211 Miss G. Riciirtlo on the Asilidje. 



Philodicus species, as the ovipositor is described as having a 



cii'clet of spines. Legs testaceous. 



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Promachus dnvaucelii, Macq. 



Dipt. Exot. i. (2) p. 213 (1838) [Trupnnea']. 



A pair from Dehra Dun, U.P., India, Nov. 1907 {Lt.-Col. 

 F. //'. Thonqjson), I. M. S., 1908-21. 



One male {Ih'. Smith), 68, 4, and one female with no 

 locality stated. 



!Macquart's very insufficient description is as follows: — 



Black. Palpi red-haired. Thorax with red tomeutum 

 and black bands. Abdomen with the three first segments 

 red-haired. Legs black. Wings yellow. 



Length, ^ ? , 12-16 mm. 



Face, moustache, and beard yellow. An obscure streak 

 in the marginal and first submarginal cells. 



From Bengal. 



A species varying in size, the females larger than tlie 

 males. Distinguished by the bright reddish-yellow pubes- 

 cence disposed as tufts on the first three segments of 

 ubflomen and as ordinary pubescence on the remaining 

 segments, thickest here in the female. Moustaclie and beard, 

 hairs on posterior part of thorax and on the scntellum the 

 same bright colour, and the thorax coloured the same between 

 the black stripes. Moustache has some black hairs on its 

 upper part in the male only. Leys black M'ith chiefiy black 

 pubescence, some white is present especially in the female. 

 Genitalia of male black, shining, with black hairs, the upper 

 forceps large club-shaped, the lower pair small, the under- 

 side of the last segment produced and -bordered with short 

 black hairs. Oi-ipositor short and small. 



Length, (^ 15, ? 18 mm. 



Since this paper was sent to press, ^Ir. J. E. ^lacpherson. 

 Officer in Charge, Forest Zoologist's Office, Dehra Dun, 

 India, has sent me some Asilidae for identification, the 

 greater number being a long series of males and females of 

 this species ; the males have no black hairs in the mous- 

 tache. All were captured at Dehra Dun. 



Promachus marcii, Macq. 



Dipt. Exot. i. (2) p. 213 (1838) [Tnipmiea]. 



A male from Gundumri, Bhandani, I.xii.l9l2 {A. D. Tmnis), 

 in jungle. 



A species nearly allied to Pruntuchna dnvaucelii, Macq., 

 who describes it thus: — 



