamae (alar) brownish orange with a moderate dull pale yellow 

 fringe which is very short except near the angle. Halteres brownish orange. 



9 . Very similar to the male except for the extremely different genitalia. 



The black postocular festoon mainly limited to the upjier part of the head. 



Scutellum with the mai'ginal bristles varying in colour, sometimes some 

 being black and some whitish. 



Abdomen with the sixth and seventh segments shining black, rather 

 compressed, and taking part in forming the base of the very compressed 



