224: 'Mhs G. Ricardo on the Asilidfc. 



Icffs, and by tlie white tuft of hairs on genitalia, wliich arc 

 short and small. 



Length, S 22-23, ? 22 mm. 



V. d. Wulp gives it as 11)^ mm. 



Promachus manilliensis , Macq. 



Dipt. Exot. i. (2) p. 310 [Trupaneci] (1^38); et Siippl. i. p. 207 

 [Trupanea] (1884) ; Ost.-Sack. Berlm. eut. Zeit. xxvi. p. Ill (1882). 



A female from Cape Engano, North Luzon, Philippines 

 {/. Whitehead), 98, 207. 



This specimen answers fairly to the meagre description 

 given by Macquart. 



He first described the male as 24 mm. long with two 

 white-haired bands on abdomen, and le";s exteruallv red. 

 Palpi with white hairs, moustache white. Later he added 

 the description of a female from the same place, Manila. 

 Palpi with black hairs. 



Length 20 mm. 



Face covered with yellow glistening tomeutum. Hind 

 part of head with black bristles. Thorax velvety black 

 with yellowish-brown tomentum at sides. Scutellam tlie 

 same with black bristles. Abdomen the same, with black 

 pubescence on all the segments except the first two. Ovi- 

 positor short, shining. Legs reddish with black stripes on 

 femora, the hind pair more largely black ; tibia black at 

 apices ; tarsi black ; pubescence chiefly black, some yellowish 

 hairs on hind femora. Witty s clear, veins yellow. 



Length 25 mm. 



Promachus noscibilis, (^ , Austen. 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. Londou, xx. pt. 13, June 1905, p. 403. 



One male, the type, from Wataikwa Hiver, Dutch New 

 Guinea. 



The author states this is a species allied to P.bifasciaius, F., 

 but distinguished by the lighter-coloured lore and middle 

 tibi?e and tlie smaller genitalia. 



P. manillietisis, i\Iacq., must be nearly allied to this species ; 

 the genitalia will probably be found to be dillerent when 

 more specimens of each sex in the two species are to hand. 

 The legs in Macquart's species are dull reddish, the femora 

 are black above, the hind pair very largely black, as are also 

 the hind tibia?. 



In the New Guinea species the legs are entirely black, 

 with the exception of the fore and middle tibiue, which are 

 yellowish. 



