Miss G, Ricardo on the Asilidao. 381 



Leno^th 12-15 mm. 



Male. — Face with yellowish tomentura. Mount ache h\vick. 

 nhove and bright ycHow ljeh)\v, composed of long rather 

 Avcak liairs, reaciiing the aiitenufe. IJeard white. Ayitcnmc 

 bhiekish brown, the first two joints with black and jellow 

 hairs ; the arista long and stout, not quite so long as the 

 third joint. Forehead with straggling long black hairs. 

 The curled bristles at back of head are chiefly yellow, about 

 two black ones are to be seen below on each side, all rather 

 weak and not very long. Thorax metallic, greenish brown, 

 shining, with well-marked brown stripes ; the mane not 

 very thick, composed of long weak black hairs, some longer 

 than others, those on the posterior half are largely yellow, 

 as are also the two prasutural bristles ; pubescence on 

 dorsum not thick, all short black hairs, and some grey 

 tomeutum is visible. Scutellum same colour as thorax, with 

 weak yellow hairs not very numerous; on the posterior 

 border are two very long weak bristly hairs on each side, 

 yellow or white. Abdomen bronze-coloured, but covered 

 with grey toraentuni ; the large blackish spots form an 

 irregular median stripe ; pubescence on dorsum consists of 

 some short black hairs and longer yellowish hairs at sides, 

 also present on the underside, but no bristles appear on the 

 abdomen. Genitalia long, black, and shining, with yellowish 

 pubescence, the pincers club-shaped, the upper tooth very 

 small ; underside with a thick tuft of yellow hairs. Leys 

 bronze-coloured ; the til)iie and tarsi vary in colour some- 

 what, the hind pair rather darker ; the pubescence on 

 femora long and yellow but not thick, yellow and l)lack 

 bristles are present on the hind pairs ; the tibiae with long- 

 yellow hairs and black bristles, the anterior pair with some 

 black hairs; all the tarsi armed with long and short black 

 bristles. Wings clear, the small transverse vein just beyond 

 the middle of discal cell. 



Dysmachus rhodesii, sp. u. 



Type (male), type (female), and other males and females 

 from Salisbury, Rhodesia {li. //'. Tncker), in the Cape 

 Museum Coll. 



A small bronze-coloured species. Moustache black with a 

 few yellow haira below. Mane chieliy black. Legs bionze- 

 black. the tibitC at extreme base red, bristles black, but long 

 yellowish-white; hairs on lore and mi'l'Mr '''gs. 



Length, S 11-12, ? 10-11 mm. 



Mule. — Face greyish. Moustache very large with long 



