Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilid.e. 4) 
small transverse vein oblique, at about the middle of the 
diseal cell. 
Female is identical, the long pubescence on the lexs 
not so marked ; ovipositor black, not much loager than the 
preceding segment. 
Machimus hirtipes, 8, sp. 0. 
Type (male) from Khasi Hills, Assam (A. Chenvell), 
96, 135, and two damaged specimens (? g or 2) from the 
same locality. 
A medium-sized greyish-yellow species, distinguished by 
tlie pubescence on the abdomen and by the long hairs on 
the legs, the femora being red with a black stripe on their 
inner mid es: the tibiz the same. 
Length 20 mm. 
Face with greyish-yellow tomentum; the tubercle darker, 
large; the moustache composed of numerous stout black 
bristles, with some yellow ones below. Pulpit black with 
black hairs. Antenne blackish brown, the first two joints 
with black hairs. Beard yellow. Hairs round head the 
same colour; occipital bristies black. Forehead with black 
hairs. Thorax covered with bright greyish-yellow tomentuin, 
the median stripe dark blackish brown, the side-stripes paler 
in colour; pubescence on dorsum black, consistine of short 
hairs and longer ones intermixed with the long, stout, black 
bristles; preesutural bristles two, supra-alar two, postalar 
three, dorso-central about twelve. Scu/ellum the same 
colour, with six long black bristles on its margin and some 
short black hairs on its dorsum. Abdomen greyish yellow 
with a dark spot on each segment and the segmentations 
paler; yellow bristles on sides, and solt yellow hairs and 
shorter yellow hair on the dorsum; genitalia reddish, black 
at apex with chiefly black hairs; eighth ventral segment 
produced to a rounded broad poimt ending in black hairs ; 
the whole segment is hairy, all the under surface of abdomen 
with yellowish hairs. Legs reddish with black stripes on 
femora and tibiz ; fore femora clothed with long yellowish 
hairs above and be elow ; ; middle femora with fever, ‘and with 
two long bristles below and two at apex; the hind pair has 
bristles below and on the sides, and some long yellowish and 
black hairs; tibiz with yellow hairs; tarsi with black pubes- 
cence; all bristles on the legs are black. Wings clear with 
grey shading on apex. 
Aun. & Mag. N. list. Ser. 9. Vol. ui. 4 
