Miss G. TJic.-irdo on the Asiliilie. ()5 



liairs on tlic sixtli srixnicnt arc tuft-likc and ycllowisli, those 

 oil tlic seventh scgnuMit shorter, whiter, and h-ss niinierous, 

 not tnft-likc. Genitalia stout, eoniplieatcd, lihick, with l)hick 

 |)ul)e.scence. Legs bhiek, the fore and mithlle tihiie dull 

 rulous; femora aj)i)car devoid of bristles, but have black 

 pubescence, thick on the hind pair; the tibi.'c have black 

 bristles and black hairs, the latter long l)elow,an(l some rufous 

 short hairs aic |)ic>ent on the An-e aiul uiiddle pair ; tarsi 

 black with black bristles aiui i)laek hairs, the lirst joint 

 incrassate and long, very heavily armed with black l)ristles. 

 ll'inys yellowish grey, shaded grey at apex and on posterior 

 border, the small transverse vein this side of the middle of 

 discal cell. 



Female is identical, but has no pale hairs on the sixth and 

 seventh segments of abdomen ; the ovipositor is reddish 

 yellow, including the sixth and seventh segments, ami as lung 

 as the three last segments together, at its apex with a few 

 weak, yellow, short spines and hairs. II iiujs are nu)re yellow 

 in colour. 



Ncoitamus pulc/ier, ^ ? , sp. n. 



]Male (type) from Kamlv, Cevlou, 20. 5. 92. [iJ.-Col. 

 Yerbnry), 1892, 192. 



Female (type) from Haragam, Ceylon, I. 6. 92. (LL-CoI. 

 Ycrluri/), 1893, 192 ; and another female from Kandv, 

 20. 5. 92 (Lt.-CoL Yerbuni), 1892, 192. 



A large fine-looking S[)eeies with reddish-yellow antenna? 

 and legs. Abdomen black with narrow reddish- \ellow bands 

 in the male and yellowish baiuls iu the female. \\ iiigs 

 shaded at apex and on hind border. 



Length, (^ 22, ? with ovi[)ositor 25 mm. 



Male. — Face chamois-yellow, with tomentum of same 

 colour. Facial tubercle very large, carrying the mtnistaehe 

 (•()mj)osed of stout yellow bristles, four or nu)re black bii>tles 

 above the mouth on each side. Palpi reddish brown with 

 yellow hairs. Anlenute pale yellow, the second joint redder, 

 the third joint wantiiig, black hairs on sides of tl.e first 

 joint which is fnlly four times as long as the second joint, 

 the bhick hairs are also present on this joint. Hind [)art of 

 head with, yellow bristle-like hairs, continned as soft hairs 

 to proboscis and below it. Thorax blackish brown with 

 yellow-grey tomentum, the median stripe very distinct, con- 

 tinued just beyond the suture where it splits in half. Fra3- 

 sntui-al bristles a[)parently two, one being reddish, the other 

 black; supra-alar bristles a})parently two aud both black; 



..-l/(/i. J; Mag. y. J list. Ser. l>. \'ul. iii. 5 



