South Afiiciiti and (fritnfal Asiliiiae. 37 



riu; two fi)ll()\viii;; spftcics, not iKloiij^iiig to tlie Oriental 

 It'gion strictly, arc julded lit-re : — 



Philodicus pr>nticus^ Riirot. 



Ann. Soc. Kiit. France, (6) x. p. 148 (1880) [Alcimuit]. 



From South Kindisfaii. 



The nhove 8|',eciineii, in poor condition, Ii:i3 been lately 

 acquired by the lirit. Mu3. Coll. 



The moustache is white. Thorax and scutellum with white 

 bristles. Abdomen much longer than the wings. Legs 

 idackish, the femora reddish below, the tibise the same, and 

 also redtlish on the outside ; all the bristles on the legs white, 

 with the exception of a few on the tarsi, which are black ; 

 the pubescence on legs is whitish and thick. 



It .eeeni", on the whole, to belong to this genus rather than 

 to Alrimiis, as the second submarginal cell is distinctly 

 shorter than the first one, and it is very nearly allied in 

 general appearance to Philodicus gracilis^ v. d. \Vulp, from 

 Arabia ; both thei<e specimens approach somewhat in colouring 

 tiie typical Alciinus species. 



I'hilodicus spectahilis, Loew. 



Schrift. (Jec. Freund, Nat. Moskau, 1870, Iv. p. 20 (1870), et Beschreib. 

 Europ. Dipt. ii. p. 112, 68 (1871). 



A female from Amara, R. Tigris, 24. v. 1[H6, sent me for 

 idenliticalion by Mr. P. A. Buxton, who has kindly presented 

 it to the Brit. Mus. Coll., is f)robably the female of this 

 species. Loew only described the male, tVcim Turkestan, and 

 describes the wing as entirely clear ; in this female the apex 

 is .shaded, as usual. 



The length of the male was given as 19^ mm. ; this female 

 measures 25 mm. 



Alcimus, Loew. 

 I.ii.ii. Ent. iii. p. 391 (1&48). 



With the removal of Asilus hospes from ibis geifus to 

 Philodicus^ this genus is restricted to the South African 

 Region, with the exception of Alcimus ponlicus, Bigot, 

 described by him as from Persia or Caucasus ; one very mucii 

 denuded male was all the material he had. A female from 

 South Kurdistan in the Brit. Mus. Cull, appears to agree wiih 

 his identitication, and this species seems more appropriately 

 placed in Philodicus. 



