440 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 
from the Cape, evidently identical with Walker’s species. 
The genus is distinguished from Dysmachus by the absence 
of a tubercle on the face, no curved bristles at back of head, 
and the moustache is thick with coarse bristles, but not wall- 
like as in Dysmachus, and it is much less pubescent on the 
body. 
No other species has as yet been recorded. 
Dysclytus firmatus, Walker. 
Trans. Ent. Soc. London, n. ser. iy. p. 180 (1857) [-Astlus]. 
[ Dysclytus spurcus, Loew. ] 
Walker’s type, a male, is from Port Natal. 
A female from Stellenbosch, Durban, 21.xi.1916 (C. N. 
Durham); in Cape Coll. Museum. 
A large species, blackish, with greyish-yellow tomentum. 
Moustache black above, yellow below. Legs reddish, the 
femora largely black, chiefly below. Scutellum with two or 
more black bristles. Ovipositor in female black, very long, 
composed of the seventh and eighth segments. Genitalia of 
male long, black ; under lamelle very short. Wings large, 
clear, shaded grey at apex and on posterior border. 
The male measures 24 mm., the female 25 mm. Loew 
gives 20-24 mm. 
: NEODASOPHRYS, gen. Nov. 
This genus is nearly allied to Dasophrys, but is distinguished 
from it primarily by the absence of the dilation of wing on 
fore-border in the male. 
The three species placed here are all characterized by the 
long hairs on the legs, thickest on the fore femora and tibie. 
The tubercle on face is as in Dasophrys, with a fine-haired 
moustache. The hairs on thorax form a thin mane, but few 
bristles are present, and then only on the posterior part. 
Neodasophrys natalensis, sp. n. 
Type (male) from Karkloof, Natal, Feb. 1897. 
Type (female) (G. A. K. Marshall), 1903, 17, and two 
other females from the same locality. 
A large blackish species with brick-red tibiz and long 
yellowish hairs on them, and long black hairs on the femora. 
Moustache black and yellow. Genitalia of male very long. 
Length, ¢ 25, 9 24-28 mm. 
Male. — Face covered with yellowish-white tomentum. 
