170 Miss G. Ricardo on 



side, not attaining the fore border; all the bristles and the 

 short hairs on the dorsum are black. Scutellum red, with 

 grey tomentum. 



Abdomen dull black, some dull reddish colour on the 

 second, third, and fourth segments, becoming more or less 

 distinct bands on the posterior margins ; some very short 

 black pubescence on the sides; genital organ red, with black 

 pubescence. Hal teres red. Legs bright red, with black 

 pubescence and bristles ; the coxae are brown, with greyish 

 tomentum. Wings light brown, veins yellowish red. 



Length 20 millim. 



Type (male), Angola, 73. 6b' in British Museum Coll. 

 $ . The greyish stripes on the thorax are not so distinct. 

 The last three segments of abdomen are shining black, the 

 extreme edge of the last one reddish. Wings in the type 

 are brownish, but one female has almost clear wings; the 

 veins are yellowish red in all, those on the fore border deepest 

 in colour. 



Length 2<) millim. 



Type (female), Angola 73. (56 in British Museum Coll. 



Scylaticus rufescens, ? , sp. n. 



One female from Barberton (P. Rendall). 



Allied to S. costalis, Wiedem., but distinguished from it 

 by the orange-red moustache, wholly red antenna?, and the 

 pi-esence of grey spots on the second segment of the abdomen. 



Black. Face with white tomentum. The moustache, 

 which extends nearly halfway up the face, consists of bright 

 orange-red hairs. Palpi and proboscis black, with reddish 

 pubescence. Beard reddish. Antenna? red, the first two 

 joints with red hairs. The forehead black with reddish hairs. 

 The hind part of head bordered with orange-red hairs. 

 Collar and thorax black, the latter with the shoulders and 

 posterior margin red, covered with yellowish pubescence. 

 Scutellum red, with some long reddish bristles. Abdomen 

 with the first segment black, the anterior border of the 

 second black, with an oblong grey spot on each side, 

 the space between and behind the spots is red, and the 

 posterior border of the segment consists of a light yellow 

 continuous band; the third, fourth, and fifth segments are 

 orange-red, bordered with a zigzag black band, and on their 

 lateral margins the light yellow band appears; the sixth and 

 seventh are almost wholly orange-red; the pubescence on 

 the abdomen consists of sparse light reddish hairs, longer 

 and lighter in colour at the sides : on the underside the 



