Miss G. Hicardo on the Asilida3. 389 



Museum ; one female from Salisbury, S. llhodesia {R. W. 

 Tucker), in Cape Coll. Museum ; one female from Pretoria 

 (^Miss J. Briucker), 1915, 135 ; and females from Estcourt, 

 Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1896 (G. A. K. Marshall), 1903, 17 ; 

 all in 13 rit. Mus. Coll., except where otherwise specified. 



These specimens from a rather wide range of localities 

 appear to be all identical, and agree "with the description of 

 Bezzi's species. He gives the size as 15-18 mm., describing 

 one or more males from Somaliland. These range in size from 

 14 to 20 mm. in the males and in the females from 15 to 

 17 mm. 



A species distinguished by the white short pubescence on 

 abdomen and le(js, and by ihe median black stripe and white 

 bristles on the abdomen. The moustache white with black 

 hairs intermixed varies somewhat — in the females chiefly 

 white, in the males the black hairs preponderate. The 

 forehead with black and white bristly hairs, and the curled- 

 over bristles black and w^hite. Mane with long outstanding 

 bristles and shorter black hairs, posteriorly forming a white 

 mane continued on to the scutellum, which is armed with 

 six black bristles. The fore and middle tibiie are black 

 with a red stripe, occasionally present on the hind pair, 

 bristles on legs are chiefly white. Genitalia of male stout, 

 long, club-shaped, with a fine yellow process produced 

 below, reaching the under lamellfe which are stout and 

 short ; all a chestnut colour covered with white pubescence. 

 Ovipositor of females short, black. 



Bezzi speaks of it as a fine distinct species, distinct from 

 the three Loew species, viz., spiniventris, ustulatus, and 

 pulcher, and from my species alboj'asciatus. From this 

 latter it is distinguished by the much longer genitalia and 

 by the white bristles on the legs. 



Dysmachiis nutalensis, sp. n. 



Type (male), type (female), and one other male, all from 

 Willow Grange, Natal [PV. C. Jlrout/hton). 



One male from fS. Africa (Distant Coll.). 



A small greyish species in the same group as Dysmachiis 

 tvrout/htoni, sp. n. The black mane has a few long white 

 bristly hairs on each side on the posterior half of thorax. 

 Moustache black above, yellow below. Legs blackish, only 

 the extrcuic base of tiliiiu red. Genitalia of male large, 

 stout. 



