South AfricdU and < h-initol Asiliiin'. 59 



A spooios (listinpiiislifd by tlic darker colour of tlioi-av and 

 abdoiiKMi from Si/inilnis xiintliopiis, v. d. W'ulp. Anlennit 

 usually yt'Uow. Leys yellow with ustially Idack apict's on 

 all the femora; this will serve to distiuf^uish the sj)ecies from 

 the dark varieties ot v. d. Wulp's species mentioned by him. 

 triiif/s much dilated in males. Genitulia long, the upper 

 forceps simple, the under pair smaller, a long tuft of 

 brownish or yellowish hairs situated between and above 

 them ; pubescence yellow and black. 



The male from iloekhill has the legs almost entirely 

 yellow, only tlie extreme apices of the middle and [)osterior 

 femora are black. 



Length, ^ 18-21, ? 20-23 mm. The Walker type 

 measures 21 n)ni. 



Sijnolcus iametiits, Walker. 

 List Dipt. ii. p. 428 (1849), et vii., Siippl. 3, p. 728 (18r)5). 



Type (inale) fron India and another (Mrs. Ilmniltnn). 

 Males and females from Dehra Dun in Forest Hesearch 

 Zool. Coll. 



A male from Guindy, Madras, and a female from Kota- 

 giri, S. India, GOOO ft., both in Cragg Coll. 



Two males from Cooro Mercara, 4500 ft. (T. Y. R. Coll.), 

 in I. E. E. Coll. 



A species distinguished by black stripes on all tlie femora, 

 otherwise the legs are yellow. General colouring tlie same 

 as in Synolcus annulatus, F. Abdomen with large ])rown 

 spots and grey segmentations. Genitalia with long white 

 hairs above and below, ;iud some black hairs intermixed. 

 ]l"nigs iu male much dilated. 



Length, ^ 15-25, ? 21 mm. 



The series of specimens from Dehra Dun Mere caught 

 " on grass." 



Abdomen in well-pieserved specimens has three lines of 

 dark oblong spots forming stripes, but not united, lying on 

 obscure large spots. 



Synolcus duvaucelii, Macq. 



Dipt. Exot. i. (2) p. L'57, pi. xii. fijr. 1 (1838) [Asilus], 



Two males from India. 



A smaller |)aler species than Si/nolciis iamenus, Wlk., 

 distinguished l)y the much sligliter dilation of wing in the 

 male. Aldomen ashy-grey with three series of small dark 

 spots. Legs as described by Maccpiarf, with the exception 

 of the anterior and middle femorii, \^hieh have the black 



