Ctij Miss G. Ric:ir(]o on the AsiliJce. 



postalar bristles two, one bfiiig- black, the other reddish ; 

 dorso-centriil bristles not a])|)arently present, with tlie excep- 

 tion of a few weak, bristle-like, reddish hairs which are also 

 present on sides posteriorly. Scutel/um reddish, darker 

 anteriorly, with two or more weak reddish bristles. Abdomen 

 blackish brown with narrow fulvous bands ; dorsum covered 

 Avith yellowish tomentum and with short reddish-yellow 

 hairs, which on the anterior borders of the fulvous bands 

 become more like short bristles redder in colour ; sides of 

 thorax with one long yellowish bi'istle on each seoment inter- 

 spersed with long yellow hairs; underside blackish brown 

 with the fulvous bands, almost bare of pubescence. Geni- 

 talia blackish brown, about as long as the last segment. 

 Le.jS reddish yellow, the knees blackish. Fore and middle 

 femora with eight or more black bristles below and three 

 stout ones on their upper inner sides ; hind femora with 

 only two Idack bristles and reddish hairs below, two dark 

 reddish bristles above near the ai)ex; tibi;« with one or two 

 isolated reddish-yellow bristly long hairs and with yellowish 

 hairs below; tarsi with stout black and reddish bristles; 

 pubescence on legs short, black. Wings large, as long as the 

 abdomen, greyish; the dark shading distinct, extending nearly 

 to the fork of the third vein and continued on the posterior 

 border to the filth posterior cell ; the posterior fork of third 

 vein has an abrupt curve inwards; the small cross-vein is 

 beyond the middle of the discal cell. 



Female identical. The bristles near the mouth are yellow, 

 not black. Aidtunce with the third joint yellowish, not so 

 long as the first joint, bearing a black aiista almost twice its 

 length. All the bristles on thorax are black ; the dorso- 

 central bristles are fairly numerous, but many of them are 

 weak, short, bristle-like hairs. Scutellum is almost wholly 

 reddish yellow, with black bristles. The light bands on 

 the abdomen are yellower; the ovipositor is black, composed 

 of the seventh and following segments, about as long as the 

 fifth and sixth segments together. Fore femora with only 

 four very strong black bristles, situated on the underside 

 and interspersed with weak long black hairs, these aie also 

 present on the middle femora, with seven more on the upper- 

 side; on the hind femora five bristles below and eight on the 

 npperside, besides two at apex ; the fore and middle tibise 

 have three very long, strong, black bristles on the underside 

 and a few shorter stout ones above; the hind tibire have one 

 near the base and two pairs beyond, with two w eak hair-like 

 bristles on the outer side; the pubescence on the underside of 

 tibiae and on the dorsum is yellow, elsewhere on the legs 



