Miss G. Ricaixlo on the Asilulte. 441 



Moustache of fine long black liairs and yellow ones below, 

 placed on an indistinct tnbercle which extends to the 

 antennae. Beard of long yellow hairs. Palpi with black 

 bristly hairs. Anfenna blackish, the third joint long with a 

 long arista, the first two joints with black hairs. Fureheud 

 with long black hairs. Curved bristles all black and liairs 

 round head; halfway round, yeHow hairs take their place. 

 TAo?Y/ci' blackish with narrow grey tonientum stripes ; dorsum 

 with bluck pubescence, which forms a very thin mane in the 

 centre, anteriorly of short hairs and posteriorly of longer 

 ones ; prsesutural bristles two, supra-alar two, postalar two 

 very long ones, all black and interspersed Avith long, fine, 

 black hairs; the posterior i)art of dorsum with thick, fine, 

 black, long hairs, a few black bristles interspersed. Sculellum 

 with some black hairs and a row of black bristles on the 

 posterior borders. Abdomen blackish with yellowish tonien- 

 tum, which predominateson the last twosegu7ents; pubescence 

 whitish, yellower on the first segment at sides ; underside 

 with rather thick whitish pubescence, no bristles present. 

 Genitalia very large and longer than the last three segments 

 together, club-shaped but flattened at the ends; under 

 lamelke triangular, proceeding from beneath the last segment, 

 ending in a blunt point, clothed with black hairs ; a fringe 

 of black hairs are very evident, proceeding from below the 

 border of last segment ; pubescence on the upper forceps 

 black and fairly long above and below, a few yellowish hairs 

 are visible above. Legs black, the fore and middle tibife 

 brick-red, only black at their apices, the hind pair red for 

 two-thirds of their length only, the fore and middle femora 

 with long black and yellow hairs below and shorter black 

 ones above, the hind pair with only black liairs and with 

 black bristles; the fore tibiae with long silky yellow hairs 

 below and long black liairs above at sides, and shorter black 

 ])ubescence on dorsum, one large black bristle at top, the 

 middle pair the same, the hind pair with long not thick 

 black hairs and very few yellow ones, also armed with very 

 strong black bristles ; all tar-i with black pubescence and 

 strong black bristles ; pulvilli large, orange-yellow, some 

 yellow hairs [)resent on the tarsi, ll'inys longer than the 

 abdomen, with blackish veins, tinged brown ; the second 

 posterior cell bulges a little into the first one, the second 

 submarginal cell nearly as long as the sct^ond jjosteiior cell, 

 the small transverse vein beyond the middle of the discal 

 cell. 



Fenuda identical. Abdomen rather lighter in colour. 



