Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 381 
Length 12-15 mm. 
Male.—Face with yellowish tomentum. Moustache black 
above and bright yellow below, composed of long rather 
weak hairs, reaching the antenne. Beard white. Antenne 
blackish brown, the first two joints with black and yellow 
hairs; the arista long and stout, not quite so long as the 
third joint. ' Forehead with straggling long black hairs. 
The curled bristles at back of head are chiefly yellow, about 
two black ones are to be seen below on each side, all rather 
weak and not very long. Thorax metallic, greenish brown, 
shining, with well-marked brown stripes; the mane not 
very thick, composed of long weak black hairs, some longer 
than others, those on the posterior half are largely yellow, 
‘as are also the two presutural bristles; pubescence on 
dorsum not thick, all short black hairs, and some grey 
tomentum is visible. Scutel/um same colour as thorax, with 
weak yellow hairs not very numerous; on the posterior 
border are two very long weak bristly hairs on each side, 
yellow or white. Abdomen bronze-coloured, but covered 
with grey tomentum ; the large blackish spots form an 
irregular median stripe ; pubescence on dorsum consists of 
some short black hairs and longer yellowish hairs at sides, 
also present on the underside, but no bristles appear on the 
abdomen. Genitalia long, black, and shining, with yellowish 
pubescence, the pincers club-shaped, the upper tooth very 
small; underside with a thick tuft of yellow hairs. Legs 
bronze-coloured ; the tibiz and tarsi vary in colour some- 
what, the hind pair rather darker; the pubescence on 
femora long and yellow but not thick, yellow and black 
bristles are present on the hind pairs ; the tibie with long 
yellow hairs and black bristles, the anterior pair with some 
black hairs; all the tarsi armed with long and short black 
bristles. Wings clear, the small transverse vein just beyond 
the middle of discal cell. 
Dysmachus rhodesii, sp. n. 
Type (male), type (female), and other males and females 
from Salisbury, Rhodesia (R. W. Tucker), in the Cape 
Museum Coll. 
A small bronze-coloured species. Moustache black with a 
few yellow hairs below. Mane chiefly black. Legs bronze- 
black, the tibize at extreme base red, bristles black, but long 
yellowish-white hairs ou fore and middle legs. 
Length, g 11-12, ? 10-11 mm. 
Male.—Face greyish. Moustache very large with long 
