Miss G. Hicuivlo on the Asilicl;e. 7;5 



Ncoiliiiinis afr'icanns, ? , sp. n. 



Typo ffcm lie) niul two otlirr females from l'(1;^o of forest 

 on S. iiiid I'i. slopes of Keiiva, (J()(K)-7() )() feet, Brit. K. Africa 

 [S. A. Neave, Feb. 3-12, l'i)l li, I'Jl 1, 177. 



A iarij.* hl.-'.ckisli spcc-ics. iiicastiriiii; aljont 22 mm., distiii- 

 miislie.l by the wliollv l)lat'k moiistaclio. Tul)i'rclo of fa"(! 

 1 ii'ij;c. but not roarrbiii^ the antciiiue. Thorax with not verv 

 numerous black bristles on its dorsum ; the |)riesutur.il 

 bristles consist of two very stout ones and two finer one*. 

 Sciiff/ltti/i has six or more bristles on its postei'ior border. 

 A'/domen (somewhat denuded) appears blackish with chiefly 

 blark pubescence, a '(cw yellow hairs are apparent at sides 

 and on the scjfnientations ; ovipositor long, iueliuling ihc 

 sixth and seventh seji^mcnts, in length about etjual to the 

 three preeedinp: segments together. Lc[/s bhiek, apices of 

 fore femora reddish ; tibine almost wholly reddish, as arc the 

 basal joints of the fore and middle tarsi ; the fore tibi;e have 

 a thick shoit fringe of rufous hairs on their lower side, the 

 middle and hind pair have hardly any long hairs; pubes- 

 cence elsewhere black, with stout black bristles. It'int/s 

 pale brown, eleiir at base, the discal cell almost wholly clear; 

 veins dark brown, the small transverse vein beyond the 

 miildle of the discal cell. 



Hkligmoneura, Bigot. 



Tliniiis. ArHiiv. Enlom. ii. p. 3")n (iSoS). 



Mucktheru-*, I^ncw. I,iim. I*'nt. iv. p. o8 (1H40) Tpr.ieonc. Sclimiilt, 



(Joobfl Cull., If<4(;]. 

 NeomiK-hthfrtis, <,).st.-.S.ick. 



Oriental and Australian Rer/ionif. 



This genus is very slightly represented in these regions. 



Wid|) described three si)ccies under Mochlhcrus, viz., 

 Hdif/nionenra f/nava, jjalrwlis', and striata, from the Indian 

 Arehipi lago, Java, and the Celebes, and one species H. laiita 

 from New (juiiu-a. In the Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. (S) 

 xi. p 423 (11)13), I removed Asilns luscus, Walker, to this 

 genus, a species recoided from New Zealaiul. 



Two new species are now described. 



Helif/jnoneura (/nava, V. d. Wnlp. 



Tij.l. V. Eiit. (2) vii. (xv.), p. 24l' IMor/Uhenis] (1872). 

 Females from Kandy, Ceylon (L\ E. Green) 1910. il5, 



