South Afririiii and Or'uiUid Asilin.'o. 51 



tliiis: — " AInlonh-n (lce|) hlack, about twice the lengtli of tlio 

 tlioiax, with pale ;;il(h>(l toinciilum on each side ot the broad 

 |i:irf, which is al)oiit. twice the leii;;th of the apical style." 



Mi>H.stuc/ie jtdlow. Anteiime bhick. Scutellum covered 

 with lonji,- yellow hairs. Lei/s very similar to those of iY«o- 

 itdnins p/illus. Wile, the fore tarsi stout and heavily aimed 

 with black biistle-*. AViiigs lartre, tinged yellowish. 



From the desciiption of the female abdomen in this and in 

 (letfrminatus and introducens they might possibly all belong 

 to the JNeoitamiis genus, in the group of N. philas, \Vlk. 



In fact, Asllus inaculipes itself may be a 8|)ecimen of 

 Neoitamus pliilus^ or, at any rate, a species very ne;irly allied 

 to it ; but till further material is available, the matter must 

 be lett in abeyance. Walker placed it in the genus Promaclius. 



A.sUus pu/cher, J* , sp. n. 



Type (male) from Jhajra, Dehra Dun, G. 12. 1912, in 

 Forest Research Zool. Coll. 



Anoiher imperfect specimen from Hadagalli, Ceylon *' in a 

 jola-field," in Brit. Mus. Coll. 



A handsome species, nearly related to the European and 

 North-African species Asilus burbarus, L., but distinguished 

 from it by all the femora being red, the fore femora with 

 only weak bristly hairs, no strong black bristles, and the 

 genitalia are bright red, not dark-coloured, and somewhat 

 shorter. 



The abdomen is entirely black. Thorax ochraceous tawny. 

 Legs red. Wings yellowish, brown at apex and on posterior 

 boriler. 



Length 21 mm. 



Face reddish, covered with yellowish tomentum, the lower 

 ])art of the face is raised. Moustache of white bristles, con- 

 sisting of a |)erfect row of bristles above oral opening and 

 a few bristles above. Palpi reddish, with yellow hairs. 

 Beard white. Antennce red, with some white tomentum and 

 yellow hairs, third joint wanting. Forehead same as face, 

 with yellow hairs. 2'horax with yellow pubescence and 

 indistinct dark i)rown median stripe, divided in middle ante- 

 riorly, yellow bristles on posterior half. IScuttdnia same 

 colour as thorax, with yellow hairs and two yellow bristles 

 on border. Abdomen velvety black, with white tomcntose 

 spots on the second, third, and fourth segments at sides ; the 

 three last segments covered with grey pubescence, absent, 

 however, on the median line of dorsum ; pubescence of 

 abdomen chielly l)lack on the first four segments, on the last 



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