Miss G. Ricanlo on the Asilidre. 181 



pale yellowish ; the femora and tibiae with yellow pubesceuce, 

 thickest and brightest in colour on the fore legs, lower side 

 of tibia? with black short hairs ; middle and hind femora 

 armed with black bristles, those on the tibi;i3 and tarsi strong 

 and numerous. Wings clear, with grey streaks on apex on 

 fore border. 



Feinale identical. Ovipositor short. 



Prumachus adamsii, Ricardo. 



ri-otnackus Jlaviharbis, Adams, Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull. iii. p. 152 

 (1905), uomen bis lectum. 



Females from Kabulumiro, Uganda, 1909 {Col. Sir D. 

 Bruce, A.M.S.), 1909, 83 ; Bululu, Uganda, 6. i. 1911 {C. 

 C. Goivdey), 19U, 7; Nyasaland, Nov. 1892 {H. H. John- 

 ston), 9-4, 12 ; Uchweni Forest near Witu, British E. Africa, 

 25-27. ii. 1912 (S. A. Neave), 1912, 193 ; three females 

 from Valley of Kafu River, Unyoro, 3400 feet, 28-28. xii. 

 lull {S. A. Neave), 1912, 193, afl in Brit. Mus. Coll. 



Males and females in coitu, from Uchweni Forest near 

 Witu, 25-27. xi. 1912 {S. A. Neave), in I.E.E. Coll. 



These species answer in every particular to Adams's 

 description. He described one female from near Fort 

 Salisbury, Rhodesia, and gives the length as 27 mm. 



The two black bristles on the scutellum are only present 

 in one or two of the above specimens. Ovipositor of female 

 long, composed of three segments. Genitalia of male black, 

 shining, the forceps large, club-shaped, ending in broad 

 flattened apices, with no projections or teeth; the lower 

 lamellae short and small, the border of the under part of 

 last segment produced with yellow and black hairs ; pubes- 

 cence on genitalia black, with tufts of white hairs above. 



Length, cJ 21-23, ? 25-27 mm. 



Promachus uffandiensis, sp. n. 



Type (male) from Scmliki Plains near south shore of Lake 

 Albert, 2200 feet ; Uganda {S. A. Neave), 1912, 193. 



Type (female) from Kotakota, Nyasaland {Dr. J. S. Old), 

 1911,221. 



A male from 150-200 miles west of Kambove, 3500-4500 

 feet; Uganda {S. A. Neave), 1907, 230; a mnle from Blantyre, 

 Nyasaland {Dr. J. S. GUI), 1912, 401, and a female. 



A species with a yelhjwisli moustache and black bristles 

 ou the scutellum, the first two joints of the autcnnio reddish. 



