C- l\Iiss 0. Tvicardo on 



and ciilcn/itc black, l^ristlcs on Icr/s entirely black, witb tlu> 

 except it)n of a few yellow hairs on the underside of liinil 

 femora. 



Lenj^th, ? , 17 mm. 



To! met' us 7ii(/ripes, ^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male), type (female), and a, series of males and 

 females from Mt. Allanje, Nvasaland (.S'. A. Neare and 

 J. B. Darei/). 



A small blaek species, distinguished from Tolmerus ])am- 

 mehis, Speiser, by the absence of any elose-lying yellow 

 pubescence ou the legs, and the bristles on the legs are 

 ehiefiv white. 



Length, c? 12-13, ? 11-13 mm. 



Male. — Face covered with glistening yellow tonicntum. 

 Moustache comi)oscd of yellow bristles below and black ones 

 above and at sides, placed ou the large round tubercle. 

 8paee between moustache and anteunfe devoid of any hairs. 

 Antennee black, the first joint with black bristly hairs, the 

 second joint small, the third longer than tlie first two 

 together, and the arista about half its length. Forehead 

 with a few black hairs. Thorax covered Mith greyish- 

 yellow tomentum, and with a very distinct black median 

 stripe, cleft anteriorly, sides with two black spots ; pubes- 

 cence ou dorsum consists of black hairs and black bristles, 

 uhich latter reach the median suture, a row on each side. 

 Scate/li/m same colour as thorax, with yellow hairs and two 

 black bristles. Abdomen apj^earing the same colour as 

 thorax at the first appearance, the brown spots on each seg- 

 ment not very dark, the segmentations paler ; pubescence 

 on dorsum black, at sides yellow. Genitalia small, black, 

 the uj)per forceps stout, conical, the lower pair very short, 

 all with some black hairs and black or yellow bristles below 

 and at apices of upper forceps. Leys wholly blaek ; the coxaj 

 with greyish tomentum, the bristles yellow, rather long, a 

 few black ones ou the tarsi ; some short pale yellow hairs 

 on the underside of femora aiul sides of tibiae, but not 

 appressed ; the hind tibiie are reddish at their extreme base; 

 the yellow bristles are longest on the fore tibia. Wings 

 clear, veins dark brown, the small transverse vein about the 

 mirldle of the discal cell, the posteiior branch of the third 

 vein with a slight bend in the middle. 



Female identical. Ovipositor black, as long as the last 

 two seguients. 



