228 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asillcls. 



white hairs represent the usual white tuft ; the upper 

 forceps black, club-sha|)efl, ending in a point, the lower 

 pair shorter, small, all with black pubescence ; the under- 

 side of tiie last segment of abdomen with a fringe of long 

 black hairs. Leys dull reddish; the femora usually blackish 

 on the upper sides and at apices; the hind tibite and all 

 tarsi black ; bristles all black and pubescence entirely 

 black. W'lnys large, the small transverse vein below the 

 middle of the discal cell. 



Promachus philipinus, S ? , sp. n. 



(>o-types, two males from Cape Engano, North Luzon, 

 Philippines (J. Whitehead), 98, 207, and type (female) 

 from same locality. 



A deep black-coloured species witli the anterior and 

 middle tibiae pale yellow. Genitalia of male with a white 

 tuft of hairs. Moustache in male yellow with a few black 

 bristles above, in the female these last seem to predominate. 

 Palpi with black hairs. 



Length, cJ ? , 23 mm. 



Male. — Face covered with yellow tomentum. Beard thick, 

 yellow. Antenna: with black hairs on the first two joints. 

 Hind part of head with black hairs. Thora.t\ scutelluni, and 

 abdomen deej) l)lack with black pubescence and black bristles. 

 Ge7iitalia black, stout, with black hairs, and with two long 

 string-like appendages proceeding from below. Legs with 

 black pubescence, the fore and middle coxai with tufts of 

 yellow hairs, the yellowish tarsi with some yellow hairs, the 

 yellow colour is only present on the upper sides of the 

 tibiae. Wings clear, tinged brown, veins reddish yellow. 



Female identical. Abdomen with black pubescence only, 

 one of the males has some scattered fulvous pubescence on 

 the apical half of abdomen. Ovipositor blue-black, shining, 

 composed of the last segment, but the two preceding seg- 

 ments are also largely blue-black, shining. 



Promachus fusiformis, Wlk. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. London, i. 113, p. 39 (1866). 



Type (female) from Malacca. 



A female from JSusen, Borneo {purchased E. Heyne), 

 97, 82. 



A large black species with a spindle-shaped abdomen, the 

 ovipositor long. Legs reddish. Moustache yellowisii. 



Length 31-32 mm. 



