222 Miss G. Ricarclo on the Asilidse. 



The following have been describcil, not included in the 

 tables: — F. xanthostoma, v. d. Wulp, from New Guinea, 

 evidently only a subtbrni of P. /jifasciatus, having two dark 

 Htreaks on the wing. P. desviojjijyus, de Meijere, Tijd. 

 Eut. hi., Suppl. p. 59 (1914), from Java, the abdomen 

 having brown-yellow hairs on the first three segments in the 

 male, and the female -with the whole abdomen covered witii 

 them. P. albopilosus, llondani, from Borneo, with the 

 abdomen shining black and white-haired, the legs also white- 

 haired. P. felinus, v. d. Wulp, from Borneo, with only 

 the anterior tibiae red, the wings pale brown. P. leucopareus, 

 V. d. \yulp, from Java, the abdomen with yellow-ochre 

 hairs and yellow tibiae. P. rufibarbis, Macq., from Java, has 

 a dark spot on the wing and long yellow hairs below the 

 femora. P. externetestaceus, Macq., ha« the tibiie externally 

 testaceous, and some white bristles on the posterior legs. 

 P. rufomystaceus, Macq., has a red moustache. Abddmeu 

 black with white segmentation. "Wings yellow. 



The other species described from the Philippines are 

 P. forcipatus, Schiner, a species with red-yellow bands 

 on the abdomen and the genitalia with a white tuft; 

 P. maculosa and varipes, ]Macq., the former described as 

 having two black spots on each segment of abdomen, and 

 the legs with some white bristles ; the latter also said to be 

 found in India measuring 16 mm. Moustache and pal])i 

 yellow-haired. Genitalia of male from Manila with a 

 white tuft of hairs. Abdomen with short yellow hairs and 

 segmentations. 



Promachus bifasciatus, Macq. 



Dipt. Exot. i. (2) p. 215 [Tntpcmen] (1838), etc. 

 Uicaido, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xi. p. 417 (1913). 

 I'roviachus strenuus, Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. London, iv. p. ](•(> 

 [Trupanea] (1860) ; et v. p. ^64 [rrupuHea] (18bl). 



Type of Walker's species (female) from Makessar, Celebes 

 (Saunders Coll.). 



Type (male) from Menado. 



Male from Tond (Saunders Coll.). This specimen was 

 compared by me with ]\Iacquart's type in the Paris Museum. 



Male from Celebes. 



V. d. Wulp records species from Gorontalo in Celebes, 

 and gives a good description, suggesting Walker's species is 

 identical, in wliich he is correct. 



