﻿50 Ainnils of llie South African Mttsciiiii. 



cross-veiii a little longer than the discal cross-vein ; first posterior' 

 cell as broad as the discoidal one. 



Anastoechus cervinus, Loew (1860). 



Easily distinguishable by the yellow basal comb of the wings and: 

 by the entirely black antennae, the first joint of which is short. A 

 male and a female from the Cape, without precise locality. To Loew's 

 original description may be added : face and genae destitute of 

 bristles ; antennae with the first joint only twice as long as the 

 second : eyes of the male with the upper areolets a little enlarged, 

 separated for a distance which is only as broad as the fore ocellus (a 

 fact which seems to be contrary to Loew's statement) ; proboscis 

 entirely black, with yellow basal ring ; ]»alpi yellow ; hairs of irons 

 entirely white. Scutellum red. Abdomen black, with red sides and 

 red hind border of the segments ; its bristles are not longer and not 

 darker than the fur. Front femora with one, the others with more 

 spines below; pulvilli very short. Wings with the two basal cells, 

 the anal and the axillary cells almost entirely hyaline ; neuration as 

 in the preceding species. 



The female, hitherto undescribed, has a broad frons, which is broader 

 than the eye, and bears on the sides and on the ocella numerous but 

 not very strong tubercles and dark yellow bristles ; face without 

 bristles, rather bare above the upper mouth-edge, and there shining 

 yellow ; proboscis with a black basal ring. Abdomen and venter 

 entirely black, with the hind border of the segments narrowly yellowish; 

 bristles strong and long, but of a pale yellowish colour like the fur. 

 Hind femora below more reddish yellow, with whitish scales. Wings 

 almost entirely hyaline, the fuscous pattern of the male being only 

 indicated by a hardly distinct greyish tint. 



Anastoechus erinaceus, sp. nov., c{, $. 



A very peculiar and bristly, dark species of medium size, very 

 distinct from any other on account of the numerous black bristles of 

 the frons and thorax. 



Type c? ^^d type $ a single couple from Namaqualand,. 

 Springbok (Ca,pe), November, 1890 (E. M. Lightfoot) ; an additional 

 male specimen from O'Okiep (Cape) (L. Pcringuey). 



Length of body 8-9 mm.; of wing expanse 19-24 mm. Head 

 entirely black, dusty-grey, but rather shiny around the vertex ; occiput 

 rather developed, clothed with long greyish hairs and with long dark, 



