South Africtin ntid (huenldl Asiliiia'. 67 



Mach'nuust pubesrens, ^ ? * **P- "• 



Type (mule) from Gyan-tse, 13,000 feet, Tiljct (Tibet 

 J'],\|)i(liti()ii, II. J. ll'ulton, li)()5). 



Type (fenmlc') and other males from the same hjcality, 

 one from (iaiitok, Sikkim. 



A species prol)ahIy uni(iiie in tliis f^eiius, with thiek oraii^e- 

 yelh)\v hairs covering the abdomen, the same-cohjuicti liairs 

 on j)osterior part of thorax and on scutellum. Logs black, 

 with reddish-yellow bristles. 



Len-th, S .1^, ? 1^> "I'll- 



Mdlf. — Face shining black with some grey tomentum at 

 sides ; tnbcrcle large, carrying the nioustuche composed of 

 long soft black and yellow hairs, licard yelhjwish white, 

 very thick. AnlcinuL' blackish, the first two jcjints with 

 black hairs, thickest on the first one, third lonf^. Forehead 

 covered with grey tomeutuni, and with long black hairs at 

 sides and on occlligcrons tubercle. Hind part of head with 

 black hairs only slijihlly bent over. Thorax blackish with 

 two or three yellowish tomeutose stripes ; pubescence short, 

 black, but a median line of hairs are longer, almost Dys- 

 viachus-YikQ ; on the posterior part of thorax the long bristles 

 are chiefly yellow with unusually many yellow liairs as long 

 as those on the scutellum ; in all the other male specimens 

 these hairs are black, and most of tlie bristles yellow ; sides 

 covered with grey tomentum and with whitish hairs and some 

 strong yellow bristles. Scutellum covered with a thick tuft 

 of yellow hairs ou its posterior border, bending inwards ; a 

 few black hairs or weak bristles are visible on its inner side. 

 Abdomen black, shining, but, with the exception of the dorsum 

 of the first segment, it is entirely covered with long yellow 

 hairs like those on the scutellum ; they are more orange in 

 colour ab(jve, becoming j)aler at sides and on the underside. 

 Genitalia short, black, shining, with yellow i)ubcsccucc; the 

 upper forceps stout, ending in a point curved downwards ; 

 the lower pair shorter but stout ; between them appear three 

 reddish and black long processes, the distinctive characteristic 

 of the genus; the shape of the underside of last segment is 

 not very pronounced, as it is only very slightly produeid in 

 the middle, but is raised with a fringe of dense white hairs. 

 Le(/s stout, black, with a trace of reddish knees; the under- 

 side of fore fenujra with thick soft black hairs, the middle 

 |)air the same, the hind pair with white hairs and with stout 

 reddish-yellow bristles ; uppcrsidcs of femora with whitish 

 hairs; tibiiewith whitish hairs, long and black on the under- 

 side of the fore pair ; tarsi with chiefly black hairs, all the 



