42 Miss G. Ricaido o« 



stripes .niid witli black bristles on the posterior part. Scu- 

 tellum same colour, with two l)Iack bristles. Abdomen 

 reddish, with grey borders round the black spots. Genitalia 

 simple, reddish, with wliitish pubescence. Legs witli only 

 black bristles. ]Vin(fS clear, tinged yellow, and greyish at 

 apex. 



Female identical. Scutellum with three black bristles. 

 Fore femora below with some short black bristles near the 

 base, also present in the male, but not so stout ; pubescence 

 on legs short, white. 



Both types are in bad condition. 



Ahinius cinerascens, Ricardo. 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. IJist. (7) vi. p. 176 (1900). 



No new specimens have been added to the three males and 

 four females from Nyasaland in the original description. 



A species measuring 18-22 mm. 



The fore legs with long white pubescence, red with some 

 black colour chiefly on the fore legs. 



A male from M'foiigosi, Zululaiid ( IT''. E. Jones), in 

 South African Coll. 



Alcimus tu'niopu.f, Rondani. 

 Anil. Mus. Civ. Geneva, iv. p. 292 [Promac/ius] (1873), 



Two males from Zigi Tsana, Abyssinia, v. & vi. 1902 

 {Degeri) ; one female from Zomba, Nyasaland (//. fl. John- 

 Stan) • one female from Abyssinia, Nov. 1911 {R.J. Stordy). 

 In I. E. E, Coll. 



A species described by Rondani as nearly allied to Alcimvs 

 stenurus, Loew. Legs chiefly red, the femora with black 

 stripes 0!i outer and inner sides. The presence of black 

 short bristles on the underside of the fore femora in the female 

 is a characteristic of this species. 



Length, (J 30, ? 35 nnn. 



Rondani described his type as from Abyssinia. 



Alcimus nigrescens, (^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male), type (female), and others from Mr. Mlanje, 

 Nyasaland, 1-10. i. 1913 (S. A. Neave), in L E. E.Coll. 



A blackish-coloured species with a black and yellow 

 moustache and legs red and black, the femora chiefly black. 

 Wings tinged yellowish brown. 



Length, J 24, ? 25-30 mm. 



