Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 441 
Moustache of fine long black hairs and yellow one§ below, 
placed on an indistinct tubercle which extends to the 
antenne. Beard of long yellow hairs. Palpi with black 
bristly hairs. Antenne blackish, the third joint long with a 
long arista, the first two joints with black hairs. Forehead 
with long black hairs. Curved bristles all black and hairs 
round head; halfway round, yellow hairs take their place. 
Thorax blackish with narrow grey tomentum stripes ; dorsum 
with black pubescence, which forms a very thin mane in the 
centre, anteriorly of short hairs and posteriorly of longer 
ones ; presutural bristles two, supra-alar two, postalar two 
very long ones, all black and interspersed with long, fine, 
black hairs; the posterior part of dorsum with thick, fine, 
black, long hairs, a few black bristles interspersed. Scutellum 
with some black hairs and a row of black bristles on the 
posterior borders. Abdomen blackish with yellowish tomen- 
tum, which predominateson the last twosegments; pubescence 
whitish, yellower on the first segment at sides; underside 
with rather thick whitish pubescence, no bristles present. 
Genitalia very large and longer than the last three segments 
together, club-shaped but flattened at the ends; under 
lamellz triangular, proceeding from beneath the last segment, 
ending in a blunt point, clothed with black hairs ; a fringe 
of black hairs are very evident, proceeding from below the 
border of last segment ; pubescence on the upper forceps 
black and fairly long above and below, a few yellowish hairs 
are visible above. Legs black, the fore and middle tibize 
brick-red, only black at their apices, the hind pair red for 
two-thirds of their length only, the fore and middle femora 
with long black and yellow hairs below and shorter black 
ones above, the hind pair with only black hairs and with 
black bristles; the fore tibiz with long silky yellow hairs 
below and long black hairs above at sides, and shorter black 
pubescence on dorsum, one large black bristle at top, the 
middle pair the same, the hind pair with long not thick 
black hairs and very few yellow ones, also armed with very 
strong black bristles ; all tar-i with black pubescence and 
strong black bristles; pulvilli large, orange-yellow, some 
yellow hairs present on the tarsi. Wings longer than the 
abdomen, with blackish veins, tinged brown; the second 
posterior cell bulges a little into the first one, the second 
submarginal cell nearly as long as the second posterior cell, 
the small transverse vein beyond the middle of the discal 
cell. 
Female identical. Abdomen rather lighter in colour. 
