4iO Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidse. 



from tlip Cape, evidently identical with "Walker's s])ecies. 

 The genus is distiujiiiislied from Di/smachus by the al)sen(;e 

 of a tul)ercle on the face, no curved bristles at back of liead, 

 and the moustache is thick with coarse bristles, but not wall- 

 like as in Dysmachus, and it is much less pubescent on the 

 body. 



No other species has as yet been recorded. 



T^ysclytns firmatus, Walker. 



Trnns. Ent. Soc. London, n. ser. iv. p. 130 (1857) [Asilus]. 

 [iJi/scli/tus spwcus, Loew.] 



Walker's type, a male, is from Port Natal. 



A female from Stellenbosch, Durban, 21. xi. 1916 (C. N. 

 Durham)', in Cape Coll. Museum. 



A large species, blackish, with greyish-yellow tomentum. 

 Moustache black above, yellow below. Leys reddish, the 

 femora largely black, chiefly below. Scutel/nm with two or 

 more black bristles. Ovipositor in female black, very long, 

 composed of the seventh and eif^hth segments. Cenita/ia of 

 male long, black ; under lamellfe very short. Jf'iuys huge, 

 clear, shaded grey at apex and on posterior border. 



The male measures 24 mm., the female 25 mm. Loew 

 gives 20-24 mm. 



Neodasophrys, gen. nov. 



This genus is nearly allied to Dasophrys, but is distinguished 

 from it primarily by the absence of the dilation of wing on 

 fore-border in the male. 



The three sj)ecies placed here are all characterized by the 

 long hairs on the legs, thickest on the fore fi-niora and tibiie. 

 Tlie tubercle on face is as in Dasophrys, with a fine-haired 

 moustache. The hairs on thorax form a thin mane, but few 

 bristles are present, and then only on the posterior part. 



Neodasophrys natafensis, sp. n. 



Tvpe (male; from Karkloof, Natal, Feb. 1S97. 



Type (female) (G. A. K. Marshall), 1903, 17, and two 

 other females from the same loc.dity. 



A large l)hi(;kisli species with brick-red tibiir and long 

 yellowish hairs on them, and long black hairs on the femora. 

 Moustache black aiul yellow. Genitalia of male very long. 



Length, ^ 25, ? 24-.^'8 mm. 



Male. — Face covered with yellowish- white tomentum. 



