228 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidee. 
white hairs represent the usual white tuft; the upper 
forceps black, club-shaped, ending in a point, the lower 
pair shorter, small, all with black pubescence ; the under- 
side of the last segment of abdomen with a fringe of long 
black hairs. Legs dull reddish ; the femora usually blackish 
on the upper sides and at apices; the hind tibize and all 
tarsi black; bristles all black and pubescence entirely 
black. Wings large, the small transverse vein below the 
middle of the discal cell. 
Promachus philipinus, 8 2, sp. n. 
Co-types, two males from Cape Engano, North Luzon, 
Philippines (J. Whitehead), 98, 207, and type (female) 
from same locality. 
A deep black-coloured species with the anterior and 
middle tibiz pale yellow. Genitalia of male with a white 
tuft of hairs. Moustache in male yellow with a few black 
bristles above, in the female these last seem to predominate. 
Palpi with black hairs. 
Length, ¢ 2, 23 mm. 
Male.—Face covered with yellow tomentum. Beard thick, 
yellow. Antenne with black hairs on the first two joints. 
Hind part of head with black hairs. Thorax, scutellum, and 
abdomen deep black with black pubescence and black bristles. 
Genitalia black, stout, with black hairs, and with two long 
string-like appendages proceeding from below. Legs with 
black pubescence, the fore and middle cox with tufts of 
yellow hairs, the yellowish tarsi with some yellow hairs, the 
yellow colour is only present on the upper sides of the 
tibie. Wings clear, tinged brown, veins reddish yellow. 
Female identical. Abdomen with black pubescence only, 
one of the males has some scattered fulvous pubescence on 
the apical half of abdomen. Ovipositor blue-black, shining, 
composed of the last segment, but the two preceding seg- 
ments are also largely blue-black, shining. 
Promachus fusiformis, Wk. 
Proc. Linn. Soc. London, i. 13, p. 89 (1856). 
Type (female) from Malacca. 
, A female from Busen, Borneo (purchased EH. Heyne), 
97, 82. 
A large black species with a spindle-shaped abdomen, the 
ovipositor long. Legs reddish. Moustache yellowish. 
Length 31-32 mm, 
