[)S Miss (t. Ricardo on 



L*. Roddish-yellow species. I^^gsnlinost wliolly 



yellow ran/hnpii.'i, v. d. Wiilp. 



Brownish ajvcios. Lo-rs with tlio femora 



black at apices (innuldtus, F. 



Brownish species. Legs with a long black 



stripe on the femora . iavicnus, Wlk. 



3. 8niall pale species. Legs with a black 



stripe on anterior and middle ft'niora .... duvaiicclii, ,Macq. 

 Brownish species. Legs with a short bhick 

 stripe on the femora bengalensis, Macq, 



Synulcus xanthopus, Wied. 



Zool. Map. i. p. 3 (1819); Dipt. Exot. p. 186 [^si7«s] (1821) ; et 



Anaszweid. Ins. i. p. -i.Sf) [,4«tV«.v] (IM28). etc. 

 ? Asilus sn/idaiciis, Jaenu. Abliandl. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. vi. 



p. 363(1867). 



Two males from Java (Walker Coll.). 



One male from Chautabim, Si am (Mouhot) : and a series 

 of males and females from different localities in Siam 

 [Rohinson and Annandale) , 1901. 



M;\le and female from Port Dixon, jNIalay Peninsula 

 {(i. Meade JTa/do), 1908. 



I^Iale from Kiiala Lumpur, Selangov {Dr. H. E. Durham), 

 1902. 



Alale from Sungei Penok, Korinclii Valley. 



Two females from Pasir Ganting and Korinclii, Sumatra. 



A bright yellowish species with wholly yellow legs, only 

 the apices of the hind femora dark. Abdomen with dark 

 spots either in three rows or merged into one large one, in 

 some specimens the abdomen is altogetlier darker, as observed 

 by V. d. Wulp (Tijd. v. Ent. xli. p. 14-2, 1898) in two males 

 from Java, the thorax being also darker. 



Genitalia appear similar to those of S. annulafus. but tlie 

 tuft of hairs below is not so noticeable. 



JVings much dilated in males. 



Length, S ? , 19-25 mm. 



Synolcus annulatus, Fabr. 



Svst. Ent. 794 ^Asilus] (1775), etc. 



Jsilus fftvicoynis, Macq. Dipt. lOxot. i. (2) p. 258 (1838). 



Asiliis barium, Wlk. List Dipt. ii. p. 420 (1849). 



Type of Asilus barium, a male from Ceylon ( Wenham). 



Tliree females from Dehra Dun, India Forest Research 

 Zool. Coll., and a series of males and females from different 

 parts of Ceylon (Yerbury, Green), in Brit. Mus. Coll. 



In I. E. E. Coll. a male from Cooro Sidapur, Rockliill 

 (T. V. R. Coll.), and a female from Coorg Sanivarsaudi, 

 Hansey Estate (T. V. U. Coll.), S. India. 



