390 Miss G. Ricardo oti (he Asiliclae. 



Length, S 12-13, ? 12 mm. 



AJale. — Face yellowish, the moustache reaching tlie an- 

 teniKo, black above, yellow or white below. Beard yclhnvish 

 white. Anfcn/ue blackish, the first and second jcnnts with 

 long black hairs on each side. Forehead with black hairs, 

 those on hind part of head long, black, bristly, with ycllowish- 

 Avhite hairs round head. Thurax bronze, with greyish-brown 

 tomentuni, the mane thick with outstanding long black 

 Ijristles and the white ones each side ; pubescence on dorsum 

 appears to be absent, bristles at sides are all yellow. 

 Scuiellum with a double row of Mhite bristles and with a 

 few white hairs. Abdunien greyish, with a large black spot 

 on each segment and short white pubesence, the bristles on 

 n|)per side are not very numerous, yellow in colour, the 

 underside appears devoid of any, but has pale weak hairs. 

 Genitalia black, shining, with white pubesceuee, the undcr- 

 plate is black, the forceps short, simple at apex but not 

 produced to a point, being club-sha])cd, broad at the base 

 with au obtuse tooth. Leys black with wliite tomentuni, 

 and all bristles white, except those on the underside of 

 tarsi; the fore femora and tibiae with long white hairs also 

 present on the middle ones, but less apparent on the hind 

 pairs. Wings clear, the small transverse vein about the 

 middle of the discal cell. 



Female identical, the ovipositor black, shining, almost as 

 long as the two preceding segments. 



Dysmachns rapax^ sp, n. 



Type (male) and type (female) and a long series of each 

 sex from Nyasaland {S. J. Neave), in J. E. E. Coll., evi- 

 dently a rapacious species ; all caught with some victim, 

 usually of the same family. 



A species dark in colouring, with wholly bronze-coloured 

 legs, with a black and yellow moustache, some yellow hairs 

 on legs, and scutellum with wholly ycllo\>ish hairs and 

 bristles. Genitalia short and small. It bears resemblance 

 to D. ulbopilosus and 1). nigrijies, sj). n., as regards ils 

 mane, which is scanty, but distinctly begins from the 

 anterior border of thorax, hence its j)!ace in the above 

 division. 



Length, ^ 19-20, ? 19-21 mm. 



Male. — Face brownish, with grey tomentuni. IMoustaclie 

 composed of yellow bristly hairs, bordered by black ones. 

 I'alpi with numerous strong black bristles. Anlciuuc bhick- 

 isli, the lirst two joints covered with grey tomentuni, and 



