44 j\[i.s3 G. Ricanlo on 



A very large rctKlish-browii species with red legs. 



Leiitrtli 32 mm. 



Face with greyish-yellow tomeiitmn ; tubercle large, taking 

 uj) two-thirds of the face. Mouslache yellowish. /a//>t 

 yellow-haired. AnteniKB reddish yellow, the third darker, 

 short, with a long arista. Forehead with yellow hairs on 

 each side. YV/ortur reddish brown, stripes are not discernible ; 

 pubescence short, black. Scutellum the same colour, covered 

 with long black bristly hairs. Abdomen wiili short black 

 and yellow j)uljesceMce, same colour as thorax, the seventh 

 segment covered with dense dirty white pubescence, appearing 

 as a band, the last segment covered with it in less tlegree ; 

 the hairs at sides are black on the first two segments, some 

 yellow hairs intermixed ; on the other segments the hairs are 

 yellow. Genitalia shining red, simple, but large, with 

 yellow hairs. Legs stout, the fore and middle femora with 

 an asseml)lage of short stout black bristles on their undersides 

 at base ; they are piesent in a single row only on the posterior 

 pair; pubescenCv'^ chiefly yellow and short. Wings very 

 large, tinged yellow. 



Asilus opuleutus^Y^ixWev. 



Ins. Saund., Dipt. p. 150 (1851), et List Dipt, vii., Suppl. 3, p. 724 

 (1855). 



Type (male) from India (Walker Coll.). 



A large species, with the black abdomen covered with 

 liright orange-yellow hairs. Legs yellow, femora black. 

 Aiitennse black. 



Length 20 mm. 



Face covered with grey tomentum, the tubercle large. 

 Moustache composed of black bristles above and yellow ones 

 below. Beard yellow. Antennce black, the first two joints 

 with black brisilj' hairs, the third joint longer than the first 

 two togitlier, its arista about two-thirds its length. Forehead 

 with black bristly hairs on each side. Hind part of head 

 with black biistles and yellowish soft hairs round head. 

 Thorax blackish, with short black pubescence and grey 

 tomentum, longer black hairs on the posterior half. Scu- 

 tellum greenish grey, with long tawny hairs, the posterii)r 

 border armed with a fringe of stout black bristles. Abdomen 

 black, the golden hairs thick on each segment, long and 

 dusky. Genitalia short, stout, simple, tlie upper forceps 

 black, stout, the lower pair shorter, ending in a point, the 

 pubescence on both chiefly pale yellow; a fringe of black 

 hairs on the posterior border of the underside of the last 



