166 Miss G. Ricardo on 



Dark grey. Face and palpi whitish, with white hairs ; 

 some black pubescence on the upperside of the latter, more 

 marked in some of the series than in the type. Beard 

 scanty and whitish. On the forehead are two distinct black 

 shining spots, the upper one near the antenna? heart-shaped, 

 with a longitudinal groove, the other oval. The pubescence 

 on the eyes is very slight, hardly perceptible ; there is a cross- 

 band extending to opposite the cordiform spot. The antennae 

 are light yellow, the first joint greyish, with some black hairs; 

 the apex of the third joint is more orange in colour. Thorax 

 with greyish or light yellow short pubescence. Abdomen 

 with a distinct central grey stripe extending from the first 

 to the sixth segment ; this is not so distinct in those from 

 Kyasaland ; on each side is another stripe more yellow in 

 colour, not extending beyond the fifth segment. The ventral 

 side has no stripes, clothed with short light yellowish pubes- 

 cence. Legs reddish yellow, the coxae with light grey pubes- 

 cence, the anterior tibiae at their apex and the tarsi dark 

 fuscous; on the posterior legs only the last four joints of the 

 tarsi are darker. 



Wings hyaline, the fore nerves yellow; a short appendix 

 on the fork of the third vein, not always present. 



Length Yl\ millim.; width of head 4 millim. 



Type (female), Pretoria {W. L. />.). 



Asilidae. 

 Laparus albicinctus, ? , sp. n. 



One female from Barberton (P. Rendall). 



This species will belong to Loew's division A b (see Dipt. 

 Siidafrik.). Fore tibiae having an end spur and four to six 

 bristles on the anterior margin of the mouth. 



Black. Face brown, shining, with testaceous tomentum at 

 the sides, bordering the eyes, and round the mouth. The 

 four large bristles near the mouth are black, with a few black 

 hairs below. Antennae red, the first joint and the base of the 

 second blackish, a large bristle on the latter. Forehead 

 black, with some greyish-red tomentum; a short central 

 longitudinal furrow extends from the antennae to the ocelli- 

 gerous tubercle. The bristles and hairs on the hind part of 

 head are black. Proboscis and palpi black, the latter with 

 black hairs. 



The thorax is black, with a whitish band on each side 

 extending the whole length, and three faint white stripes on 

 the dorsum, only noticeable on the anterior border. Scutellum 



