60 Miss G. Ricavclo.o?i ilie Asilidre. 



tlie femora at base and tlie knees blaek. Fore femora devoid 

 of bristles, but with long solt blaek and white hairs below, 

 the middle and posterior femora with a few black bristles 

 and with short reddish-yellow jmbescence ; the tibise also 

 liave to a lesser extent long fine liairs below and some black 

 bristles. Beard yellowish. 



Length, S ^0-28, ? 25-27 mm. 



For a more detailed description, see Schiner. 



Neoitamus ceylonicus^, ^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male) from Malay Cove, Ceylon, 3. 3. 92. 



Type (female) from Trincomalee, Ceylon, 24. 2. 91 [Lt.- 

 CoLYerbury),\Sm,\\)2. . 



A small species vei'y similar in appearance to N. inornalns, 

 sp. n., but distinguished by the pubescence and bristles ou 

 the legs and absence of bristles on fore femora. 



Length, ^ 13, V 15 mm. 



Male. — Moustache is almost wholly black, a few white 

 hairs only present. Pi-^sutural bristles are black and thi'ee 

 iu number, two supra-alar, three postalar, all blade ; the 

 dorso-central bristles more inimerous, all black, with fine, 

 long, black iiairs intermingled, and a Mackimas-\'\ke crest of 

 fairly long hairs on anterior median line of thorax reaching 

 the dorso-central bristles ; scvtelium with four very long 

 black bristles, also intermingled with fine, long, black hairs. 

 Abdonfen bluish black in colouring, with the* same design 

 as in Neoitamus inornutus ; the bristles at sides chietiy black ; 

 genitalia stout, black, and shining, with black pubescence. 

 Legs blackish ; the tibije reddish yelloxy, black at apices; tarsi 

 with the first joint reildish yellow, the remaining joints 

 black; the fore femora have no bristles, but long black hairs 

 on underside and a few silvery-white hairs on outer side ; 

 the middle femora with the same, but short black bristles 

 are present on the uj)persides and one at apex ; the hind 

 femora are the same ; the fore tibiae have conspicuous, very 

 long, black hairs ou the outer side intermingled "svith shorter 

 ones, and three short weak black bristles on npperside of 

 the base ; pubescence short and black ; the middle and hind 

 tibise with short black hairs, strong black bristles, and black 

 pubescence, on the hind pair rufous below; tarsi with all the 

 numerous bristles black. 



Female is dirty and not in good condition, but appears 

 identical, the ovipositor including the sixth and seventh 

 seiinieiits of abdomen. 



