Miss G. Kic;nilo on the A-silidiV. 47 



at tlic base, small transverse vein beyond the middle of 

 disoal eell. 



Feinii/e identieal, but the abdomen has some blaek pubes- 

 ceuee on the dorsum. 



Machimus ovrultsccns, ^ , sp. ii. 



Type (male) (201) from Hhim Tal, 18. G. 1912; and 

 another male from Hinsar, 23. h. 12 (hums ('oll.j, Kumaoii. 



A .speeies distin^nishiul from the other speeies of Machimus 

 from India by the blue-blaek colour of the aljdomeii. Wings 

 deep brown, clear at extren)e base. Leijs black. ^loustache 

 yellow with a few blaek bristles. 



Length 181 mm. 



Face covered with yel'ow tomeutum; tubercle largo, 

 blackish, covered by a dense yellow moust.iche; the black 

 bristles are al)ove and at the sides. Beard yellow. Pclpi blaek 

 with black hairs. Thorax blackish brown with an indistinct 

 median grey line ; shoulders and sides eoveieJ with greyish- 

 yellow toinentum; priesutiiral, supra-alar, and postalar bristles 

 seveia'ly two in number, black ; the dor^-o-central ones are 

 apparently two on each side with black hairs, mostly short, 

 but some long ones intermixed on the dorsum. Sculel/itm 

 blackish with ashy-grey tomeutum, wliicb is also present on 

 the posterior part of thorax; bristles on scutellum aj)pcar to 

 be four in number, now broken off. Abdomen uniforndy 

 blue-black, with white segmentations on the second, third, 

 and fourth segments, appearing again on the apical segments ; 

 ])ub(sience black; genitalia black with black hairs, the eighth 

 segment below produced to a blunt short ])oint with long 

 black hairs. Ltys greenish black ; the fore femora with 

 ijlaek hairs, two or three being long and bristle-like ; middle 

 femora stout with a row of short bristles below and two 

 longer, very stout ones on the sides; hind femora with four 

 or more stout long ones below and black hairs ; tibiaj with 

 numerous stout black bristles and soft black hairs below ; 

 tarsi with the same, especially the first joints; some reddish- 

 yedow, very short pubescence is visible on the undcM'sides of 

 the tibiie. IVinys with only the basal cells and j)art of the 

 anal cell clear; small transverse vein oblique, beyond the 

 middle of the discal cell. 



Machimus dubius, ^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male) (177) from Dharmoti, 7. G. 11)12. 

 Type (female; (17) from IJhowali, 5700 feet, July 1909 

 (A. L>. Jmms), and others from Takula, all in Kumaun. 



