Suut/t A/ricatt and Oriented Asiliiia;. 15 



spn^menf. /.effs reiMisli ; femora Id.ick, witli soft yellow liaiis 

 Ix'low and yellow pubescence above; ture tiliiai witli lont^ 

 soft black bairs below and short bristly black baim on the 

 upper sides and tliiee long black bristles on outer sides ; 

 pubescence elsewliore yellow ; the other tibiie have only a 

 tew of the long black liair.s ; tarsi heavily armed witii black 

 bristles anil with black pubescence. Wint/n tinged griy, 

 clear in the centre. 



Asiliis armalipes, Macq. 



Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 5, p. 83, pi. ii. fi>r. 8 (18').5). 



Atiltti ihalumus, Walker, Trans. Ent. Sue. Loud. n. ser. iv. p. \?>\ ( 1857). 



One male from Golden Huddha lilts., N. of Chunking, 

 Sze-chien Trovince, 5000 fett (IK. A. Maw, I'JOT). 



Female type of A. slialiivius from China (Walker Coll.). 



Macquait described his type from N. China. 



The species is distinguished by the curious ussemblaire of 

 short, stout, black bristles on the underside of the middle 

 femora and tibiaj in both sexes ; it is a large black Hy, 

 Macquart giving IG mm. for the male and 18 mm. for the 

 female; these measure respectivtly 22 mm. and 27 mm. 

 Otherwise they agree with his description, though his figure 

 i>f the genitalia does not altogether agree with those of this 

 male. 



Male. — Face covered with golden tomentum, tubercle con- 

 fined to the lower part of the face. Moustache golden yellow, 

 with a few black hairs. Aniennce reddish. Palpi golden- 

 haired. Thorax blackish, with grey tomentum and black 

 l»ubescence. Scutellum denuded, with probably two black 

 Lristle.s. Alnlomen black, with black bristles, the last segmcMt 

 with deep golden-yellow })ubescence ; the grouiul-colour of 

 the segment itself appears the same colour, the anterior 

 .•segment shows traces of white tomentum. None of this 

 colouring appears in the female. Genitalia transparent 

 }ellow, the upper forceps large, bifid, the upper tooth short, 

 stout, the lower one long, stout, its broad apex concave, with 

 a short tooth on the outside ; pubescence yellow, the lower 

 pair of forceps very small, hardly visible. Le^s reddish 

 yellow, the fore femora with long yellow and black hairs 

 l)eh»w, the middle ones with a double row of stout shor^ 

 black bristles on the middle of the underside, the middle 

 libiai with a row of similar ones, interlocking when the legs 

 are bent up ; the hind legs entirely bare, the tibiie with two 

 or three black biisiKs. Wiut/s large, tinged yellow. 



