386 Miss G. Ricardo on tJie Asilidae. 



transverse vein below tlie middle of the discal cell. Geni- 

 tiilin of male black, long, the upper forceps simple, large, 

 with short white pubescence on the upper sides and long 

 bristly yellow hairs below ; the basal plate below with 

 a fringe of hairs, usually yellowish white or orange-yellow, 

 the lower forceps short, with yellow hairs. The male from 

 Zululand has rather darker pubescence on the genitalia 

 and on thorax. 



Female identical. Moustache with more black hairs above. 

 Ovipositor black, shining, about as long as the last two 

 sejirmeuts. • 



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Loew's Division 11^*. 



Bristles on underside of abdomen. Mane extendiny 

 the whole length of thorax. 



Dysmachus molitor, Wied. 



Ausszweifl. lus, i. p. 450 \_A8ilus], 1828, etc. 



One male from S. Africa (Dr. Smith), 446, in Brit. Mus. 

 Coll. 



One specimen from Dunbrody {Rev. O'Neil), 1900, in 

 Cape Museum Coll. 



An easily distinguished small species, the abdomen being 

 thickly covered with whitish hairs. Mane white posteriorly. 

 Moustache thick, white. Legs covered with white pul)cs- 

 cence aiul with white bristles. Scutellum with three thick 

 tufts of white hairs and two or more black bristles on the 

 posterior border. 



Length 12-14 mm. 



Dysmachus parvus, sp. n. 



Type (male) and type (female) from Mababo, 100 miles 

 N.E. of Lake Ngami, 3000 ft., Bechuanaland Protectorate, 

 9. viii. 1909 (/?. B. IVoosnam)^ 1910, and another ? female. 



A stnall pretty little species allied to D. mo/itor, Wied., 

 but distinguished from it by the black and white moustache 

 aiul black bristles on the legs, D. incis?tralis, Macq., is 

 said to \)e allied to D. molifor, but Macquart says tlie geni- 

 talia arc short, whereas in this species they are very long 

 and slender; the white bristles on the abdomen arc very 

 lujticeable. 



Length 10 nan. 



