926 MiaeG. Ricardatenahecs wie 
Promachus chinensis, § 2, 8p. nu. 
Type (male), type (female), and another male from Tinghae, 
China (South), June 1899 (P. de la Garde), 1906, 89. 
A robust reddish-yellow species ; the legs reddish. Abdo- 
men blackish, with yellow-haired broad bands. Moustache 
aud hairs of palpi yellow. 
Length, g 25-30, 2? 32 mm. 
Male—Face covered with yellow tomentum, the yellow 
hairs reach the anteune, which are blackish, with yellow and 
some black hairs on the first two joints. Forehead with 
yellow hairs and some black bristles. Thorax brownish 
with a broad median black stripe, with a yellow tomentose 
border and with yellow tomentum at sides and on posterior 
part; pubescence of short black hairs, many rather like 
bristles, and the hairs are longer posteriorly. Scutellum 
with fine yellow bristles, one or two black bristles are 
present. Abdomen blackish, but all the segments, except the 
first three at their bases, are covered with dense yellow 
pubescence and yellow hairs, which last are thickest on 
the second segment and are present on sides of abdomen. 
Genitalia black, large, the upper forceps very stout, the 
lower pair very short, both covered with bright yellow hairs 
and some black hairs at base of upper forceps. Legs reddish 
yellow, the knees black, the uppersides of femora with a 
short black stripe ; pubescence of legs yellow. Wings large, 
with yellowish veins. 
Female identical. The yellow pubescence on abdomen 
not quite so thick. Ovipositor short, composed of the last 
segment. 
Promachus calorificus, Wik. 
Proc. Linn, Soc. London, iv. p. 107 [ Trupanea] (1860). 
Promachus concolor, W1k. 1. c. v. p. 269 [ Trupanea] (1861). 
Promachus albicauda, v. d. Wulp, Tijd. v. Ent. (2) vii. (xv.) p. 228, 
pl. xi. figs. 12-14 (1872); id. xli. p. 183 (1898). 
Type (male and female) from Makessar, Celebes. 
Type (male) from Celebes (concolor). 
V.d. Wulp described his species also from Celebes. 
A stout blackish species with reddish legs. Genitalia with 
snowy-white large tuft of hairs above. Wings with a broad 
dark streak in submarginal cell. Moustache yellow, with 
some black bristles above. Palpi in male with black hairs; 
vy. d. Wulp says in the female they are black and yellow. 
