Dip( era from South Africi. 173 



Prnmndiiis dlhirinrfus, (J & $ , sp. n. 



One male and three feinaK-s t"n>rii Pi(;t'»ii;i ( W. L. I).). 



Allicil ro ftilvifiis, l)iit easily (listin^uislit-d from it l)v tlie 

 uliolly black aiitenn.'U. 



jj and ? . (jwy. Face brown, covered with dcn.se yellow 

 tofiienlnni. 'i'he moustache consists of yellow bristles, from 

 which there extends up each side of the face a row of lonrj 

 )t lluw hairs n-aehinj; to the antennsu, and endinji; with a fevv 

 black hri<tles and hairs. Palpi black, with lonj; yellow 

 hairs. Hc-ud white. Forehead witii black bristles and 

 hairs on the antfrior half, the posterior with yellow ones. 

 Antf-ni ie black, the first two joints with yellow pubescence. 

 Hind part f>f the head in the centre with yellow bristles, at 

 the sides vtdlow and black intermixed, witli long white hairs. 

 'J horax brown, with the central stripe rather lighter; the 

 shoulders, sides, and anterior half covered with dense reddish- 

 brown tonientum, which borders the side-stripes and runs 

 between their several divisions as a narrow line; the pubes- 

 cence is black on ihe dorsum, with a fringe of longer white 

 liairs on the fore border, some scattered ones on the sides 

 and on the posterior part. Seutellum brown, with grey 

 tomentum, black bristles, and white haiis. Breast-sides 

 blown, with led lish-brown tomentum and sparsely scattered 

 black and white hairs; the tuft over the halferes is red. 



Abdomen grey, with transverse black bands, which take up 

 more than the anterior half of each segment, not reaching 

 the side border, with rounded corners; the pubescence 

 whiii.di yelltjw, thicker on tiie first three segments; the 

 underside gn-y, with white jjubescf nee ; the genital organ 

 shining black. Legs chestnut-red ; the coxa; black, with grey 

 tomentum and long white hairs; the anterior and middle 

 femora with a black stripe on the upperside; knees black; 

 the pubescence c)n the legs is white, and all bristles black. 

 Wings clear, yellowish at the extreme base; veins brown, 

 those on the fore border red. 

 Length 20 niillim. 



Types (male), Pretoria {W. L. D.) ; (female), Pretoria 

 {W.L.J).) 



Protnachns hicolor^ ? , sp. n. 



One female from Pretoria ( W. />. />.). 



Black. Face red on the lower half, with yellowish to- 

 mentum, above idack. Moustache extending halfway up 

 the face consists of yellow bristles belov -^nd black bristles 



