442 Miss G. llicarilo on the Asilidse. 



Ovipositor loii}?, lilack, including the seventh and eighth 

 segments ; end-lumelhe free, the seventh segment forming 

 tlie base witli some black hairs, the rest of ovipositor com- 

 pressed, bare. 



Neodasojjhrys hirsiitus, sp. n. 



Type (male) from Bl.ifl', Durban, 2. v. 1917 (C. X. Barker), 

 No. 2074- in Durban Museum Coll., and two females; 

 another female the same, 80. vi. 11H8, No. 2262. 



Type (female). Port Shepstone, Natal, May 1897 (G. A. 

 K. Mar shall), 1903, 17. 



A species more [)ubc'scent than Neodasophrys natalensis, 

 distinguished by the shaded traiisvci"se veins of uings and by 

 the pale base of tibise, which are reddish with long reddish- 

 brown hairs. 



Length, ^ 21, ? 18-21 mm. 



Male. — Face bronze-coloured with yellowish tomentnm. 

 Moustache reaching the autenn;e, composed of long fine 

 black hairs and a few yellow ones below. Palpi with black 

 hairs. AnteniuE almost jet-black, the first two joints with 

 short black hairs, the third hniii- with an arista equal in 

 length to it. Forehead \\'\i[\ long black pubescence. Curved 

 bristles black, the hairs round head yellowish, becoming very 

 thick and noticeable on the lower half, as in N. iiatulensis 

 species. Thorax with a broad median black stripe and short 

 i-ide-striijes, rest of dorsum covered with yellowish tomeutum 

 and with short black pubescence ; the thin mane composed 

 of black hairs becoming longer and thicker posteriorly and 

 ^vith a bunch of yellow hairs in the centre on jiosterior 

 border. Prjesutural bristles two, supra-alar one, postalar 

 three, but all very long and not very stout, and interspersed 

 with long black hairs. Scatellum covered with yellowish 

 tomeutum and with very thick yellow long hairs, tlie jjostcrior 

 border with l)lack bristles. Abdonioi with a dce[) black spot 

 on each segment, bordered with yellowish tomentum, jjubes- 

 cence on dorsum short, black, on the first segment and at 

 sides are long yellowish and reddish hairs, a few black ones 

 above ; underside with long, silky, yellowish-red hairs. 

 Genitalia large, club-shaped, llattcnt-d at the ends, identical 

 with those of A^. nalalensis but not so long : pubescence 

 black. Legs with femora black, shining, extreme bases of 

 til)iie pale yellow, merging into a j)ale reddish colour, tarsi 

 the sauie, the last j<jint blackish j the pubescence on femora 



