S<nitli Afii'Utn and (h-irufal A-^iliiin^. C>9 



llic liiml jiriir with a l)l:ick stripe ; tarsi obscurclv reddish, 

 the first wholly so ; I'oic IVniora with soft black hairs below, 

 midille pair with only a ft;w black hairs and with black 

 bristles, the hind pair with short white hairs and a row of 

 stroiipr black bristles , fore femora with black hairs on 

 (hirsuni ; |)ubcsceiicc elsewhcn! on Icjjs short, white, but fore 

 tibiie w ith chietiy loiijj black hairs ; tarsi with short black 

 hairs, all bristles black. //'/////.« dear, f^rcy at apex and in 

 centre of cells ; bcuil on posterior branch of cubital vein 

 very slijjht. 



Female 'u\cut'\c:\\. 3A;w.?/ffr//c almost wliolly yellow. Fore- 

 head also with a t'cw uhitc hairs intermixed with the black 

 ones. T/iora.r witlt white hairs on the jiosterior part and at 

 its sides, with the black hairs and bristles. Scutelmm with 

 the yellow bristles on border more like soft yellow hairs. 

 Abdomen, less dennded than in male, shows grey tomentum 

 at sides. Ovipositor short, black. Leys have the hind tibia; 

 wholly red, except at extreme apices. 



Machimus rufipes, ^ ? , sp. n. 



Type (male) from Dehra Dun on wing in Forest Rcsearcli 

 Zooi. Coll. 



Type (female) from Kangra Valley, Pnnjab (Dudgeon 

 Coll.), in Brit. Mns. Coll.; ami another male from Taknla, 

 Knmaon, in India Forest Research Zoo!. Coll. 



A large robust species with reddish tii)ipe and tarsi. 

 ScntfUnm with four to six large stout black bristles ou its 

 outer bolder ; fore femora with no bristles btlow. 



Length, S ^0-2 4, ? 25 mm. 



Male. — Face blackish covered with pale yellow tomentum, 

 tubercle large. Mouslache composed of yellow bristles with 

 some black ones near the oral opening. J^alpi black-haired. 

 In the space between moustache and base of antennre only 

 two or three white hairs above moustache. Antenn<c blackish, 

 with black bristly hairs, third joint wanting. Forehead \\'\l\\ 

 white bristly hairs. Hind part of head with very stout black 

 bristles. Thorax blackish covered with grey tomentum, the 

 usual stripes distinct ; pubescence on iloisum black, with a 

 few white hairs, on the posterior part besides the usual bl.ick 

 bristles are numerous white hairs intermixed. Scutvlhtui 

 same colour as thorax ; dorsum covered with white hairs, 

 armed with six bristles in the type, but only four in the 

 other male. Abdomen blackish with }iroy tomentum and 

 the usual dark spots, segmentations slaty grey ; pubescence 

 on dorsum black on the dark spots, white <mi the segmcnta- 



