184 Miss G. Ricardo on 



Length, J 19-20, ? 19-24 ram. 



Wiedemann only described the male ; the female is 

 identical — ovipositor long, black. 



Philodicus umbripennis, sp. n. 



Type (male), type (female), from S.W. Nyasa [R. Webb), 

 96, 261 ; another male from Nyasaland, Nov. 1892 [H. H. 

 Johnston)^ 94, 12 ; another female from Nyasaland {Dr. H. 

 G. Eldred). 



A reddish-black species, distinguished by the shading on 

 apex of wings not being continued in streaks, but only 

 present at apex, becoming paler on its posterior border. 

 Legs blackish ; femora and tibiie partly red. 



Length, S 20, ? 20-22 mm. 



Male. — Face covered with yellow tomentum. Moustache 

 composed of yellow bristles, with five or six black ones on 

 each side near oral opening. Palpi with long white hairs. 

 Antenna reddish, the third joint brown, the first two joints 

 with black hairs. Forehead with yellow hairs, also present 

 below antennae, a few weak black bristles also present at 

 sides of forehead. Hind part of head with some white 

 bristles above the black ones. Thorax covered with pale 

 tomentum, the median brown stripe divided in tlie middle; 

 dorsum of thorax and scutellum covered with short black 

 pubescence, the two bristles on the latter black. Abdomen 

 with the usual spots, reddish brown in colour with broad 

 grey segmentations ; pubescence black, rather thick, and 

 yellow on the pale parts ; bristles at sides white. Genitalia 

 reddish with black pubescence above and yellow below. 

 Leys blackish, the outer sides of all femora and tibise red ; 

 tarsi reddish ; pubescence on legs whitish, long underneath 

 the fore femora and fore tibise ; bi'istles chiefly black, some 

 longer white ones on the fore legs. Wings clear; veins 

 yellowish. 



Female identical. Genitalia long, reddish bi'own. Hind 

 femora with some white bristles, the fore femoi'a with some 

 weak, yellow, bristly hairs. 



Table for Species o/ Philodicus /?'0»i the Oriental Region, 



1 . Legs black and red 2. 



Legs wholly black 8. 



2. Vei-y large species, tibiae partly rufous, 



ovipositor with large side-spines .... grandissimus, cJ 5 > ^P- ^^• 



3. Fore femora armed with bristles below. 4. 

 Fore femora with no such bristles below. 6. 



