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EMMIS Fences verde uk + cect ocean tercesesoeesegys Dia witel a te 28 Ill. The White-toothed Shrew of Palestine. By OxtprieLp NR cia é nates vo a nin, 8 6 we PES ae cawaw fae SS SEES eon 32 IV. On the Structure of the Larve and the Systematic Position of the Genera Mycetobia, Mg., Ditomyia, Winn., and Symmerus, Walk. (Diptera Nematocera). By D. Ketiiy, D.Sc. (from the Quick Laboratory, University of Cambridge). (Plates Il.-V.)..., 33 V. Description of a new Genus and Species of the Homopterous Family Cicadide. By W. L. DISTANT ....... 22000. ceceeeceees 43 VI. Notes on the Asilide: Subdivision Asiline. By GERTRUDE RT aa. 6 hes Cane aaT EAEER CE Ee bo Serb pos es mee sec e's e.0 44 VU. Batopora (Bryozoa) and its Allies. By Artuur Wm. RE kb EG TCE INGE WEN Cee WE ede vecccws 79 Vill. Two new African Freshwater Sponges. By JANE STtePuEns, B.A., B.Sc., National Museum of Ireland ............ 94 IX, On some External Characters of Ruminant Artiodactyla — Part VII. Domesticated Cattle (Bos tanrus and B. indicus). By 101 en aie a's bb b's bapa 6 Ado beens be De ece tig dns iv CONTENTS. Pago X. On some small Mammals from Catamarca. By OLDFIELD OMIA kas sun p sis vb" ov date PWR TEm Ss a huaxk hw ete a eine Fame . 115 XI. Descriptions and Records of Bees—LXXXII. By T. D. A. CockERELL, University of Colorado ........cceeeseeeeeeeceues 118 XII. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews.— No. XLII. By Prof. M‘Inrosu, M.D., LL.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., &... 125 NUMBER 14. XIII. New and insufficiently-known Moths in the Joicey Collec- fion. By Louis B. Paouty PF Biiis tu. oss sas «aa ves 165 XIV. Descriptions and Recordsof Bees—LXXXIV. By T.D.A. Cogxerets, University of Colorado .<.....0.002<:s00n 0 s eee ~- 266 XXVI. Notes on Gerbils referred to the Genus Meriones, with Descriptions of new Species and Subspecies, By OLprie_p THOMAS wecccccecseveces STR Le LO ee Coe 263 XXVII. Notes on the Family Dendrocolaptide, with Suggestions for its Division. By Cuarves Cuuss, F.Z.S., M.B.0.U., Zoological Department, British Museum (Natural History) ........ Gteseees 275 XXVIII. Descriptions of New J'yralide of the Subfamilies Crambine and Sigine. By Sir Grorcx F, Hampson, Bart., F.Z.S., RE PEM va Wire Ws 25 sainchs C0~ 44's 940555 8c de nlpew a’ > ote 275 NUMBER 16, XXIX. On Deronectes depressus, Fab., and elegans, Panzer. By Frank Batrour-Browne, M.A. (Oxon. et Cantab.), F.R.S.E., Lecturer in Entomology in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge; Staff Lecturer in Entomology in France; Capt. mama, eenerye, (Piates: VIT, & VIET) «ou. cs-ceugussyeces 293 XXX. On the Geographical Distribution of the Genus Cosmo- phila, a Noctuid of the Family Gonopteride. By Colonel C. Swinsoxr, M.A., F.LS., &c. (Plates IX. & X.) cc. ceccccsecee 309 XXXI. New Lyceenids and Hesperids and Two new Species of the Noctuid Family Acontiide. By Colonel C. Swrnuor, M.A., NTs giv es 8 We Sh Genes dirs ns.00 SneG ons scitpeescces .. 314 XKXII. The Status of Parabates, Foerster, and Parabatus, Thomson [Hymenoptera, Ichneumonide}. By J. Cuester Brap- LEY, Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. ...... wai Pete Gales 319 XXXII. The Malacoderm Genera Prionocerus and Idgia, and their Sexual Characters [Coleoptera]. By G. C. Cuampron, F.Z.8. eGR RUE press aWeWeGa< Guanes Cercesqea tes 3825 vi CONTENTS. Page XXXIV. A Note on the Egg-Burster of Eucephalous Fly-larve. By 1 W. BpwABne 0. fo ois 'S ok AO A AR stone ta 372 XXXY. The Amphipod Orchestia tucurauna, Fritz Miiller, of Brazil, redescribed from New Zealand Specimens. By Cuas. Curr- Ton, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., C.M.Z.S., Hon. Memb. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. 376 XXXVI. North Pacifie Zoroasteride. By Water K. FisHEr, Director, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Cali- FORSAA ps wad Meee eatin, Sanh a Mee ees heave ant oi . 387 XXXVI. Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera—XXXVII. On some Sphecine in the British Museum. By Rowtanp E. 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Descriptions of New Pyralide of the Subfamilies Cram- bine and Sigine. By Sir Gzorex F. Hampson, Bart., F.Z.8., &e. 487 XLY. Some new Entozoa from Birds in Uganda. By H. A. i7.G 81. 2. ei Sa ei Ph 457 XLVI. Ethiopian Heteroptera: some new Species of Reduviide - belonging to the Genera Pysttala and Platymeris. By W. L. AVESTANT (8, ce s'c'a's\e's o'0'a's 0's! o'e'n'e olelatelata ava wiper alas Sie a 466 CONTENTS. Vil Page XLVII. Papors on Oriental Carabide.—I. By H. E. ANDrewes, 469 XLVILL. On Indo-Chinese Hymenoptera collected by R. Vitalis de Salvaza.—II. By Rowianp E, Turner, V.ZS., FLEAS. ./.... 483 XLIX. Description ‘of a new Genus and Two new Species of Heterocera. By Lord Roruscutxp, F.R.S. ........ cece eee eens 487 L. On small Mammals from ‘Otro Cerro,” North-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. L. Budin, By Orprietp THOMAS,........0.545 489 NUMBER 18. LI. A Collection of Entozoa, chiefly from Birds, from the Deeewoent. By Bi, A. Bavris) MOA. ie. ec wesieweaccess 501 LIT. The Classification of the Mongooses (Mungotide). By EN MRRP ey aries Xo wt Vink va hacdsnccceewe Pre 515 LIT. On Two new Parasitic Mites (Myocoptes hintoni and Psoroptes natalensis). By SvaNLEY HIRsT ............0+000e0: 524 LIV. The Selection of Heliv nemoralis by the Song-Thrush (Turdus musicus), By Maup D, Havitanp, Hon. Mem. B.O.U., RMR EEN, 5 5c asbucn WOT RIAs wins: « Sack duAvibed ee 4s, Ole LY. On the Genus Lepidobatrachus, Budgett. By G. A. Bov- LENGER, F.R.S. ..... atk dou L KTS ULES MOT Ts We v eu wx OF popu 531 LVI. Descriptions of New Pyralide of the Subfamilies Cram- bine and Sigine. By Sir Grorer F, Hampson, Bart., F.Z.S., &c. 533 LVIL. Description of a new Dyscophid Frog from Yunnan. By ee ee Fass ls w ute diee bas ka bbs Gus sudees 548 LVIII. On a new Variety of Acanthodactylus boskianus, Daud., from the Euphrates. By G. A. BouLencer, F.R.S. ............ 549 ‘. Notes on the Ichnewmonide in the British Museum.—I. By Rowxtanp BE, Turner, F.ZS., FES. 0... ses c cess seceseees 550 LX. Two new Gerbils from Sinai. By OtpFietp THomas ,.., 559 eevee r reer eee eee eee eee eee nene eerenrere 561 NY PLATES IN VOL. III. PxuaTE I. New African Curculionide. tu. a aks etc. of Mycetobia, Ditomyia, and Symmerus. V4 VI. Batopora (Bryozoa). Be, Deronectes depressus and elegans. vad Cosmopbila. ; Prionocerus and Idgia. THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, (NINTH SERIES.) OF sevescucceceneses per litora spargite museum, Naiades, et circitm vitreos considite fontes: Pollice virgineo teneros hic carpite flores: Floribus et pictum, dive, replete canistrum. At vos, o Nymphe Craterides, ite sub undas ; Ite, recurvato variata corallia trunco Vellite muscosis ¢ rupibus, et mihi conchas Ferte, Dew pelagi, et pingui conchylia succo.”, WN. Parthenii Giannellasi, 2el. 1. No. 13. JANUARY 1919. T.—On the African Genera of Wingless Brachyderine with Connate Claws (Coleoptera, Curculionide), By Guy A. K. Marsuatt, D.Sc. [Plate I.} Havine had occasion recently to identify a number of South African weevils of the genus Strophosomus, it became evident that several readily separable groups had been associated under this name; and, moreover, as might have been auticipated, a comparison of the Ethiopian species with the typical Huropean forms reveals the preseuce of constant differences, which render it desirable that they should be separated generically. This has necessitated an examination of all the allied African genera, for which a synoptic key is here given. Unfortunately, two genera, each eompriging a single species, are unknown to me and have therefore been omitted, viz. : 4%dophronus, Schh., from Natal, and Blosyridius, Frm. (C. R. Ent. Belg. xxxv. 1891, p. 298), from Somaliland. ‘The former, judging from Lacor- daire’s description of the tarsi, is related to Mimaulus, and the latter will come near Proscephaladeres. Schoduherr has also assigned to the genus Cueorrhinus three South African Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Voll. iii. 1 2 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African species with which I am wnacquainted. They probably do not belong to that genus as now understood, and appear to be related to the species here described under Leurops, from which they differ in the complete absence of the median stria on the forehead—an unusual character in this group. The Madagascar forms have not been included, as they are now being revised by M. A. Hustache. In discriminating the genera use has been made of characters drawn from the epistome, mandibles, and mentum, which have not been previously employed in this group, but which seem likely to be useful for separating the principal subdivisions, Unless otherwise stated, the types of all the new species are in the British Museum. Key to the Genera. ] (24). Epistome well defined, bounded by a distinct carina or obtuse ridge; cutting-edge of mandibles with a median projection or tooth. ). Mentum entirely devoid of sete *. ). Tarsi narrow, setose beneath. 5). Front tibize produced externally into a long process; corbels of hind tibize enclosed ; mandibles squamose.... M¢maulus, Schh. 5 ( 4). Front tibiee not produced externally ; hind corbels open; mandibles not BUURMIDED iu fee rs ee ew ere one Mimaulodes, gen, nov. 6 ( 3). Tarsi broad, spongy beneath; corbels of hind tibize open, bare. 7 (10). First ventral segment with the hind margin rounded; lower surface of rostrum more or less concave, the normal longitudinal impressions en- tirely or nearly obliterated. 8 ( 9). Elytra without any humeral promi- nence ; head separated from rostrum by a fine stria which curves strongly forwards in the middle; rostrum strongly narrowed in front; funicle not squamose ...... coevocesvce. -LOmphts, Penamiome 9( 8). Elytra with a conspicuous humeral prominence; head separated from rostrum by a deep, gently sinuous furrow ; rostrum subquadrate ; funi- Plesquamose © is 0%. wees ets Ae ay 10 ( 7). First ventral segment with the hind margin straight or sinuate; lower surface of rostrum with two deep Bradybamon, gen. nov. * Some species of Proscephaladeres have a row of flat scales along the front edge of the mentum, but no true sete. Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 3 longitudinal or oblique impressions, ; with a convex space between them, 11 (12). The three median ventral segments subequal in length ; forehead trisul- cate; scape short and stout, the externally visible portion much shorter than the funicle; rostrum separated from the head by a furrow that extends quite to the side .. 12 (11). Second ventral segment longer than the third or fourth; forehead with at most a single furrow ; scape slen- der, the exposed portion almost or uite as long as the funicle. 14 (14), Metasternum between the coxe very much shorter than the middle cox; mandibles squamose, with a well-marked longitudinal dorsal carina running from the scar to the eoecreeereeresereeeseveeegee : carina, 15 (16). Serobes strongly dilated behind ; scape not exceeding the middle of the eye; funicle and mandibles clothed with scales ; eyes finely facetted .. 16 (15). Scrobes almost parallel-sided; scape reaching hind margin of eye; funicle and mandible entirely devoid of scales ; eyes comparatively coarsely TACO. carte Woidils oe aeideu We 2% 17 ( 2). Mentum setose, 18 (21). Corbels of hind tibia very oblique, lying almost entirely on the inner face of the tibie, their upper fringe of sete ascending the dorsal edge of the tibiw ina straight line (as in Tanymecus) ;.second ventral seg- ment distinctly longer than the third or fourth, hind margin of the first more or less sinuate in the middle, the incision shallow. 19 (20). Rostrum separated from the forehead by a stria; eyes very prominent and produced backwards ............ 20 (19). Rostrum continuous with the fore- head; eyes simple, only slightly COMVOE 6 oes err ens as Sey e we ree 21 (18). Corbels of hind tibie terminal, not ascending the tibie; the three median ventral segments subequal in length; hind margin of the first segment straight, the incision deep. 22 (23). Corbels of hind tibiw enclosed; scape slender, clavate; forehead trisulcate ; Blosyrus, Schh. Proscephaladeres, Schh, Proscopus, gen. nov. [| Strophosomus, Billb. | Protostrophus, gen. nov. Leurops, gen, nov. 1* 25 (26). 26 (25). 97 (36). 28 (35). 29 (32). 30 (81). 31 (30). 32 (29). 33 (84). 34 (38). 35 (28). 36 (27). Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African mentum with a transverse row of five or Six Set 1... eee eeeseees Corbels of hind tibize open ; scape very broadly dilated; forehead without any longitudinal furrow; mentum with only two sete...... ahi Epistome indistinct and quite unde- fined; cutting-edge of mandibles straight or rounded and without any median tooth; basal part. of metepisternum angularly produced internally ; hind coxs# reaching the elytra. Corbels of hind tibizee open; metepi- sternal suture distinct in its basal haif only ; mesepisterna meeting the elytra at the extreme base ; rostrum continuous with the forehead .... Corbels of hind tibie broadly en- closed ; metepisternal suture distinct throughout; mesepisterna broadly separated from the elytra by the mesepimera. Rostrum separated from the forehead by a transverse furrow. Tarsi with two claws ; mentum setose. Furrow separating the rostrum from the head straight or with a forward curve. Ventral intercoxal process truncate or gently rounded; front margin of prosternum without any promi- nences ; furrow separating the ros- trum from the head straight or slightly sinvous): sats eas. aes Ventral process strongly angulated; margin of prosternum with a promi- nenee on each side above the cox; furrow separating the rostrum from the head deeply curved forwards .. Furrow separating the rostrum from the head angulate, with the apex of the angle directed backwards. Punctures on elytra in regular rows; eyes not produced backwards .... Punctures on elytra partly irregular ; eyes produced backwards ........ Tarsi with only one claw; mentum Bevo OF Bees tolals > altas os Rostrum not separated from the fore- head by a transverse furrow or stria. Pseudoblosyrus,gen.Bov. Platyeopes, Schh. Synechops, gen. nov. Ectatopsides, Bovie. (Enassus, Pasc. Cychrotonus, Pase. Eucrines, Jekel. Gyponychus, Pasc. Embolodes, Mshl. Genus Mimavutvs, Schh. To the characters cited by Schénherr (Mant. Sec. Cure. p. 18) and Lacordaire (Gen. Cure, vi. p. 33) the following mt. Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 5 points may be added :—Mandibles multisetose, squamose, with a distinct median tooth; mentum bare and deeply sunk in its cavity. Antenne with the funicle not squamose. Gular margin of the prosternum deeply sinuate; mes- epimeron very small and not separating the mesepisternum from the elytron at the base; metasternum at its shortest much shorter than the mid-coxie, metepisternal suture com- plete, metepisternum not dilated at its base, hind cox broadly separated from the elytra. Venter with the inter- coxal process truncate and as broad as the hind coxa; hind margin of segment 1 gently arcuate, its length behind the coxa greater than that of segment 2, which is longer than 3 or 4. As at present known, the genus is confined to South-east Africa, south of the Limpopo. Genus MIMAULoDEs, nov. Head deeply constricted behind the eyes and with a central furrow which does not reach the vertex ; eyes quite lateral, nearly flat and oblique, as seen from above, so that the head is broadest at their projecting hind margins. Rostrum about as long as the head and separated from it by a straight transverse furrow, strongly narrowed in front ; epistome well defined, nearly three times as broad as long, shallowly sinuate in front, and the hind margin forming a low curve ; mandibles bearing five or six setze, not squamose, with a strong median tooth, the scar flat and almost circular; mentum bare, immersed ; scrobes oblique, almost straight and parallel-sided, the upper edge touching the lower margin of the eye; lower surface of rostrum without longitudinal impressions, but shallowly excavated for the reception of the antenne. Antenne very short, squamose ; scape reaching the middle of the eye, strongly clavate; funicle with joint 1 “much longer and broader than 2, 3-7 very short and gradually widening. Prothoraz much broader than long, the base arcuate in the middle and slightly sinuate at each side, the sides rounded. Scutellum invisible. Elytra fused together and strongly inflexed at the sides, only slightly broader at the rounded shoulders than the prothorax, the longitudinal outline forming a very low curve continuous with that of the pronotum, the posterior declivity almost vertical. Sternum with the gular margin shallowly sinuate ; mesepisternum meeting the elytron only at the extreme base, the mid-coxz very narrowly separated ; metasternum much shorter than the mid-coxe, its episternum not dilated 6 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African inwardly at the base, the episternal stria complete, the hind coxie widely separated from the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process slightly angulated at the base and nar- rower than the coxa; segment 1 with the hind margin straight, its length behind the coxa equal to that of 2, which is longer than 3 or 4. Legs short; tibiz armed with stout spines, but the external apical angle not produced, the corbels of the hind pair open, squamose and very oblique ; tarsi narrow, setose beneath, not spongy. 3 unknown. Genotype, Mimaulodes fimbriatus, sp. n. The general form is entirely that of Mimau/odes, and the insects are similarly covered with a thick earthy incrusta- tion, so that several of the structural characters given above can only be observed when the specimen has been scraped. Mimaulodes fimbriatus, sp. n. Integument pale brown, densely clothed with grey scales mingled with a natural earthy indumeutum, and nearly always, more or less coated with mud, Head with stout, dark, suberect setee and a dense patch of paler ones above each eye; eyes nearly circular and with a complete ring of pale scales. Rostrum almost flat above, with a very shallow transv erse impression near the apex, £0 that the apical area appears to be raised; the sides quite vertical, so that no sign of the scrobe can SS seen from above, the dorsal edge obtusely angulated above the base of the scrobe. Prothorax twice and a half as broad as long, broadest near the base and much narrower in front ; the integment, when scraped, appears uneven and finely rugulose, being set with short, subrecumbent, stout, dark sete, and there is along the lateral margin an uneven fringe of very long, upwardly curved sete. J/ytra broadly ovate, the sides gently rounded, broadest about the middle, the apical outline broadly rounded ; the base not fitting very closely to the prothorax, jointly sinuate in the middle and rounding away at the sides ; the dorsal surface with very shallow and broad sulci, the narrower raised intervals each bearing a row of stout, suberect, dark sete, while at the shoulders and along the dorsal margins is an outstanding fringe of much longer sete, these being longest at the shoulders and gradually diminishing behind, Leys densely squamose and with stout raised selee ; anterior pairs of tibize with four spines along the apical edge, two or three on the apical third of the dorsal Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 7 edge, and one on the lower edge ; hind tibix also with four apical spines and two on the lower edge, the corbel with a dorsal border of two to four short, closely set spines and a ‘longer terminal one. Length 3-34 mm., breadth 2-24 mm. TRANSVAAL: Benoni, 22. xi. 17 (2. Buckles). Described from five specimens forwarded by the Division of Entomology, Pretoria, with a note that the species was damaging the leaves and bark of Lucalyptus viminalis, Genus Pompuus, nov. Head short and broad, with a central stria that reaches the vertex and another on each side about midway between it and the eyes, behind which there is a deep constriction ; eyes quite lateral, very prominent, subconical, not or but slightly sloping backwards, their greatest depth behind the middle. Rostrum strongly narrowed in front, longer than the head and separated from it by a stria which runs from the eye to the apex of the outer stria on the forehead, and there making a sharp angle runs forwards to the apex of the median stria; from the middle of the base diverge two oblique abbreviated furrows ; epistome sharply defined, almost an equilateral triangle, the sides forming a very low carina; mandibles multisetose, with only a few scales and an obtuse median tooth, the scar almost circular ; mentum bare, immersed ; scrobes narrow, deep, bare, and almost straight in the basal two-thirds, the upper edge ending a little below the lower margin of the eye. Antenne with the scape rather slender, abruptly clavate and reaching beyond the middle of the eye; funicle not squamose, joint 1 as long as but thicker than 2, the remainder bead-like. Prothorax at least twice as broad as long, truncate at base and apex. Scutellum invisible. Elytra broadly ovate, the longitudinal outline moderately convex, not continuous with that of the pronotum, the basal margin jointly sinuate and elevated, the angles projecting, the punctation more or less irregular. Sternum with the gular margin sinuate, the front coxie nearer to it than to the hind margin, the front margin raised into a prominent ridge on each side from the eye nearly as far as the coxa; mesepisternum meeting the elytron at the base; metasternum between the cox lrardly half as long as the mid-coxwz, the episternal furrow complete, the episternum not produced inwardly at the base, the hind cox broadly separated from the elytra. Venter with the 8 Dr, G. A. K. Marshall on African intercoxal process rounded and narrower than the coxa; segment 1 (behind the coxa) longer than 2, and 2 longer than 3, the hind margin of segment 1 arcuate. Legs short and rather stout; femora moderately clavate and simple; tibize unguiculate, the corbels of the hind pair oblique, bare, and open, but with the apical edge slightly bent inwards ; claws connate. In the ¢ the fifth ventral segment is shorter and flat, in the @ it is a little longer and slightly convex. Genotype, Strophosomus kirschi, Faust (Ent. Nachr. xi. 1885, p. 88). Pomphus denticollis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 3.) Black, with grey or sandy scaling, the pronotum with a very broad median brown stripe, and the elytra with very variable dark brown markings, which are sometimes almost entirely obliterated. Head almost flat on the forehead and set with stout erect sete, the integument quite hidden by the scaling. Rostrum with the sides strongly convergent from the eyes to beyond the middle, thence nearly parallel ; upper surface with two deep sulci strongly diverging from the centre of the base as far as the middle of the disk, the lateral areas outside them being shallowly impressed ; the central carina is prominent where it meets the epistome, but diminishes behind and disappears about the middle; the clothing as on the forehead. Antenne with the apical half of the scape squamose ; funicle with joints 3, 4, and 6 subequal aud slightly longer than broad, 5 a little shorter, 7 as long as 6 but distinctly broader. Prothorax twice and a half as broad as long, the base (when seen clear of the elytra) not broader than the apex ; the sides, as seen from above, distinctly denticulate, there being a specially marked projection close to the base, and the apical angles prominent ; apical margin strongly reflexed down the sides, the ridge thus formed ceasing abruptly on a line with the outer edge of the coxa; upper surface strongly convex transversely, closely set with rather indefinite granules (the rugose sculpturing being hidden by the scaling), and with a central furrow that reaches neither the base nor the apex ; the longitudinal outline only slightly curved, thesapex being only a little lower than the base. Elytra with the sides strongly rounded, broadest about the middle, scarcely striate, but with rather irregular rows of punctures, which are conspicuous throrgh the scaling and often duplicated; the intervals broad, fiuely aciculate Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 9 (beneath the sealing), and each bearing a single row of stout, flattened, erect setie. Length 4-4} mm., breadth 25-2} mm. Portucuese EF, Aratca: Beira (P. A. Sheppard). This species probably represents on the coast the very closely allied P. kirschi, Fst., which at present is known only from Nyasaland. ‘he latter differs in having the sides of the prothorax simply rounded und not denticulate, the lateral areas of the rostrum are not impressed, the sete on the elytra are distinctly longer and more slender, and the scales on the elytra are for the most part rather sharply pointed behind instead of being broadly rounded. Described from 1 ¢ and 5 2 9. Genus BrapyBaMon, nov. Head with a short central furrow and slightly raised at the sides to form an obtuse eyebrow, which is higher behind than in front; eyes quite lateral, nearly circular, moderately prominent, and not produced backwards. Rostrum sub- quadrate, separated from the forehead by a deep sinuous furrow that distinctly reaches the sides, lower surface flattened or slightly concave ; epistome forming a sharp acute angle behind, the bounding carine unusually high and finely laminate, the front margin rather shorter than the sides; mandibles multisetose, not squamose, with a median tooth, the scar flat and almost circular; mentum bare, somewhat sunk in its cavity ; gene deeply impressed, the posterior angle rather prominent. Antenne with the scape abruptly clavate and reaching about the middle of the eye; funicle squamose, joint 1 equal to or longer than 2, the others short, 7 the broadest. Scutel/um invisible, Elytra with the sides forming. a straight slope from the base to the well-marked subhumeral prominence, the basal margin sinuate ; in profile, the outline of the posterior declivity forms almost a semicircle, the apex being inflexed so that it lies in front of the middle of the declivity. Svernum with the gular margin gently sinuate, the centro-sternite forming an elongate tubercle ; mesepisternum meeting or or Very narrowly separated from the elytra ; metasternum much shorter than the mid-coxe, with a distinct antecoxal fold, the episternal furrow deep and complete, the episternum narrow and not angulate inwardly at the base, the hind coxz separated from the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process gently rounded and as broad as the coxa; the hind margin of segment 1 curved, so that segment 2 is much 10 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African shorter in the middle than at the sides, its length at the former point being about equal to that of 3 or 4. Legs rather short aud stout; tibize with a sharp mucro, the corbels of the hind pair open and bare; the claws connate. All the specimens examined appear to be females. Genotype, Strophosomus granicollis, Boh. - Thanks to the kindness of Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., I have been able to examine the cotypes of S. granicollis, Boh., in the Sommer collection, which he recently presented to the Oxford Museum. From the description, it seems fairly certain that Stropho- somus verrucicollis, Fst.(Aun. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1899, p. 390), from the Congo, also belongs to this genus. The angulate elytra and tuberculate thorax would at once distinguish these insects from the other African “ Stropho- somus,’ and they have more the appearance of very small Blosyrus, which may however be distinguished by the very different structure of the epistome and lower surface of the rostrum, the more prominent eyes, and the straight hind margin of the first ventral segment. Key to the Species. 1 (6). Prothorax with small, close, confluent tuber- cles throughout. 2 (3). The two median furrows on the rostrum subparallel; the two basal joints of the funicle equal; punctures on elytra more or less aneaauilar i'l Te obs. 0 de Retain ae granicollis, Boh. 3 (2). The two median furrows on the rostrum strongly divergent in front; joint 1 of the funicle longer than 2. _4 (5). Elytra marginate at the base, the rows of punctures more or less irregular or dupli- cated ...3i762: <3). ee SP er eo swalet, sp. D. 5 (4). Elytra not marginate at the base, the rows of punctures quite regular ....... Biatah fon regularis, sp. D. 6 (1). Prothorax punctate on the disk and tuber- culate laterally... .-.hok oe kee seseee verrucicollas, Fst. Bradybamon swale, sp.n. (Pl. I. fig. 6.) 2. Colour piceous, with dense earth-brown scaling; pronotum with a broad, median, darker brown stripe, which gradually widens from apex to base; elytra with an ill- defined dark stripe running obliquely trom behind the shoulder to beyond the middle of stria 2 and edged behind with an indefinite pale stripe ; the apical area with irregular dark brown and paler patches ; these markings may become - more or less obsolete. Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. LL /Tead with a short longitudinal impression on each side adjoining the supra-ocular ridge, the vertex transversely impressed ; eyes very convex, deepest slightly behind the middle, Rostr um as long as its basal width, the dorsal area broadest at the base and gradually narrowed in front, with a shallow central impression containing a low scale-covered earina, on each side of it an oblique furrow running from near the centre of the base to the middle of the disk, and beyond this again an irregular shallow longitudinal im- pression; as seen from above the posterior angles of the genz project strong!y outwards, about three- fourths as far as the eyes. Antenne with joint 1 of the funicle distinctly longer than 2, 8as long as broad, 4-6 bead-like and trans- verse, 7 longer and broader. Prothorae much broader than long, truncate at the apex, the base gently arcuate and as broad as the apex, the basal angles rounded off, the sides moderately rounded, broadest about the middle, the apical constriction shallow ; the upper surface scrobiculate, set with low confluent tubercles, and with an irregular central furrow. Elytra subquadrate, nearly as broad as long (33 x 4 mm.), the sides aimost parallel from the subhuineral prominence to beyond the middle, the basal margin raised, broadly rounded behind; with very shallow furrows con- taining rows of punctures that are more or less irregular and duplicated, except near the suture and extreme lateral margins ; the intervals rather uneven and set with irregular rows of short, stout, erect setz ; the scales small, closely over- lapping, pointed, and deeply fluted. Length 5-6 mm., breadth 3-34 mm. Poxtucurse E, Arnica: Caia, Zambesi R. (Dr. HH. Swale). Described from three specimens. In addition to the characters given in the key, B. grani- collis, Boh., differs in being a distinctly narrower insect, the eyes are larger, the genz are scarcely visible from above, and the set on the elytra are longer and more numerous. Bradybamon regularis, sp. nh. 2. * Colour black, with uniform earth-browm seuling. Head not transversely impressed on the vertex, the forehead with lateral impressious ; eyes relatively large, not very convex, deepest behind the middle. Rostrum sub- quadrate, about as loug as broad, the sides parallel and vertical, so that the gen are scarcely visible from above ; the upper surface with two median sulci, which diverge 12 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African strongly from the base to the middle of the disk and enclose a low median scale-covered costa, and on each side of these an indistinct longitudinal HE ESOR. Antenne with joint 1 of the funicle longer than 2, the remaining joints short and gradually widening outwardly. Prothorax much broader tlian long, the base aind apex of equal width, the former arcuate, the latter truncate, the sides very strongly rounded, broadest much before the middle; the upper surface closely set with small low confluent tubercles, and with an indistinct central furrow. Elytra oblong- ovate, parallel-sided from the subhumeral prominence to beyond the middle, very broadly rounded behind, the basal margin not raised ; with very shallow sulci, each containing a single row of deep close punctures; the intervals only slightly convex and bearing asingle row of broadly truncate, scale-like, erect sete. Length 32-44 mm., breadth 2-2} mm. ZAMBEZI R. Described from two specimens. Genus ProscerHaLapDEREs, Schh. To this genus are here referred all the African ‘“ Stropho- somus’”’ having subglobose elytra. Apart from their some- what different facies, they may be distinguished from the other African species with which they bave hitherto been associated by the followmg points:—The mentum 1s entirely devoid of true setz, though in most of the species there is a row of scales along its anterior edge—a very unusual character; the corbels of the hind tibiz are more nearly terminal in position; the first joint of the funicle is never longer than the second, being rarely equal to it and usually distinctly shorter; the apical margin of the rostrum is deeply sinuate ; and the hind coxz are distinctly separated from the elytra. The true European Strophosomus differ in having non- squamose and non-carinate mandibles, non-squamose funicles, a distinctly longer metasternum, and more coarsely facetted eyes. The described species which should be placed here are: Strophosomus aspericollis, Fhs., S. lineatus, Fhs., S. varia- bilis, Fhs. (Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1871, pp. 13, 14), S. binotatus, Mshl., and S. salisburiensis, Mshl. (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, pp. 912, 913) ; and more than a dozen additional undescribed species are kuown to me, Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 13 Genus Proscorus, nov. Head about as long as its width between the eyes, with a central furrow that almost reaches the vertex ; eyes lateral, prominent, semicircular, Rostrum about as long as the head, narrowed in front, separated from the forehead by a deep furrow that reaches the sides ; epistome short, well defined, but the sides not carinate, the front margin shallowly sinuate ;° mandibles squamose (setw abraded), without any longitudinal dorsal carina, but with au obtuse median tooth, the scar indistinct and subtriangular; mentum bare, much wider in front than behind and rather deeply sunk in its cavity, which is more oblong than usual, the basal angles being almost right angles; scrobes lateral, curved, and squamose, becoming markedly wider and shallower behind, the upper edge below the lower margin of the eye. Antenne with the scape rather stout, cylindrical, and gradually widening from near the base ; funicle stout, squamose, the two basal joints of equal length, the remainder bead-like and subequal. Prothorax transverse, truncate at base and apex. Scufellum minute. Elytra subtruncate at the base, not constricted or marginate, without any humeral prominence, the apices jointly rounded. Sternum with the gular margin truncate, the coxze in the middle of the pro- sternum ; mesosternum longer than usual, the episternum meeting the elytron at the base; metasternum between the coxe as long as the mid-coxe, with a very shallow ante- coxal fold, the episternum not angularly produced internally at the base, the episternal suture almost obliterated, the hind cox “narrowly separated from the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process slightly angulate and broader than the hind cox; segment 2 longer than 3. Legs rather slender ; corbels of the hind tibiz open, bare, and terminal ; claws connate. é unknown. Genotype, Proscopus marginatus, sp. n. The elongate metasternum is quite unusual in the African members of this group, and the general facies of the only known species is more like that of a Tanymecine of the genus Iphisomus. Proscopus marginatus, sp.n. (Pl. I. fig. 4.) 2. Black, with rather thin grey scaling (through which the shiny integument is clearly visible) and a few whitish markings ; head with a narrow ring of whitish scales round 14 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African the eyes, expanding into a broad patch beneath, the setz on the forehead slightly*raised ; prothorax with a narrow central whitish stripe, a broad lateral one behind the eye, and an ill-defined one above the coxe, the sete recumbent ; elytra with numerous recumbent, scale- like, brownish setae and the following whitish markings : a sutural stripe from the base to the ~ middle, another on interval 7 starting a little before the middle and ending some distance from the apex, a short basal stripe at the shoulder continuous with the upper lateral one on the thorax, aud a marginal stripe, which only reaches stria 10 in the basal half, gradually extending to stria 9 behind the middle and widening still more at the apex ; along the dorsal striz there are irregular spots of whitish scales, and the lower surface is unevenly clothed with similar scales. Head rugosely punctate, the forehead flat, with two very irregular longitudinal impressions on each side of the central furrow ; a shallow impression immediately below the eye. Rostrum rugosely punctate, the disk shallowly i im- pressed and witha very broad and deep central furrow in the basal half ; an obtuse ridge on each side, beyond which the sides slope gradually to the scrobes ; the genz 1iot impressed. Prothoraz nearly twice as broad as long , the sides moderately rounded, broadest in the middle, evenly and very rugosely punctate throughout, without any furrow or carina, and the basal margin not raised. Elytra regularly elliptical, the dorsal outline strongly curved aud raised high above the pronotum, the posterior declivity becoming vertical on a line with the apex of stria 5; striz shallow and containing deep separated punctures on the disk, the punctures shallower and the striz deeper at the apex and sides; the intervals almost flat and much broader than the strie. Legs with fairly dense pale scales, the tibiz with rather long suberect setze, the hind pair granulate internally. Length 6} mm., breadth 3} min. Cape Cotony : Namaqualand. Described from a single specimen. Genus ProrostROPHUS, NOV. Flead with a central furrow and constricted behind the eyes, which are produced backwards. Rostrum strongly narrowed in front, separated from tlie forehead by a short stria or sulcus that does not nearly reach the sides, which are almost vertical, so that the scrobes are not visible from above, the apex almost truncate ; epistome well defined, on telat Miron dig 4 Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 15 almost an equilateral triangle ; mandibles densely squamose (occasionally bare—P. sparsus, Fhs., aud P. longulus, Boh.), multisetose, with a distinct median tooth, the scar variable ; mentum with numerous erect setee on the anterior half, usually arranged ina tuft of three to six oneach side, the basal half sunk in the cavity ; scrobes passing well below the eyes, more or less squamose. Antenne with the scape slender, clavate, reaching about the middle of the eye; funicle squamose, joint 1 much longer than 2 (except in P. strigifrons, Fls., in which they are equal). Prothoraxr variable in form, but alw ays transverse and narrower at the apex than at the base. Scu/ellum invisible. Sternum with the gular margin more or less sinuate, the cox about in the middle ‘of the prosternum ; mesepisternum usually, but not always, separated from the elytron by its epimeron ; metasternum much shorter than the mid-coxz, with a more or less distinct antecoxal fold, the episternal suture com- plete, the episternum not produced inwardly at the base and rapidly narrowing to a point behind, the hind cox touch- ing the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process narrower than the cox, slightly angulate or gently rounded; hind margin of segment 1 shallowly sinuate, segment 2 "much longer than 3. Leys with the corbels of the posterior pairs of tibie squamose or bare, very oblique, with the upper fringe of sete ascending the dorsal edge of the tibia in a straight line, and the extreme apical edge narrowly enclosed (except in P. sparsus-and its allies) ; claws connate. In the males the elytra are narrower than in the females ; the first ventral segment is very slightly impressed, and the last is shorter and more broadly rounded ; in some species the legs are markedly stouter than in the females, Genotype, Strophosomus crucifrons, Boh. Distinguished from true Strophosomus by the setose mentum, the squamose mandibles and antenne, and the very oblique corbels of the hind tibiz. Apart from the species here assigned to the genera Pro- scephaladeres, Brachybamon, Pomphus, aud Leurops, all the African “ Strophosomus’’ known to me fall within the present genus; and, judging by the descriptions, this is also likely to prove true of 8. ancorifrons, Boh., rotundicollis, Boh., crucifer, Boh., obsoletesiynatus, Boh., indoctus, Boh., pupil- latus, Boh., dilaticollis, Boh. , denticollis, Quedt., hamaticollis, Pér., and concinnus, Hartm. The position of S.. hystricr, Fst. (Ann. Soe. Ent. Belg. 1899, p. 389), from the Congo, is doubtful. 16 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on A/rican Protostrophus immerens, sp. 0. ?. Black, with dense sandy-grey scaling ; the prothorax with an ill-defined broad central brown stripe, an interrupted narrow line on each side of it, and a broad lateral stripe on the inflexed portion, the dorsal markings being sometimes absent; the elytra often with several rows of very indefinite darker spots, usually in the strie. Head separated from the rostrum by a curved stria, which does not nearly reach the margins ; the forehead smooth, the sculpturing entirely hidden by the scaling, and with a deep central furrow; the eyes prominent, strongly produced backwards, moderately convex, deepest about the middle, the hind edge of the orbit not projecting. Rostrum trape- zoidal, much shorter than its basal width, rapidly narrowing in front, the sides straight ; the upper surface flat, with only a very inconspicuous scale-covered central carina in the basal half, and the very shallow punctation hidden by the dense scaling; the gene not impressed. Antenne testaceous brown, with the first joint of the funicle distinctly longer and thicker than the second, which is about twice as long as the third. Prothoraz not quite twice as broad as long (5:3), broadest at the middle, the sides moderately rounded, forming an obtuse granulated lateral edge, very deeply constricted laterally at the extreme base, and slightly emarginate on each side at the apex for the reception of the eyes; the basal margin narrowly raised, truncate and not broader than the apical, which is shallowly sinuate in the middle, the angles before the basal constriction rounded, - and the apical ones almost right angles; the upper surface moderately convex transversely, but almost flat longi- tudinally, with fine confluent shallow punctation (hidden by scaling) and a shallow central stria, which is sometimes feebly indicated when the scaling is intact. Llytra oblong- ovate, almost parallel-sided from near the base to beyond the middle, jointly sinuate at the base and very broadly rounded behind; the striz very shailow, the punctures merely indicated through the scaling and each containing a minute recumbent seta ;. the intervals broad, slightly con- vex, finely rugose, and each with a row of recumbent pale sete ; the scales slightly smaller than those on the pro- thorax, smooth, subcireular, very dense and closely con- tiguous. Legs with the front tibiz dilated at the apex and there armed with eight short stout spines, of which the inner- most pair are very small and contiguous, and the outermost spine is more distant from the rest ; the mid-tibiz with four _ Genera of Wingless Brachydevine. 17 or five similar apical spines and two more slender ones on the inner surface in the apical half; corbels of the hind tibie with u single row of scales at the apex, the apical margin narrowly enclosed. Sternum with the mesepisterna sepa- rated from the base of the elytra. Length 33-4 mm., breadth 2-2! mm. ZuiuLtanp: Ndumu, i. 1914. Like a small specimen of 2. amplicollis, Fhs., to which it is yery nearly related, but in that species the rostrum is more distinctly carinate, the hind margin of the orbit is produced beyond the eye, the sides of the prothorax are more explanate and much more strongly rounded, and its base is not marginate. The adult beetles were found eating the leaves of the ground-nut (Arachis hypogea). Received from the Division ‘of Entomology, Pretoria. Protostrophus spinicollis, sp.n. (PI. I. fig. 5.) 6 ?. Colour black, the upper surface and the sternum clothed with dense pale green scales, those on the legs, venter, aud the inflexed margins of the elytra being grey with a pale coppery reflexion, ‘which colouring is also some- times present on the head and pronotum, Head separated from the rostrum by a deeply curved stria, which nearly reaches the eye on each side; the fore- head flattened and on a lower level than the inner edges of the orbits, rugosely punctate (concealed by the scaling), and with a broad and deep central furrow ; eyes very prominent and strongly produced backwards, moderately convex, and with the greatest depth far behind the middle, the posterior edge of the orbit not projecting. Rostrum unusually long and narrow, distinctly louger than its basal width, sharply narrowing from the base to the middle and thence ‘parallel- sided to the apex ; the upper surface almost flat, set with coarse shallow punctures, each containing a scale, ‘and with- out any furrow or carina; the gene simply, rounded, not impressed. Antenne with the first funicular joint broader and much longer than the second, which is nearly twice as long as the third. Prothorax broader than long, the sides gradually rounded from the apex to bebind the middle and there armed with a sharp backwardly-directed tooth, behind which the sides are deeply sinuated, so that the base is scarcely wider than the apex; the basal margin rounded, with a shallow sinuation in the middle, the apical margin truncate; the upper surface strongly conyex transversely Ann. & Mag. N. List. Ser. 9. Vol. iti. 2 18 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on Ajrican and moderately so on its long axis, finely wrinkled longi- tudinally (the sculpture hidden by the scaling, but the ridges showing through here and there like shiny granules}, and with a broad central furrow, which is almost filled by a broad, flattened, shiny, impunctate carina. Llytra oval, broadest about the middle, jointly sinuate at the base, with the external angles projecting forwards into a short blunt point ; when the scaling is intact the striz appear narrow and very shallow, the intervals being broad, flat, and set with minute indistinct punctures (hidden by the scaling) ; the scales are small, almost circular, and contiguous, but not overlapping ;_ the sete are short, dark, scale-like, and recumbent. Legs with the corbels of the hind tibiz bare, and the apical margin narrowly enclosed ; the front tibize without distinct apical teeth. Sternum with the mesepi- sterna broadly meeting the elytra. Length 33-4 mm., breadth 12-2 mm. TransvaaL : Naboomspruit (D. Anderson). An isolated species, distinguished by its long narrow rostrum, prominent eyes, and toothed prothorax. Received from the Division of Entomology, Pretoria, with the information that the beetles were destroying young maize-plants. Genus Leurops, nov. Head broad, the forehead almost flat and with a central stria which does not quite reach the vertex ; eyes quite lateral, short-oval, horizontal, and only slightly convex, the curvature being unusually low as compared with allied genera. Rostrum a little longer than the head, strongly narrowed from base to apex, and completely continuous with the forehead; genz not dilated; epistome small, depressed, the sides not carinate, the front margin shallowly sinuate ; mandibles scaly and multisetose, with a strong median tooth, the scar almost circular and not very distinct; mentum with the basal half depressed and more or less deeply sunk in, its cavity, the front half with numerous sete; scrobes very narrowly visible from above and broadly dilated behind. Antenne with the scape slender, abruptly clavate aud reaching about the middle of the eye ; funicle squamose, joint 1 much longer than 2, the remainder slightly longer than broad. Prothorax broadest at the base, the basal margin rounded. Scutellum minute. Elytra fitting very closely to the prothorax, their sides forming very nearly a continuous line; the dorsal longitudinal curvature very flat ¢- ol OO “~taeeeis, cee =) — Genera of Wingless Brachyderine, 19 and almost continuous with that of the prothorax, the lateral areas very sharply inflexed and without any humeral prominence ; the surface very even and scarcely striate. Slernum with the gular margin sinuate, the cox in the middle of the prosternum, and the centro-sternite not tuber- cular ; mesepisternum not transversely impressed at the base and separated from the elytrou by the mesepimeron; metasternum between the coxw much shorter than the mid- coxw, and with no transverse fold in front of the hind cox, the metepisternum continuously narrowed behind almost to a point, its base not produced internally, and the dividing suture complete ; hind cox extremely narrowly separated from the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process dis- tinetly narrower than the hind coxie, and its margin gently rounded ; hind margin of segment 1 very shallowly sinuate, segment 2 longer than 3 or 4. Legs short; the corbels of the hind tibize oblique, squamose, and narrowly enclosed at the extreme apex, the external fringe of sete shortly ascending the dorsal edge of the tibia ; tarsal claws connate. There are no marked external sexual characters ; the first veutral segment of the ¢ is shallowly impressed, and the last one shorter than in the ?. Genotype, Leurops cana, sp. u. The absence of the transverse stria separating the rostrum from the forehead and the comparatively slight convexity of the eyes, combined with the oblique squamose corbels of the hind tibize, will readily distinguish the species of this genus from their allies. Leurops cana,sp.n. (PI. I, fig. 1.) 3 ?. Colour black, the legs black to piceous; the last tarsal joint, antennw, mentum, and part of the mandibles dark testaceous. The scaling dense, ash-grey above and below, sometimes with an admixture of pale brownish scales above, forming a very faint, broad, ceutral stripe on the pronotum and some broken lines on the elytra; the latter u-ually with traces of a whitish spot about the middie of interval 5 and another beliind it on interval 3, Head quite smooth, the fine close pui.ctation almost entirely hidden by the scaling aud the short, broad, back- wardly recumbent sete; eyes very short-oval (3:24). Rostrum a little shorter than its basal width, almost flat above, with a shallow central impression in the anterior half containing an indistinct longitudinal carina ; the upper Sa 20 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on A/rican edge of the scape running far below the eye. Prothorax perfectly smooth, the punctation and clothing as on the head, and without any central stria or carina; the basal margin not carinate, the front margin straight dorsally and hardly sinuate behind the eyes, and the sides very slightly rounded. lytra very broadly ovate, the transverse dorsal curve very flat; the actual apex rapidly narrowed to a rounded point, but not visible directly from above; the basal margin jointly sinuate, embracing the base of the prothorax, but not constricted or marginate; the surface quite even, with regular rows of small separated punctures, each con- taining a minute seta; the intervals broad and finely coriaceous (the sculpture hidden by the scaling), and bearing irregularly placed, small, recumbent, scale-like setae, which are by no means easy to see; the suture completely hidden by the scaling. Length 4-5 mm., breadth 23-3 mm. Orance Free Strate: Bothaville (Dr. H. Brauns). Described from seven specimens. Leurops obesa, sp. n. ¢. Colour black, clothed with dense, uniform, ash-grey scaling; the antenne, legs, and part of the mandibles piceous. Very closely allied to the genotype, but differing as follows :—//ead with the eyes more nearly circular (384: 3). Rostrum distinctly longer, a little longer than its basal width ; the upper edge of the scrobe, if continued, would touch the lower margin of the eye, whereas in L. cana it would pass far below the eye; the scrobe itself distinctly shallower behind. Prothorax proportionately longer, with the front margin more deeply sinuate behind the eye. Length 5 mm., breadth 3 mm. INTERIOR Or 8. Arrica. Described from a single male. Leurops substriata, sp. n. 3 %. Colour black, with dense scaling; the legs and antenne piceous black. In a well-marked specimen the pattern is as follows:—Ground-colour pale grey ; the upper- side of the lead and rostrum light brown, except the apex of the latter and a bisinuate transverse line at its base, a central line on the forehead and a stripe above each eye, ————a Tg ar Grenera of Wingless Brachyderine. 21 which are grey; prothorax with a broad, dark brown, median stripe, a less distinct one on each side of it, and a narrower one on the inflexed sides ; elytra with the suture narrowly light brown, and with dark brown macular stripes covering stri 1, 2,5, and the base of 4. But some or all of these markings may be very nearly obliterated. Also very close structurally to Z. cana, but the eyes are decidedly more convex, and the central stria on the forehead is more concealed by the scaling; the rostrum is even shorter in proportion to its basal width, and the central carina is more raised at its base ; the sete on the head and rostrum are longer and distinctly raised, whereas in L. cana they lie quite flat; the sete on the pronotum and elytra are similarly longer and much more conspicuous ; the prothorax has the basal margin narrowly carinate and less strongly rounded; the scutellum is smaller, being scarcely per- ceptible ; the elytra bear very shallow striz (of which there is no trace in the other two species), and when abraded the punctures appear appreciably larger and more closely set. Length 5-6 mm., breadth 3-34 mm. - Oxanee Free Srare: Paul Roux, 23. x. 1917 (M. G. Ferreira). Described from one male and four females ; received from the Division of Entomology, Pretoria, with a record that the insects were injuring maize-plants, Genus PsEUDOBLOSYRUS, Noy. Head twice as broad as long, trisculate, the eyes very prominent. Rostrum subquadrate, separated from the head by a deep sinuous furrow that reaches the sides, the lower surface with two deep longitudinal furrows and a transverse basal impression ; epistome well defined, the sides forming an obtuse ridge, rounded behind, the front margin deeply sinuate and shorter than one of the sides ; mandibles multi- setose and without scaling, with a distinct median tooth and a sharp longitudinal carina running from the scar to the base y mentum with the anterior part convex and bearing a fringe of setz, the posterior part flat and deeply sunk in its cavity; scrobes entirely lateral and quite invisible from above, very deep and gradually widening outwardly, the upper edge ending on a level with the lower margin of the eye. Antenne with the scape gradually clavate and reaching the middle of the eye; funicle squamose, the two basal joints 22 De. G. A. K. Marshall on Africin of equal length. Prothorax transverse, the basal margin finely carinate. Scutellum concealed. Elyira subglobose, fitting closely to the prothorax, with a subhumeral pro- minence and irregular punctation. Sternum with the gular margin shallowly sinuate, the coxe in the middle of the prosternum, the centro-sternite small and tubercular ; mes- episterna narrowly separated from the elytra and with a transverse furrow at their extreme base (often hidden by the prosternum); metasternum between the coxe distinctly shorter than the mid-coxe and with a strong antecoxal fold, the episternum angularly produced inwards at the base, the episternal suture more or less obliterated at its apex ; the hind cox narrowly separated from the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process strongly angulated, and nearly as broad as the hind coxze; segment 1 with a small sinuation in the middle of the hind margin, segments 2—4 subequal in length. Legs comparatively slender, the femora only slightly clavate; all the tibize with a row of five to seven stout spines along the inner edge of the apical half, the hind tibiz with the corbels o!tiquely terminal, bare and distinctly enclosed ; claws connate. ¢. The last ventral segment bears a large deep impression. Genotype, Pseudoblosyrus sharpi, sp. n. Superficially just like a Blosyrus, but distinguished by the setose mentum, the enclosed corbels of the hind tibia, the angulated base of the metepisternum, and the irregularly foveate and tuberculate elytra. Pseudoblosyrus sharpi, sp.n. (Pl. I. fig. 2). S 2. Black, not very shiny, with sparse grey scaling on the elytra and pale bluish scales on the head and pronotum. Head with fine shallow punctation, the lateral sulci almost as deep as the central one; eyes hardly p:oduced backwards, their greatest depth well behind the m ddle, the hind edge of the orbit not projecting. Rostrum longer than the head, about as long as broad, almost parallel-sided, somewhat flattened above, with a strong complete «ential costa, which bifureates near the apex ; adjoining the costa on each side a broad, deep, oblique impression, the punctation coarse, but very shallow. Antenne with joints 4-6 of the funicle sub- equal, bead-like, a little longer than broad, and shorter than 3 and 7, which are nearly equal. Prothorax with the sides rather strongly rounded, broadest before the middle, the apical margin truncate, narrower than the base and quite Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 233 vertical laterally, the basal margin arcuate; the upper surface coarsely coriaceous, with a broad oblong median impression, the dorsal outline sloping from base to apex. Elytra subglobose, broadest before the middle, the dorsal outline strongly convex, deepest before the middle, the base sinuate and slightly raised laterally, the apices jointly rounded ; set with shallow, irregular, more or less confluent and ill-defined fovez, only the juxta-sutural row and those on the inflexed sides being regular; the intervals with numerous irregular, large, low, rounded tubercles, which are bare and closely and finely punctate; the small broad curved sete are with difficulty distinguishable from the true scales, Length 10-11 mm., breadth 54-6 nm. TRANSVAAL: Pretoria. Types, & in Dr. D. Sharp’s collection, ? in the British Museum. Described from 1 g¢ and 6 ? 2, all of which were kindly submitted to me by Dr. Sharp, who had already recognized that in spite of its superficial resemblance to Blosyrus this species is really more closely allied to the Madagascar genus Helonychus. Genus SYNECHOPs, nov. Head with a central furrow which does not reach the vertex, not constricted behind the eyes, which are quite lateral and very convex. Rostrum strongly deflected, con- tinuous with the forehead, oblong, the dorsal edges broadly rounded off, the lower surface parallel with the upper ; epistome quite indefinite posteriorly, the apical edge deeply emarginate; mandibles multisetose, not squamose, without any median tooth or dorsal longitudinal carina, the scar sub- triangular; mentum setose; scrobes narrow, deep, and squamose, the upper edge ending on a level with the lower margin of the eye, the apical portion partly visible from above. Antenne with the scape rather abruptly clavate, reaching about the middle of the eye; funicle squamose, the two basal joints equal. Prothoraxy transverse, narrower in front than behind. Seutellum small, but distinct. Llytra fitting closely to the prothorax, the base not marginate, the apices jointly rounded, the shoulders rounded, the punctation irregular. Sternum with the gular margin truncate, the coxre in the middle of the prosternum, the centro-sternite tubercular; mesepisterna meeting the elytra only at the 24 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on Africin extreme base; metasternum shorter than the mid-coxe, with a distinct antecoxal fold, the episternum produced inwards at the base, the episternal suture visible only in the basal half, the hind coxze meeting the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process angulated and narrower than the hind coxee, the hind margin of segment 1 sinuate, and segment 2 longer than 3 and 4 together. Legs with the femora mode- rately clavate; tibize straight and cylindrical, not mucronate at the apex, the hind corbels open and bare ; ; tarsi broad, the claws connate. ¢ unknown. Genotype, Synechops irregularis, sp. n. A rather isolated genus, readily distinguished by the following combination of characters : the complete absence of any dividing-line between the rostrum and forehead, the open corbels of the hind tibiz, and the simple mandibles. Synechops irregularis, sp.n. (PI. I. fig. 8.) 9. Black, with uniform, dense, sand-coloured sealing. Head rather strongly convex transversely, shallowly im- pressed on each side behind the eyes, the long scale-like sete quite recumbent; eyes nearly ‘circular and hemi- spherical. Rostrum oar. parallel-sided, almost flat above, but with the dorsal edges gradually rounded away, with coarse confluent punctation (mostly hidden by scaling) and with a central furrow (continuous with that on the head) from the base to the middle. -dntenne with joints 3-7 of almost equal length, but 7 distinctly broader than the others, trapezoidal. Prothorax broader than long (22x 2), the sides moderately rounded, broadest a little before the middle, with a very shallow transverse impression at about one-fourth from the apex, the basal margin very gently arcuate and not raised, the apex truncate ; the upper surface with coarse confluent punctation (mostly hidden by the scaling and stout recumbent setz) and no central furrow or carina, but with some irregular impressions on each side behind the middie ; the dorsal outline almost level, forming a continuous curve with that of the rostrum aud head. Elytra oblong-ovate, rather broadly rounded behind (as seen directly from above), the basal margin gently sinuate; the dorsal outline rising from the scutellum, then almost flat, and sloping steeply behind, the apical part quite vertical ; the punctation coarse and quite irregular, except for a row Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 25 along the suture and two or three on the inflexed sides ; the spaces between the punctures, where visible, shining and coriaceous; the scales small, nearly circular, convex, and shiny ; the stout flattened sete irregularly placed and nearly recumbent. Length 8§ mm., breadth 44 mm, Carr Cotony: Hex River. Described from a single specimen. Genus Cycuroronus, Pasc.*. As a result of following Faust’s interpretation of the genus Chaunoderus, Gerst., L sank Cychrotonus as a synonym of it (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, p. 958). It is now clear that under Chaunoderus Faust associated insects having two distinct types of antennal scrobes, In the genotype, C. stupidus, Gerst., with which [ am not acquainted, the scrobes are described as being of a normal Otiorrhyuchine type—superior, directed straight towards the eyes, and disappearing a little before the middle of the rostrum ; whereas in Cychrotonus they curve downwards in front of the eye and extend to the base of the rostrum. Of the described species of Chaunoderus known to me, the following must be referred to Cychrotonus:—C. marginalis, Fst., C. subglaber, Fst., C. sternalis, Wartm., and C. apicalis, Hartm.; whereas C. brevicollis, Fst., and C. transversus, Fst., may provisionally remain in Gerstaecker’s genus. Cychrotonus ellipticus, sp.n. (PI. I. fig. 7.) 3 2. Black or piceous, practically devoid of scaling above; the lower surface of the head and rostrum, the sternum, and cox with scattered, flat, bluish scales; the venter with numerous elongate, narrow, curved, whitish scales. Head with rather coarse, longitudinally confluent puncta- tion, the forehead flat, but not noticeably depressed below the vertex; eyes rather less convex than usual, deepest in the middle and bounded internally by a deep furrow. Rostrum longer than broad, rather broader near the base than at the gene, the sidcs sinuate in the middle ; coarsely * Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xi, 1871, p. 162. 26 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on African punctate, with a low broad central carina (sometimes rather ill-defined) and a narrower curved one on each side of it ; set with brownish curved scale-like sete, and sometimes with some narrow bluish scales on the apical half; scrobes with the upper margin sharply angulate close to the base. Antenne with the scape distinctly curved, the funicle with joint 1 hardly longer than 2, 3-7 subequal, bead-like, and slightly broader than long. Prothorax broader than long (3:2), broadest at the base, strongly narrowed in front, the sides rounded, the apical angles very prominent (as seen from above), the dorsal apical margin truncate, the basal margin arcuate; the dorsal outline strongly convex trans- versely and slightly so longitudinally, the apex being much below the level of the base ; the upper surface strongly and very closely punctate, with a faint longitudinal impression in the middle of the base, the sculpture on the inflexed sides becoming more or less plicate; the lateral portion of the apical margin carinately raised, forming an obtuse angle below the eye and a sharp projection in front of each coxa. Scutellum closely punctate. lytra narrowly elliptical and broadest before the middle in ¢, rather broader in 9? , which has the humeral angulation scarcely perceptible, the basal margin jointly sinuate; the elytra strongly compressed behind, so that the suture is elevated on the declivity, the longitudinal outline almost flat in ¢, the apical portion dropping almost at a right angle and sinuate in profile; in the ¢ the outline slopes more from the middle to the top of the declivity; the shallow striz with large quadrate punctures, the intervals about as broad as the striz, finely punctate and somewhat rugulose transversely, with scattered, extremely minute, scale-like sete, which are conspicuous only on the declivity. Sternum: mesosternum with a per- fectly smooth shiny patch adjoining the outer sides of the mid-coxz and standing out in contrast with the strongly sculptured surface; metasternum sparsely granulate. Venter very rugosely punctate and granulate, especially in the g, in which the first segment bears bebind the coxa a deep excision, the poition between it and the elytra being smooth and shiny. Length, 3 113-13 mm., 2? 10} mm.; breadth, g AL54 mm., 2? 44 mm. Bexcian Conco: Kasenga, xi. 1912 (Dr. Bequaert). This distinct species is specially characterised by its elongate shape, the two sharp prominences on the gular Genera of Wingless Brachyderine. 27 margin of the prosternum, and the remarkable structure of the first ventral segment of the @. Described from 2 ¢ g andl 2. Cychrotonus decoratus, sp. ni. 3 ?. Black or piceous, with inconspicuous and easily abraded dark scaling on the disk of the elytra, and with the following markings formed of pale metallic-green scales :— A stripe along the inner edge of each eye and the whole side of the head and rostrum ; a narrow median stripe on the prothorax, a broader lateral one behind the eye, and another above the coxa; elytra with a stripe on interval | from behind the scutellum to about the middle, a short humeral stripe on 7 from the base to about one-third, a complete marginal stripe reaching stria 9, but broader at the apex and emitting at the middle a more or less dentate broad oblique band, which reaches the suture at the top of -the declivity and is united by a sutural stripe to the apical patch ; a very short isolated stripe at the apex of interval 5, aud occasionally a still shorter one at the apex of 7 ; in the ? only there is a round spot at the middle of interval 3 and a trace of another on 5. The lower surface rather thinly clothed with pale greenish scales. Head with strong, longitudinally confluent punctation, a deeply impressed line along the inner margin of the eye, and a large central fovea; eyes rather less prominent than usual, deepest in the middle. Hostrum a little longer than broad (7:6), parallel-sided, almost flat on the disk, coarsely and confluently punctate, with a low smooth median costa (rather broader and flatter in the ¢ ) which widens anteriorly, a low punctate costa forming the margin of the dorsal area, and ~ beneath it a longitudinal impression in front of the eye. An- tenne with the two basal joints of the funicle equal, joints 3-7 subequal and about as long as broad, the first joimt of the club narrow and subeylindrical in its basal half. Prothorax about as long as the apical width, the sides subparallel from the base to the middle, then gradually narrowed to the apex, the apical margin broadly sinuate (as seen from above) owing to a marked thickening behind the eye, the base very shallowly bisinuate, the longitudinal outline nearly flat; the upper surface with close shallow punctures of varying sizes, each filled with a flat scale, the median line often very shallowly impressed in the basal half. Elytra narrowly 28 Messrs. L. A. Lantz and O, Cyrén on ovate in the @, broader in the ?, broadest before the middle, with barely a trace of a humeral prominence in the Ps the basal mar gin jointly sinuate ; the shallow striz with lar; ge separated punctures ; ; the intervals broad and with fine shallow punctation. Sternum rugose, but not granulate, except the mesosternum, which is finely aciculate. Venter with two oblique impressions on segment 1 behind the coxa in the ¢ only. Length 8-10 mm., breadth 33-42 mm. Bewcran Conco: “Lukombe, x. 1908 (A. Koller). Described from 3 ¢ ¢ and3 @ 2. Easily distinguished from all the other known species of the genus by its striking coloration. EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. Fig. 1. Leurops cana, sp. n., p. 19. Fig. 2. Pseudoblosyrus sharpi, sp. 0., p. 22. Fig. 3. Pomphus denticollis, sp. n., p. 8. Fig. 4. Proscopus marginatus, sp. n., p. 13. Fig. 5. Protostrophus spinicollis, sp. n., p. 17. Fig. 6. Bradybamon swalet, sp. n., p. 10. Fig. 7. Cychrotonus ellipticus, sp. n., 3, p. 25. Fig. 8. Synechops irregularis, sp. n., p. 24 II.—On Lacerta praticola, Eversm. By L. A. Lanz and O. Crre&n. BortTtcerR remarks, in his account of the reptiles collected in the Talysh by G. Radde and H. Leder*, that the two specimens of Lacerta praticola examined by him differ from _ Western Caucasian specimens in having five pairs of chin- shields instead of six, two instead of three forming a median suture. ‘he author thinks it would be possible to establish a local variety, should this character be found to be constant. This is indeed the case, as appears from our examination of a larger material collected in the same country. We found only isolated specimens—from the Talysh f as well as from the Western Caucasus [—with five chin-shields on * Radde, ‘Fauna u. Flora d. sidwestl. Caspigebietes,’ Leipzig, 1886, basa y' + One specimen out of 21. t One specimen out of 43, Lacerta praticola, Eversm. 29 one side and six on the other; in such case the median suture is formed by two shields on one side and three on the other. As the two forms differ also in other characters, such anomalous specimens can, however, easily be identified ; therefore the separation of G pr aticola into two subspecies seems to be justified, Eversmann’s description and figure of the type-specimen from Piatigorsk * are not clear enough to settle the question, which of the two subspecies must be considered as the typical. A full description of the species was first given by Kessler +, who examined thirteen specimeus from the Kuban district, Piatigorsk, valley of R. Bielaia, and Anauur, two of which formerly were in Eversmann’s collection. Kessler indicates six pairs of chin-shields, the first three forming a median suture. Relying on this, we intended to describe a Caspian subspecies, believing the Western Caucasian form to be the typical one. Thanks to the kindness of MM. K. Derjugin and P. Nesterov we have been enabled to revise the collection of the Petrograd University. We found there several of Kessler’s specimens, and amongst them one labelled * Piatigorsk, leg. Eversmann.”? We must admit that Kessler agiebted to examine the chin-shields of this very specimen, as it has only five pairs of them and agrees in every respect with the Talysh ZL. praticola. It ‘cannot, however, be considered as the type-specimen, because it has a normal interparietal and occipital, while Eversmann indicates these shields as separated by an accessory one. Both the type-specimen and the specimen preserved in the Petrograd University are from the same locality ; other material from Piatigorsk, Essentuki, and Kislovodsk + was kindly examined for us by M.S. Tsarevski. All these show only five pairs of chin-shields, two of them forming a median suture. ‘Therefore it is undeniably the Oriental subspecies which occurs at Piatigorsk and surrounding localities that must be considered as ‘the typical L. pr aticola. It is of great interest that L. praticola praticcla seems to be confined to the Caspian Sea basin §, wlile the western * Lacertw Imperii Rossici (Moscow, 1854). + Journey in ‘Transcaucasia, St. Petersb., 1878, p. 156 (in Russian), t Coll. Acad. Petr. Nos, 5273, 6861, and 7900. § We examined specimens from Pi «tigorsk, Mount Il near Vladi- kavkar, Lagodekhi, Kala-Dagna, valley of KR. Astara-tshai, Elburz Mountains between Astara and Ardebil, Shafe-rud near Enzeli. ~ 30 Messrs. L. A. Lantz and O. Cyrén on subspecies is found practically only in countries draining — towards the Black Sea *—a fact which induced us to choose for the latter the name pontica. Judging from several specimens from Mehadiaf, the Hungarian ZL. prati- cola also belongs to this form. The two subspecies may be distinguished by the following characters :— 1. Lacerta praticola praticola, Eversm. Head and limbs comparatively short. Proportion, length of pileus : ; length of head and body * 0:22-0°23-0'24 F in the g (8 spec.) ee ee ose in the @ (10 spec.). Proportion, ength of fore lim : eagih Gr head and boars 0:°30—0'37-0°33 in the g (8 spec.) ot pire oe ae in the ¢ (10 spec.). Proportion, ength of hind limb. epee iseeeh opuedtanld beady ® 0°45-0°48-0°52 in the d (8 spec.) and 0°39-0'43-0°49 in the 2? (10 spec.). Row of superciliary granules incomplete and generally reduced to a few granules. Occipital generally very small, narrower than, or as broad as, the interparietal, and pene- trating only a little between the parietals. Always a single postnasal, in contact with the internasal. Masseteric shield moderate, rarely reaching the first supratemporal, and separated from the tympanic by 2, seldom by 1 or 3, rows of rather small temporals. 5, seldom 6, lower labials, 5 pairs of chin-shields, the first 2 forming a median suture, On a line between the suture of the chin-shields and the collar 16-19-22 gular scales (21 spec.). Dorsal scales com- paratively broad and short, rather feebly keeled, aud imbri- cate ; in a transverse row across the middle of the body 35-39-43 scales (19 spec.). In the ¢ 26-26-27 (8 spec.), in the ¢ 28-29-30 (10 spec.), transverse rows of ventral plates, 2. Lacerta praticola pontica, subsp. n. Ifead and limbs comparatively long. Proportion, ee : 0°23-0°24-0°24 in the g (16 spec.) length of head and body * The specimens examined are from Georgievsko-Osetinskoie (Kuban Valley), Novorossiisk, Sotshi, mountains near Adler, Gagry, Gudaut, Suklum, Ananur (valley of R. Aragva); the latter locality only belongs to the Caspian Sea basin. +t Coll. Acad. Petr. No. 9814. ¢ The middle number means the average. Lacerta praticola, Zversm. 31 and 0°20-0°2/-0'24 in the ? (12 spec.). Proportion, length of fore limb fongth of head and body : 0 28-0°33-0°34 in the g (16. spec.) ons ea inket se in the $ (12 spee.). Proportion, ength of hind lim = ser a on head and body: 0'47-0°51-0'54 in the g (16 spec.) and 0°40-0°45-0°49 in the ? (12 spec.). Row of superciliary granules generally not much reduced, often complete. Occipital comparatively large, generally broader than the interparietal, and penetrating rather widely between the parietals. Postnasal generally not reaching the internasal ; sometimes two superposed postnasals, the upper small, in contact with the internasal. Masseteric shield large or very large, almost always in contact with the first supratemporal, and separated from the tympanic by one large scale or two superposed rather large temporals. 6, seldom 7, lower labials. 6 pairs of chin-shields, the first 3 forming a mediin suture. Qn a line between the suture of chin-shields and the collar, 14-77-19 gular scales (43 spec.). Dorsal seales comparatively narrow and elongate, rather strongly keeled, and imbricate ; in a transverse row across the middle of the body 82-37-41 scales (43 spec.). In the d 22-25-26 (23 spec.), in the $ 26-25-30 '(18 spec.), transverse rows of ventral plates. In reading the description of ZL. vivipara stenvlepis, Nik.*, we could not find any character to separate this form from L. praticola, ‘\his was confirmed on examining the type- specimen, a very large 2 t offering the anomaly mentioned above, i. e. 5-6 chin-shields, By the other characters of scaling, aud especially the rather small masseteric shield, the number of superciliary granules reduced to 3 on each side, it appears asa well-characterized L. praticola praticola, which cannot be confounded with ZL. vivipara, Recently Nikolski described a new species from Sotshi, L. colchicat, which seems also to be closely allied to L. praticola, The author was so kind as to send us the type-specimen for closer examination, It is a typical L. vivipara, Jacq., entirely agreeing with some specimens from the Government of Moscow used for comparison. L. vivipara has never been recorded from Transcaucasia, and it is very doubtful that it occurs in that country ; probably some error has taken place in labelling this specimen, * *Herpetologia caucasica,’ Tiflis, 1913, p. 54. t Coll. Acad. Petr. No. 7203, from Mount Il near Viadikavkar, } ‘ Fauna of Russia, Reptiles,’ i. (Petrograd, 1915), 32 On the White-toothed Shrew of Palestine. Ill.— The White-toothed Shrew of Pa'estine. By OLDFIELD THOMAS. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) Cart. G. C. SHorTRIDGE has contributed to the British Museum a couple of specimens of a white-toothed. shrew obtained by him during the Palestine campaign. It appears to represent a new subspecies of Crocidura russula, and may be called Crocidura russula judaica, subsp. n. Like the large Central European C. russula russula, but colour paler and greyer. Fur of back about 4°2 mm. in length; very few longer piles present. General colour of upper surface rather darker than “ light drab,” much brighter, greyer, and less brown than true russula, owing to the reduction of the dark brown tips to the hairs and the greater degree to which the grey of the underfur shows through. Under surface distinctly lighter, the ends of. the hairs whitish, with but little drabby sufftusion. ‘Tail rather short. Skull as in C. 7. russula. Third upper unicuspid rather broader than second. Dimensions of the type (taken from skin) :— ‘T'ail 37 mm.; hind foot 13. Of a specimen measured in the flesh :— Head and body 58 mm.; tail 38; hind foot 13; ear 9°5. : Skull (of type): condylo-incisive length 21°2; greatest breadth 9°5; height of crown from basion 4°7; upper tooth- row 9°7. flab. Palestine. Type from near Jerusalem. Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 18. 8.1.3. Collected April 1918, and presented by Capt. G. C. Shortridge. Two specimens. W hile the other forms of the russula group described from S.W. Asia are darker than the typical Muropean animal, the present one is readily distinguishable from ail by being markedly lighter. » Larve &e. of Mycetobia, Ditomyia, and Symmerus, 33 1V.—On. the Structure of the Larve and the Systematic Position of the Genera Mycetobia, Mg., Ditomyia, Wina., and Symmerus, Walk, (Diptera Nematocera). By D. Keitin, D.Sc. (from the Quick Laboratory, University of Cambridge). (Plates IT.-V.} I. Mycetobia pallipes, Meigen. The larvie of Mycetobia pallipes were tirst described and fi.ured by Lyonnet (1832) and Guérin-Mém ville (1835). Dufour (1844) and notably Perris (1870), after a more complete study of these larvee, showed that their respiratory system is amphipneustic and called attention to their external resemblance to the larvee of Rhyphus fenestralis, Scop. Osten-Sacken (1892), referring to the papers of these entomologists, again raised the question of the larval resem- blance of Mycetobia aud Rhyphus, which in the adult stage seemed to be so different. But since Osteu-Sacken the majority of entomologists dealing with Mycetobia un- questioningly referred this genus to the family Myceto- philidze, passing over in silence the peculiar structure of its larve. ‘Those who gave the matter any attention either doubted the correctness of the original observations of Dufour aud Perris, or did not admit the value of larval characters in determining the systematic position of Insects. However, a study of the life-history and larval morphology of Mycetobia pallipes, Mg., and Rhyphus fenestrahs, which L carried out in 1912-13 on material collected at Chaville (near Paris) has Jed me to the conclusion that the resem- blance between these larvee and their difference from those of Mycetophilidz is much deeper than was ever supposed. In the present paper I will point ont only the main characters common to the early stages of Mycetobia pallpes aud Rhyphus fenestralis, but not found in those of Mycetophilide. A more detailed study of the larval anatomy of Mycetobia I propose to reserve for a special paper dealing with the family Rhyphide. Characters common to Mycetobia Characters common to all the pallipes (Pl. IL. fig. 2, Pl. V. ligs. 36, 37, 38) and Rhyphus Senestralis (P1. U, tig. 1). 1. The eggs are invested with 4 gelatinous mass which is fixed to a solid substratum. 2. Egys are pear-shaped. Mycetophilidw (VIL. 111.) exeept the genera Ditomyia and Sym- merus, 1. Eggs are more or less scattered on the surface of the fungus or rotten wood, 2. Eggs are elongated or sub- spherical. Aun. & Mag. N, Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. iti. 3 34 “J 10. ll. . Embryo in the egg curved. . The larvee move 1n a serpentine manner, or by means of very active mandibles. . The segments of the body are separated by intercalary rings (Pl. V. fig. 38). . The larval head with a pair of tentorial rods (Pl. II. tigs. 1 & 2, ¢..) similar to those of the larvee of Zrichocera. . Antennze with a special sensory organ (Pl. V. fig. 37, &.s.), corresponding to the bell- shaped papilla of many other dipterous larvee (for instance, those of Ditomyia and all cyclorhaphous Diptera) and with some small cylindrical papillee, . Mandibles (Pl. V. figs. 35 & 36) show two distinct por- tions: basal portion (d.p.) with an internal hook (A.), and terminal or apical por- tion (¢t.) which is more chitinised, ending in three teeth and bearmmg two brushes of brown sete. . Maxille fleshy and soft; the maxillary palp (figs. 1 & 2, m.p.) broad, thick, trans- parent, bearing two groups of sensory papille (a. and 8.); the interna] part of the maxille (m.2.), besides a few sensory organs, bears nume- rous long sete. Labrum with two mid-ventral protuberances covered with hairs (figs. 1 & 2, dr. & p.r.). - and a small comb-shaped plate (c.m.) on each side of posterior protuberance. Labium well developed and with distinct labial palps (Lp.). . The thoracic sensory organs which are the remains of the thoracic legs are composed of four hairs (two long and two short), Dr. D. Keilin on the Larve &c. of 3. Embryo straight. 4, The larval movements are worm-lile. 5. No distinct interecalary rings (Pl. II]. fig. 3); only some larvee--for instance, those of Ceroplatus — have the seg- mentation of their abdomen masked by superadded trans- versal folds. 6. Head without tentorial rods, 7. Antenne either elongated as in Bolitophiia (Pl. Ul. fig. 4, A.n., and fig. 13) or reduced to a flat, wide, non-chitinised surface bearing some very small sensory papillee. 8. Mandibles (figs. 5 & 7) flat- tened, strongly chitinised, and with their internal margin toothed, 9. Maxille (PI. III. figs. 10, 11, 12) flattened and strongly chitinised, with their internal margin (m.«.) toothed, like those of the mandibles. The maxillary palps (m.p.) are very much reduced. 10, Labrum (figs. 6 & 8) without mid-ventral protuberances and without comb-shaped plates. 11. Labium reducedand not visible irom exterior. 12. Thoracic sensory organs com- posed of four hairs of equal length (fig. 9), Mycetobia, Ditomyia, and Symmerus. bo 13. Respiratory system is amphi- 13, Respiratory system is either pneustic with only two pairs hewipneustic (fig. 3) with oue of functional spiracles: (1) pair of prothoracic and seven prothoracic and (2) postabdo- pairs of abdominal spiracles, minal, or propneustic (L’olylepta or Diudocidia), or wpucustic ( Ceroplatus). : 14. Alimentary duct without ante- 14. Alimentary duct with a pair rior capes. of anterior lateral coeca. 15. Anus ventral. 15. Anus terminal or subterminal. 16. Salivary glands short. 16. Salivary glands very long. 17. Hypoderm of posterior seg- 17. No special large cells in hypo- ments of larvee, which sur- derm of the posterior ead of rounds the anal cleft, is the body. composed of very large and thick cells. 18. Pup strongly chitinised with 18. Pape with thin chitin and rows of small hooks on the without the rows of short abdominal segments and spines or hooks, especially on the posterior end of their body. All these characters show us clearly that the difference between the larva of Mycetubia and those of Mycetophilide (s. 1.) is as striking as its resemblance to the larve of Rhyphidie. But to solve finally this question a comparative study of the adult stages of these Diptera had to be undertaken, and this was done by F. W. Edwards (1916, p. 115), who in his interesting paper “On the Systematic Position of the Genus Mycetobia, Mg.,” arrived at the following con- clusion :— “ Mycetobia agrees with the Rhyphidw and diverges from the Mycetophilidz in the possession of a large gular plate, in the structure of the second palpal joint, in the position of the forking of the radial vein, the course of the cubital vein, and in the chitinous spermathece of the female. Since the venation of Mycetobia has been shown to be directly derivable from that of the Rhyphid genus Oldw- yaster, it is probable that any resemblances in this respect to the Mycetophilidee are due to convergent evolution, and not to relationship. The genus Mycelobia (and witir it Mesochria, though not Ditomyia or Symmerus) wust there- fore, on grounds of adult as well as larval structure, be transferred from the Mycetophilidz to the Rhyphidie.” II. Ditomyia fusciata, Meig. The first indication of the habitat of this species we owe 3* 36 Dr. D. Keilin on the Larve &c. of to Meigen (1818, t. i. p. 230), who found a young undeveloped male of this fly in Polyporus versicolor. Zetterstedt (1851, t. x. p. 4071) quotes Behrens, who bred this insect from a fungus which he found on Juglaus _ regia. According to Winnertz (1863, p. 669), the larve of D. fasciata live in different Polyporus aud especially in P. versicolor and ferrugineus; le quotes also Kaltenbach who bred LD). macropiera, Winuertz, from Polyporus ignarius. Schiner (1864, i. p. 428) reared D. fasciata from various Polypori. Frauenfeld (1866, p. 200) found the larve of this species in Polyporus squamosus ; he also gave the first description of the larval and pupal stages of this fly. Unfortunately, his very short description does not contain any figure, and may be applied to many other dipterous larve. The only characters of his description worth mentioning are tlie following: (1) the intersegmental spaces are deeply con- stricted, (2) the first segment of the thorax is large, and (3) the posterior end of the body bears two protuberances ended by a sharp spine. We have, finally, to mention that the collection in the Entomological Museum of Cambridge contains the pupe and adults of Ditomyia fasciata, Mg., reared by Fryer (1910) from Polystictus versicolor collected at Chatteris (Cambs) and by H. Scott (1910) from the same fungus collected from beech-stumps at Henley-on-Thames. I received the larve and pup of Ditomyia fasciata, which will be described here, from Mr. F. W. Edwards, who found them in a fungus, which he believes to be Polystictus versi- color, growing on old beech-stumps near Cambridge and at Baldock, Herts. Later on, I collected myself a few of these larve in a piece of wood covered and penetrated by the mycelium of a fungus. According to Edwards, in nature the larve usually live upon the old fungi, but in his breeding-jars he observed them attacking the fresh fungi also. The larvee are opaque white in colour and have very little power of movement. Pupation takes place within the fungus without the formation of any cocoon ; before the emergence of the adult the pupa bores its way to the surface aud comes halfway out. The larva is 9°3 mm. long, with very deep intersegmental grooves (Pl. IV. fig. 14). Mycetobia, Ditomyia, and Symmerus. 37 The head of the larva isscompletely free, though it may be retracted in the first thoracic segment. The antenne (Pl. IV. fig. 23) are very small aud consist of a short basilar segment which bears sensory organs of three different shapes: (1) the main bell-shaped (b.s.) sensory organ which is very common in dipterous larve, (2) one bi- articulated papilla (p.), and (3) five short cylindrical papillee. The labrum (fig. 15) shows on its anterior margin a brush composed of ordinary sete mixed with sensory hairs. On each of its latero-anterior corners it bears a bidental chitinous plate (d.), and on its ventral side a series of short spines and scales and two strongly chitinised plates (p./.). The mandibles (fig. 22) are very well developed, thick, and of a dark brown chitin ; their external margin is slightly cut into four teeth; they bear three lateral sensory hairs aud a brush of ordinary brown setze which originates from the internal basilar corner of the mandibles. The maxille (fig. 17). The basal part or cardo of the maxillze consists of soft and transparent chitin with a trans- verse brown band (¢.6.) and a sensory organ in the form of a small circular groove. ‘The internal part of the maxillz (m.a.) is conical in shape and bears a long sensory hair (s.4.). The maxillary palp (m p.) is very well developed aud furnished with a series: of sensory organs and some ordinary chitinous sete. The labium cousists of a short chitinous plate terminating in two tridental processes. On the ventral side it bears two hemispherical palps (.p.) of transparent chitin, each with three sensory papille. The thorax is composed of three large segments furnished with a series of sensory hairs. Among the latter we may mention six groups of three hairs (fig. 19) which represeut the remains of the thoracic legs. As I have previously shown (1911, 1915) these six groups of sensory organs -exist in all dipterous larve and are always in direct con- nection with imaginal discs of the thoracic legs. The eight abdominal segments bear also a series of sensory hairs, and on their ventral side they are furnished with lozenge-shaped projections or pseudopodia covered with very short sete. The last abdominal segment differs from all the others in bearing the anus and a pair of dorsal pro- jections terminated by spiracles. The respiratory system of this larve is peripneustic, @. e. it is composed of nine pairs of functional spiracles (one pro- 38 Dr. D. Keilin on the Larve Ge. of thoracic and eight abdominal),‘and one pair of metathoracic ion-functional spiracles connected ‘with the main tracheal trunks by means of simple chitinous bands. All the functional spiracles, except the last abdominal, are circular, with numerous trema surrounding a central chitinous plate which corresponds to the cork-shaped scar (“ Bouchon: cicatriciel”) of the spiracles of Trichocera, Tipulid or Bibionid. Jarve. The prothoracic spiracle (fig. 21) is much larger in size than any of the first seven pairs of abdominal spiracles (fig. 18). The posterior abdominal spiracles (fig. 20, s.p.), which are situated on the dorsal projections of the last abdo- minal segment, are elongated and spine-shaped. The surface of their external scar (s.c.) 18 covered with very small chitinous hooks. Alimentary canal (fig. 16). The very short pharynx is enclosed in the larval head. It is followed by a short cesophagus (0.e.) which enters the proventriculus (pr.). Two long lateral coeca (a.c.) arise from the anterior part of the midgut, just behind the proventriculus and, directed backwards, are tightly applied to the lateral sides of it. The midgut (mg.) is in the form of a straight eylindrical tube. The four Malpighian tubes (J/.) arise separately at the junction of the mid- and hind-gut. These four tubes lie in the posterior. part of the body and surround the hind- gut. : The salivary glands (s.g.) are tubular and extend a small distance behind tiie posterior end of the anterior cceca. The pupa (PI. IV. fig. 24) is 8 mm. in length, completely free from the larval skin, and brown in colour. The head is much recurved on the ventral side, and the thorax, which projects forward, bears a pair of prothoracie respiratory horns (p.h.). The legs of the pupa are not superposed as is often the case in dipterous pup, but he im the same plane. Each abdominal segment bears dorsally a row of “short spines. The last segment (Pl. LV. fig. 25) is furnished with five pairs of hooks curved dorsally. III. Symmerus annulata, Meigen. All our knowledge of the larvae of Symmerus was con- tained in a short sentence of Winnertz (1863, p. 671), who bred “ one female from a larva which lived in a decomposed fungus on Carpinus betulus.”” During the month of May of this year Mr. Edwards in- a Pe Mycetobia, Ditomyia, and Symmerus. 39 formed me that he had found a specimen of Symmerus annu- lata which had hatched in one of his breeding-jars. ‘‘ The larvee of this species,” he added in his letter, “ were boring in a piece of rotten elm wood. They are almost trans- parent and glassy in appearance, and, like those of Ditomyia, move very little and very slowly. The pup wriggle in an almost snake-like manner when extracted from their habitat. Unfortunately I found that all the full-sized larvee had pupated. I have one larva preserved in spirit.” All the material Mr, Edwards could seud me consisted of an empty pupa with a moulted larval skin attached to it and the larva preserved in spirit, mentioned in his letter. This was, however, quite sufficient for the complete morphological study of this larva. The larva of Symmerus annulata (PI. V. fig. 26) is 11 mm. in length; its last abdominal segment bears the posterior spiracles, but is without the dorsal paired prominences which are present in Ditomyia larvee. ‘These two larve are easily distinguished from one another by their colour and post- abdominal prominences, but they are quite similar in the detailed structure of almost all their organs. The antenne (PI. V. fig. 32), labrum (fig. 27), mandibles (fig. 31), maxille (fig. 29, m.a.), and labium (fig. 29, 1.), with their palps (m.p., d.p.) have the same structure as those of Ditomyia larve. ‘The differences in detail of these organs in these two larve are shown in the above-mentioned figures. We may mention only that in the maxillary palps of Symmerus larvee we do not find the lateral sensory papilla which -is well developed in Ditomyia larve (PI. IV. fig. 17, ls.). The labium in Symmerus larve is more rounded. Tie thoracic and abdominal segments also bear the sensory hairs, and the remains of the thoracic legs are represented by three sensory hairs (fig. 30). The last abdominal segment is rounded. The respiratory system is peripueustic, with nine pairs of functional spiracles: one prothoracic and eight abdominal. The spiracles (figs. 33 & 34) are very small, and their structure is similar to those of the first seven pairs of abdominal spiracles of Di/omyia. Pupe (fig. 28). Unfortunately I have only one empty skin of a pupa. I may mention, however, that the pro- thoracic horus are more elongated than in the pupa of Ditomyia, and that the thoracic segments bear a row of lateral short hooks, 40 Dr. D. Keilin on the Larve &c. of The study of the larvee and pupe of Ditomyia and Sym- merus shows clearly the great similarity in structure of nearly all their organs. It also shows, on the other hand, that the larval and pupal structure of these two genera is totally different from that of all the Mycetophilide. The difference is especially striking in the structure of the antennz, mandibles, maxille, and labium, with their palps, the sensory organs, respiratory system, structure of the spiracles, the salivary glands, and, finally, the form of the pupee. These two genera must therefore be re-united in a special family, the Ditomyidze, which itself must be completely separated from the family of the Mycetophilide. From the study of the larval and pupal characters it follows that the family Ditomyide must occupy among the Diptera Orthorrhaphba Eucephala, of Brauer, a_ position equally important with that of the Mycetophilide, Bibioni- nidee, Rhyphide, &e. As to the relations of this new family to the others we can state only that the larve of Ditomyide bear a closer resemblance to the larvee of Bibionidz than to those of any other Diptera, and more especially when we compare their labra, mandibles, maxillze, and the structure of the spiracles. The subfamily Mycetobiine of Winnertz (1861), composed of the genera Mycetobia, Mesochria, Ditomyia, and Symmerus, must therefore completely disappear, as Mycetobia (and witli it, according to Edwards, Mesochria) must be transferred to the Rhyphidz ; while the two others go to form a separate family, Ditomyidz, completely separated from Myceto- philide. I must express here my best thanks to Mr. F. W. Edwards for sending me the specimens of Ditumyia and Symmerus larve. I may say that it is his re-discovery of these larvze which has enabled me to accomplish this study. REFERENCES. Durour L. (1849.) “ Histoire des Métamorphoses du Rhyphus fenes- tralis et du Mycetobia pallipes.” Ann. de la Soc. 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Bd. xiii. pp. 637-964, (See pp. 669- 671.) Zerrersrept. (1851.) Diptera Scandinavie. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES, Puate II. Fig. 1. Head of the larva of Rhyphus fenestralis, Seop., ventral aspect. a. and 5., sensory organs of maxillary palp ; ¢.m., comb-shaped plate of labrum ; /.y., labial palp ; /r., labrum with its anterior ventral prominence ; m.d., mandibles; m.p., maxillary palp; m.t., maxilla; p.r., posterior ventral prominence of labrum ; t.n., tentorial rods. Fig. 2. Head of the larva of Mycetobia pallipes, Mg. Letters as in fig. 1. Prats III. Fig. 3. Larva of Mycetophila blanda, Winn., viewed laterally. Fig. Head of the larva of Bolitophila fusca, Meig.; dorsal aspect- A.n,, antennee ; L., eyes. . Mandible of Mycetophila blanda, Winn, . Labrum of Bolitophila fusca, Meig. . Mandible of Mycomyia marginata, Meig. 2 * “IQor Poo 42 Fig. Fig. Fig. Tq. Fig. Fiy. Fig. Fy. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fiq. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fis, Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. 1g. Fig. Lig. 3 £19. Lig. 37 Fig. + Larve &e. of Mycetobia, Ditomyia, and Symmerus. 8. Labrum of Mycomyia marginata, Meig. 9. Pleural sensory organ representing the remains of thoracic legs -of Mycomyia mar ‘ginata, Meig. 10. Maxilla of Mycomyia mar ginata, mv.; mp., maxillary palps. 1]. Maxilla of Bolitophila fusca, Meig. 12. Maxilla of Mycetophila blanda, Winn. 13, Antenna of Bolitophila fusca, Meig. Puats LV. [All the figures of this Plate concern the larva and Pa of Ditomyia fasciata. } 14, Larva of Ditomyta fasciata, viewed laterally. 15. Labrum, ventral side. d., dental chitinous plate; p./., ventral plate. ; 16, Alimentary canal of the larva. a.c., anterior cceca ; m.g., mid- gut; 1, Malpighian tubes; 0.e., esophagus ; p.r., proventri- culus; s.¢., salivary glands. 17. Maxille and labiam of larva. 16. labium; Zp., labial palps ; i.s., lateral sensory organ of the maxillary ‘palp ; ; m.p., maxil- lary palp; mv. , maxillze ; t.b., transversal chitinous band of the cardo of maxilla ; s.h, , sensory hair of the internal lobe of maxillee. 18. Abdominal spiracle of larva. 19. Sensory organ—remains of thoracic leg. 20. Last pair of abdominal spiracles. (f.c., , felt-chamber (“ chambre feutrée”); Tr, tracheal trunks; s.c., external Scar; 8.p., spiracles, 21. Prothoracie spiracle—the black surface represents the external sear of this spiracle. 22. Mandibula. 23. Antenna. 6,s., bell-shaped sensory organ; p., biarticulated papilla. ‘ 24. enna: viewed laterally. p.., prothoracic respiratory horns. 25. Posterior end of this pupa, showing the hooks. Pirate V- [ Figs. 26-34 concern larva and pupa of Symmerus annulata. | 26. Larva of Symmerus annulata, viewed laterally. 27. Labrum of the larva, Letters as in fig. 15. 28, Pupa of Symmerus annulata. 29, Maxilla and labium of this larva. Letters as in fig. 17. 30. Sensory organ—remains of thoracic leg. 31. Mandible. 32. Antenne. Letters as in fig. 25. 33. Abdominal spiracle. 34. Last abdominal spiracle. 35. Mandible of the larva of Rhyphus fenestralis. 36. Mandible of the larva of Mycetobia pallipes. . Antenna of Mycetobia pallipes. 38. Larva of Mycetobia pallipes, viewed dorsally. eS a 1? "eer On anew Genus and Species of Cicadide, 43 — V.—Description of a new Genus and Species of the Lomopte rous Family Cicadidee. By W. i? Distant. In the Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 9, vol. i. p. 196) I brought the number of recorded species of Cicadide from Indo-China to the total of 75. Mons. R. Vitalis de Salvaza, in his last consignment to the British Museum, has included the beautiful genus and species here described, and the number of known species from this rich district must now be recognized us 76. AYUTHIA, gen. nov. Head including eyes narrower than base of mesonotun, almost the length of pronotum ; front obliquely depressed ; ocelli’ considerably farther removed from eyes than from each other, and their interspace strongly, broadly, longitudinally foveate ; pronotum distinctly shorter than mesonotum, late- rally moderately convexly ampliated where the extreme margin is coarsely serrated, the posterior marginal area moderately broad and at the lateral angles angularly truncate ; abdomen in male longer than space between apex of head aud base of cruciform elevation, the dorsal surface moderately oblique on each side; tympanal orifices concealed ; meta- sternum elevated ; opercula in male short and broad, eX- tending beyond base of metasternum ; anterior femora strongly spined beneath; rostrum reaching base of metasternum ; tegmina and wings semiopaque, tegmina with eight apical aieas. Allied to Tosena, A. & S. Ayuthia spectabile, sp. n. ¢@. Head and pronotum black, moderately palely pilose ; head with the eyes, ocelli, and intra- ocular suffusions, narrow anterior and broader posterior margins of pronotum castaneous, the latter with three prominent black spots; mesonotum castaneous, with two large central obconical spots at anterior margin, followed by a longer, but more imperfect spot on each lateral area, a central fasciate line, the anterior angles of the cruciform elevation and two spots in front of same, pale castaneous ; body above black ; body beneath castaneous with black suffusions ; face castaneous, with the apical area black ; tegmina with nearly basal half opaque creainy-white, 44 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. the venation pale castaneous, apex of basal cell, a curved linear fascia extending from base of upper ulnar area to base of lower apical area, anda spot at the apices of the ulnar areas and apical veins black; wings (excluding extreme apical area) opaque creamy-white, the veins narrowly pale casta- neous; rostrum reaching base of metasternum; other struc- tural characters as in generic diagnosis. Length, excl. tegm., 3 40, 29 35; exp. tegm. 120 mm, Hab. Indo-China (2. Vitalis de Salvaza). A more precise habitat is yet to be received. ~ VI.—WNotes on the Asilide : Sub-division Asiline. By Gertrrupe Ricarpo. Tue Asilide of Australia having been to a certain extent revised and described in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. [ser. 8, ix. (April, May), x. (July, Sept.) 1912; xi., January, April, May 1918; ser. 9, i., January 1918], this paper is the beginning of an attempt to bring the Asilide of the Oriental and South African Regions into some order, and to vame such new species as are to be found in the Brit. Mus. Coll. and others sent me by Mr. L. Peringuey from the Cape Museum. The genera Machimus, Neoitamus, aud Heligmoneura are here dealt with. ‘The types are all in the Brit. Mus. Coll., unless otherwise specified. Macuimus, Loew. Linn. Ent, iv. 1, 3 (1849). This genus has as yet only been represented in the Oriental Region by Machimus coruscus, V. d. Wulp, from Java, a species unknown to me, and by Machimus atratulus, Wlk., mentioned below. The species described from the South African Region are Machimus lepturus, Gerst., from Zanzibar, and Machimus caudiculatus and penicillatus, Speiser, both from East Africa. ‘l'en new species are now described from India and Ceylon, and one from S. China. The South African Region is represented by one new species. Asilus atratulus, Walker, from Java, is placed by Wulp in this genus, the type (a female) is in the Brit. Mus. Coll., but in such a bad condition it is impossible to decide even its generic rank. It is a small blackish-brown specimen. 4 a d 4 | i Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 45 Moustache black, Legs piceous. Wulp thought he identi- fied this species among specimens from Java and says the genitalia are black. Asilus deformis, Walker, from Arabia, the type, a female, is in the Brit. Mus. Coll., but, as in the above it is impossible tv decide what genus it belongs to, it may possibly be included in the genus Machimus, and is certainly not in Apoclea, where it is placed in Kertesz’s Catalogue. . Machimus chinensis, 3 3, sp. 0. T'vype (male), June 1899, and type (female), 1906, 89, from ‘Tinghae, China (P. de /a Garde), and another male and female from the same locality. A large blackish species, covered with yellowish-grey tomentum ; tibice and tarsi reddish. Moustache yellow, a few black hairs above. Length, ¢ 23, 2 28 mm. Male.—Face covered with yellow tomentum; tubercle large, darker ; moustache composed of yellow bristles and a few blaek ones above and down the sides. Palpi black with yellow hairs. Antenne blackish, the first two joints with black hairs, some being very stout bristles, the third joint is as long as the first two joints together ; the arista not quite so long as the jomt. Forehead with black bristly hairs. Thorax covered with greyish-yellow tomentum and the usual dark stripes, the median one not divided, a dark rich brown in colour, the side ones olive-coloured. Przesutural bristles three, supra-alar bristles three, postalar bristles two, one is yellow ; dorso-central bristles about ten in number ; pubes- cence on dorsum short, black, with some longer hairs intermixed. Scu¢ellum with four black bristles on its margin. Abdomen covered with yellowish-grey tomentum, with dark brown large spots on each segment, the segmentations paler ; sides with yellow bristles, continued on to the dorsum; ou the segmentations pubescence consists of short, thick, ap- pressed, fulvous hairs. Genitalia black, with chiefly black pubescence ; the eighth ventral segment is produced to a short point, clothed with chiefly yellow bristly hairs. Legs black ; tibize and tarsi bright reddish yellow, a little darker at the apices; fore femora with six bristles below, one near apex and two at apex, the middle ones with five below and two near apex, the hind ones with four below and two long white ones at the extreme base, two black ones on the upper- side, two near apex, and two at apex; the pubescence on femora is short, yellowish, on tibiz and tarsi black. Wings 46 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. large, clear, with a yellowish tinge; veins-yellow, the small transverse vein beyond the middle of the discal cell. Female identical, the bristles on thorax and scutellum almost entirely yellow; the short bristles on the hind femora below are seven, with three on the upperside ; ovipositor short, black. The femora in the other male and female are reddish yellow. + Machimus assamensis, g 2? , sp. 0. Type (male) and type (female) from Assam (W. F, Badgley), 1906, 185. A handsome black species with yellow pubescence, in general appearance somewhat similar to Machimus dubws, sp.u. Legs with few bristles, uniformly black, with some yellow pubescence. Moustache black and yellow. Length 22 mm. s Male.—Fuce covered with yellowish tomentum ; tubercle large. Moustache composed of black bristles above and bright yellow bristly hairs below. Palpi black, with black hairs. Beard bright yellow, thick hairs round head the same colour, mixing with the postocular black bristles. Antenne blackish brown, the first two joiuts with black bristly hairs, third joint broken off. Thoruwx greyish yellow, almost eutirely covered by the blackish-brown stripes ; prze- sutural bristles three in number, supra-alar three, post- alar two, all black and very long aud strong; the dorso- central bristles apparently ten or so in number, interspersed with long black hairs; pubescence on dorsum black. Scutellum with four black bristles on its margin. Abdomen greyish yellow, the usual blackish spot on each segment gives the abdomen a black appearance; pubescence at sides and on dorsum bright yellow; genitalia shining black, with black and yellow hairs ; the cighth ventral segment produced to a long blunt point covered with black hairs and with yellow hairs at the sides. Legs black; femora stout with short white pubescence and longer white hairs below, no bristles on the first pair, only two or so on the middle pair, very long and strong, on the hind pair two below, four on the upperside and two at apex, fore and middle tibie with yellow short hairs, the hind pair with black hairs, all with black bristles, the fore and hind pair and metatarsi with a thick fringe of appressed fulvous hairs on under surface. Wings grey, only a streak of pale colour in the middle and Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 47 at the base, small transverse vein beyond the middle of discal cell. Female identical, but the abdomen has some black pubes- cence on the dorsum. Machimus cerulescens, 8, sp. n. Type (male) (201) from Bhim Tal, 18. 6. 1912; and another male from Binsar, 23. 5. 12 (Imms Coll.), Kumaon, A species distinguished from the other species of Machimus from India by the blue-black colour of the abdomen. Wings deep brown, clear at extreme base. Legs black. Moustache yellow with a few black bristles, Length 183 mm. Face covered with yellow tomentum; tubercle large, blackish, covered by a dense yellow moustache; the black bristles are above and at the sides. Beard yellow. Palpi black with black hairs. Thorax blackish brown with an indistinct median grey line ; shoulders and sides covered with greyish- yellow tomentum; prtesutural,supra-alar, aud postalar bristles severally two in number, black ; the dorso-central ones are apparently two on each side with black hairs, mostly short, but some long ones intermixed on the dorsum, Scutel/wm blackish with ashy-grey tomentum, which is also present on the posterior part of thorax; bristles on scutellum appear to be four in number, now broken off. Abdomen uniformly blue-black, with white segmentations on the second, third, and fourth segments, appearing again on the apical segments ; pubescence black; genitalia black with black hairs, the eighth segment below produced to a blunt short point with long black hairs. Legs greenish black ; the fore femora with black hairs, two or three being long and bristle-like ; middle femora stout with a row of short bristles below and two longer, very stout ones on the sides; hind femora with four or more stout long ones below and black hairs ; tibie with numerous stout black bristles and soft black hairs below ; tarsi with the same, especially the first joints; some reddish- yeilow, very short pubescence is visible on the undersides of the tibize. Wings with only the basal cells and part of the aval ell clear; small transverse vein oblique, beyoud the middle of the discal cell. Machimus dubius, 3 2, sp. n. Type (male) (177) from Dharmoti, 7. 6. 1912. Type (female) (17) from Bhowali, 5700 feet, July 1909 (A. DL. mms), and others from ‘Takula, all in Kumaon. 48 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidee. A large blackish species, not unlike Machimus armipes, Becker, judging from the description, found in the province of Beluchistan, Persia; but the bristles on fore femora are more than two in number and those on the scutellum only four or five, not ten as in Becker’s species. In this species tlie typical characteristic of the genus, viz., the production of the eighth ventral segment, is not very conspicuous, which is apparently also the case in Becker’s species. Length, ¢ 20-23, 9 20-26 mm. Male.—Face and tubercle covered with pale yellowish tomentum ; moustache composed of stout, long, yellowish- white bristles, with two black bristles below at each side. Palpi black, with long black hairs. Beard whitish yellow, the hairs round the head similar, but becoming bristles half- way up. Antenne blackish brown, the first two joints with black hairs, the third with a style about the length of tlie joint. Postocular bristles black and very stout. Thorax grevish ycllow with the usual brown stripes, the median one hardly divided anteriorly ; the dorsum of thorax covered with small, very short, black bristles, the large bristles all black ; the przsutural, supra-alar, and postalar all two in number; the dorso-central bristles are about ten, disposed in two rows, a few long black hairs are intermixed with them. Scutellum with four or five very stout, long, black bristles aud with fine yellow hairs. Abdomen with the usual large black-brown spet on each segment, leaving the segmen- tations yellowish grey; the first segment has a tuft of veilowish hairs at each side and two long black bristles below; the next four segments with yellowish short bristles at the sides, continued on to the dorsum as fine yellowish bristly hairs; the eighth ventral segment only slightly produced with some long black bristly hairs on its margin and a few white ones beyond. Legs black, with appressed whitish pubescence ; femora all stout, the fore pair with three black bristles above and four below, the middle pair with about nine in two rows and four at the apex ; the hind pair with six below and one or two long white bristles at tie base, four above and two near the apex and three at the apex; the fore femora with long, fine, yellowish hairs below ; tlie fore tarsi with black ones and with orange-red appressed pubescence underneath, which is also present, but paler in colour on the hind pair; both the middle and hind pair have black hairs below, not so long as those on the fore pair; all tibize and tarsi armed with stout black bristles. Wings clear, the shading on fore border and apex not very distinct; the a is ~~ yet leg 7 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 4) small transverse vein oblique, at about the middle of the diseal cell. Female is identical, the long pubeseenee on the less not so marked; ovipositor black, uot much louver than the preceding segment. Machimus hirtipes, 3, sp. Type (male) from Khasi I[lills, Assam (4. Chenuell), 96, 135, and two damaged specimens (? g or 2?) from the same locality. A medium-sized greyish-yellow species, distinguished by the pubescence ou the abdomen and by the long hairs on the legs, the femora being red with a black stripe on their inner sides, the tibiz the same. Length 20 mm. Fuce with greyish-yellow tomentum; the tubercle darker, large; the moustache composed of numerous stout blac k bristles, with some yellow ones below. Pu/pi black with black hairs. Antenne blackish brown, the first two joints with black hairs. Beard yellow. Hairs round head the same colour; occipital bristies black. Furehead with black hairs. Yhoraz covered with bright greyish-yellow tomentum, the median stripe dark blac kish brow u, the side-stripes paler in colour; pubescence ou dorsum black, consisting of short liairs and longer ones intermixed with the long, stout, black bristles; preesutural bristles two, supra-alar two, postalar three, dorso-central about twelve. Scutellum the same colour, with six long black bristles on its margiu aud some short black hairs on its dorsum. Addumen greyish yellow with a dark spot on each segment and the segmentatious paler; yellow bristles on sides, aud soit yellow hairs and shorter yellow hair on the dorsum ; genitalia reddish, black at apex with chiefly black hairs ; ‘eighth ventral segment produced to a rounded broad point enditie i in black hairs the whole segment is hairy, all the under peertiate of Uidleinei ‘ with yellowish hairs. Legs reddish with black stripes on femora and tibiz ; fore femora clothed with long yellowish hairs above and below ; ; middle femora with fewer, and with two long bristles below and two at apex; the hind pair has bristles below and on the sides, and some long yellowish and black hairs; tibize with yellow hairs; tarsi w ith black pubes- cence; all bristles on the legs are black. JV ings clear with grey shading on apex, Aun. & Mag. N. list. Ser. 9. Vol. iii. 4 50 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. Machimus indianus, g ¢, sp. 0. Type (male) from near Bhowali (Kumaon), 5700 feet, July 1909. Type (female) from Sham Ket, near Bhowali, 15.5. 1912. Other specimens from Dharmoti, 5300 feet; Bhim Tal ; Takula; Airades; Chaubattia; Sat Tal; all localities in Kumaon. May and June 1912. One male from Thundiani, W. Himalayas, 9000 feet, 4. 7.1907 (Major H. A. Morgarth),.1907, 273. Two females and one male from Mussooree, U.P. (T. EE. Middleton), 1911, 448. A rather large black species with white bands on the abdomen. Moustache white. Fore femora with usually three bristles below. Wings shaded at apex, on fore border, and on posterior border, leaving. only the centre of wing clear. Length, ¢ 19-23, 2 19-22 mm. Male.—Face covered with yellowish-grey tomentum ; the tubercle large, blackish, covered by the long, strong, yellow bristles which form the moustache, with two black bristles below on each side. Pa/pi black, with black hairs. Beard white and thick; the hairs round head white, becoming bristles posteriorly. Antenne blackish, the first two joints with black hairs, the third with a style two-thirds of its own length. Furehead with yellow short hairs on each side. Postocular bristles stout aud black, curved forwards. Collar with chiefly yellow bristles. Zhorax yellowish brown, the median stripe dark brown, with a very narrow pale line dividing it anteriorly. Przesutural bristles three, supra-alar two, postalar two, sometimes three, all very strong black ones; dorso-central bristles about ten. Dorsum covered with very small, black, appressed bristles, a few long black hairs between the dorso-central bristles. Seutellum same colour as thorax, with yellowish pubescence and four very strong marginal bristles turned upwards. Abdomen yellowish grey, with dark blackish-brown square spots on each segment, so that the abdomen viewed generally appears blackish, with the seg- mentations whitish yellow; the first segment is armed with numerous black bristles of different sizes, on the sides with yellowish ones, which are also present on the sides of most of the segments, advancing towards the centre of dorsum on the anterior segments; short yellowish hairs are intermingled with these and continued above the hind margins of seg- meuts ; underside with long weak white hairs; genital organs large, black, with short yellowish pubescence; the eighth Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 51 segment is produced ventrally to a short point armed with long black hairs, six or more in number, Legs uniformly blackish ; the coxse with long bristle-like yellow hairs; the femora stout with short white pubescence; the fore femora armed with usually three bristles below, very occasionally four are present, and with three above; the middle femora with about nine in three rows, two more near the apices, and two at the apex; the hind femora with sixteen or so bristles in three rows, two more near the apices, and four at the apices ; tibize with strong bristles above and below, the tarsi also with very many strong bristles; tibize and tarsi with the same pubescence as the femora, all bristles black ; femora and tibiz have also long white hairs below, thickest on the front ones; the fore tibiz and the hind tibiz have deep orange-red pubescence on their lower outer edges; the first joints of tarsi on fore and hind legs have the same-coloured pubescence on their under surface. Female identical. The fore femora with often only two bristles at the apex, the three above are very often absent, and the hind femora often have only three at the apices. The ovipositor is black with black hairs, not much longer than the last segment. Machimus khasiensis, $ 2, sp. n. Type (male) and type (female) from Lower Ranges, N. Khasi Hills, Assam, 1878 (Ad. Chennell), 96, 135. A species very similar to Machimus hirtipes, sp. n., but distinguished by the wholly black legs. Leugth 17 mm. Male.—Stripes of thorax are probably uot so distinct, the median stripe not so dark ; presutural bristles three, supra- alar three, postalar two. Abdomen greyish yellow, the dark spot on each segment not very distinct; pubescence as in M. hirtipes; genitalia wholly black, the eighth ventral segment the same, but the hairs on the long projection are only black above, yellow and long below. Legs blackish ; the fore femora with only three bristles above and long yellow hairs below, the mid-femora with three aud two at apex, the hind femora with three above and three below in the female, but apparently fewer in the male, a few pale bristles are present; pubescence on femora short and yellowish, the same on the tibiz, which have also thick appressed fringes of rufous hairs on their under surfaces. The species is distinguished from Machinus nigrinus, sp. u., by the paler colouring of the abdomen and - thicker 4 52 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidee. pubescence and by the longer, more pointed eighth ventral segment. Machimus monianus, & 9, Sp. n. Type (male), type (female), and others from Kotagirt, Nilghiri Hills, 6000 feet (F. M. Cragg). A small greyish species, very similar in appearance to the European M. atricapillus, but at once distinguished from it by the eighth ventral segment, which is not two-hored. Legs black with reddish stripes, all the bristles black. Length, ¢ 138-14, 9 15 mm. Male.—Face covered with greyish tomentum ; the tuberele blackish, large, covered with the black moustache, which is composed of very strong black bristles with weaker white ones below. Palpi black, with black bristly hairs. Beard aud hairs round head white. The postocular bristles stout, black, curved forwards. Forehead blackish m the centre, greyish yellow at the sides with a few black hairs and two _or three white hairs. Antenne blackish brown, with black bristly hairs on the first two joints. Thorax yellowish grey with the median blackish-brown stripe very distinct, becoming a little narrower posteriorly; sides with paler- coloured, broad, interrupted stripes, not extending far beyond the suture; dorsum of thorax with small black bristles; two very strong prsutural bristles, two supra-alar, and three postalar, all very strong; the dorso-central ones number about twelve, with weaker ones intermixed, only two being presutural. Scutelium yellowish grey, with some weak yellow and black bristles and with four large black marginal bristles curved forwards. Abdomen brownish grey or blackish grey, the segmentations lighter; the dorsum covered with very smali, depressed, black bristles, and with longer yellow hairs at the sides. Genitalia reddish, the claspers blackish at apices; pubescence yellowish; the eighth ventral segment produced, ending in a point with long black hairs which extend to the sides, on its iside it is reddish yellow in colour. Legs blackish; the femora reddish on their outer sides; tibiz only black on their undersides; tarsi reddish, apices black ; femora and coxz with long white hairs, thickest on the fore pair, the middle pair with four strong bristles in the middle and two at their apices, the hind pair with three near the apices and two or more nearer the base and others beneath ; the tibize with numerous long black bristles and with some weak yellowish hairs, which are long on the front Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 53 pair on the under surface; tarsi with similar long black bristles. Wings hyaline, grey ou fore border and at apex, with grey streaks in the posterior cells, the small transverse vein barely beyond the middle of tlie discal cell. ‘Female identical, but the moustache is entirely black ; ovipositor black, compressed, about the length of the two preceding segments together; abdomen with the pale seg- mentations more distinct and wider. Machimus nigrinus, 3 2, sp. n. Type (male) (160), type (female) (148), and a series of both males and females from Bowdali, ait. feet, July 1909; Khati, 7650 feet, 30. 5. 09; Bhim Tal, 18. 6. 12; Binsar, 28. 5.12; Takula, 27.5.12; Airades, 1. 6.12 ; Chaubattia, 13. 6.12; all localities in Kumaon. A small blackish species, distinguished from Machimus montanus by the wholly black legs and from Machimus indianus by the absence of bristles on the underpart of the fore femora. Abdomen blackish with greyish segmen- tations. Moustache black and white. Length, ¢ 14-17, 2? 13-17 mm. AMale.—Face covered with yellowish-white tomentum ; tubercle large, blackish, covered with black stout bristles and long white bristles intermixed on the lower part, all forming the moustache. Palpi black with black hairs. Beard and hairs round head white. Antenne blackish, the first two joints with black hairs, the third with a style about two-thirds of its length. Forehead blackish with black hairs, postocular bristles black. Thorax yellowish brown, the median stripe blackish brown, with a very fine dividing-line anteriorly, the side-stripes the same colour; preesutural bristles two in number, two supra-alar bristles, two postalar bristles, and about six dorso-central stout bristles, many fine bristles or hairs intermixed with them. Scutedlum with six marginal bristles. Dorsum of thorax covered with short black bristles. Addomen greyish, with a large brownisb- black spot on each segment, not attaining the posterior border ; sides of segments with weak yellowish bristles. Genitalia large, black, with chiefly black pubescence; the eighth ventral segment produced considerably, but not to a point, fringed with black hairs, at the sides they become sparse and “yellow. Leys black, covered with greyish short pubescence ; the fore femora with long black hairs below, no bristles; two very strong bristles near apex, middle femora with two very stout bristles at the apices, two or more on 54 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidee. upper border at sides, below only black bristly hairs are present ; posterior femora with four black bristles below, two at the apex, and four on the upper border, all bristles on the legs are black; the fore tibize with a regular row of black bristles all the same size above and some soft hairs intermixed, other stronger bristles below; fore tibie and tarsi, also the posterior tibi and tarsi, clothed below with short rufous pubescence. Wings clear, shaded brown on the fore border, at apex, and in the centre of the cells on the posterior border. Female is similar. Ovipositor black, barely the length of the last two segments. Machimus parvus, S$ 2, sp. 0. Type (male) and four other males. Type (female) and three other females, all from Kotagir, 6000 feet, Nilgherri Hills (F. M. Cragg). Males and females from Trincomalee, Dambula, Ceylon (Yerdury) ; and from Horaweputone, Mahaganay, and Kenaratyodes, Ceylon; one female from Biserat, Siam (H. C. Robinson and N. Annandale), 1910, 21. A small species distinguished by the bright red genitalia of the male, and in both sexes by the bristles on the abdomen being almost entirely black, and by the absence of any real bristles on the fore femora. Abdomen black with yellowish segmentations. Legs black. Length, ¢ 9-10, ¢ 10-11 mm. Male.—Face with yellowish tomentum; tubercle very large, covered with stout black bristles and a few white weak bristles appearing below, all comprising the moustache. Palpi black with black hairs. Beard-yellowish. Forehead with black hairs. Antenne blackish brown, the style of third joint barely more than half the length of jomt. Postocular bristle black. Thorvx greyish with blackish-brown stripes, the median divided by a fine line anteriorly. Presutural bristles two in number, supra-alar two, postalar two; dorso- central bristles about twelve, in two rows extending beyond the suture; dorsum of thorax with short black hairs. Scutellum with four very long bristles. Abdomen greyish, the first segment blackish, the second and third segments each with a large black spot having only the anterior and posterior borders grey, the fourth and fifth with similar spots, but only the posterior borders greyish, the remaining segmeuts chiefly grey; all the bristles and hairs on sides black; genitalia large, bright red, shining, with some black Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 55 hairs ; the eighth ventral segment produced, with a fringe of black hairs. Leys black; all the femora with long black hairs below, sometimes rather bristle-like ; the middle femora with three bristles at the apex and one near the apex, the posterior pair with four on the upperside, two at the apex, and two near the apex; tibiz and tarsi with strong black bristles; the tibize on their outer edges with a fringe of fine, short, whitish hairs, continued on the first two joints of tarsi, this fringe is most noticeable on the hind pair of legs. Wings clear, the usual shading very faint, the small trans- verse vein just before the middle of the discal cell or sometimes beyoud it. Female is similar. Ovipositor black, about the length of the last two segments. Machimus tibialis, 3 2, sp. n. Type (male) (216) from Dehra Dun, U.P., 3. 4. 1912. Type (female) (218) from Dehra Dun, U.P., 1. 4. 1912; and others from same locality and Bhowali, Kumaon, 5700 feet, July 1909, all from Imms Coll. A small species with reddish-yellow tibize and some of the femora with a reddish-yellow stripe on the inside. Abdomen greyish yellow, with paler segmentations. Moustache black and white. Length, ¢ 134, 9 15-17 mm. Male.—Face with grey tomeutum ; tubercle fairly pro- minent, Moustache composed of bristly white hairs, with black ones above and at sides. Palpi black with black hairs. Beard white. Antenne blackish brown, the second one reddish, both with black bristly hairs below and whitish short hairs above, the third with an arista two-thirds of its length. Forehead with black hairs. Hairs round head whitish, the postocular bristles black. Thorax greyish yellow with the usual stripes; the presutural bristles, the supra-alar, aud postalar all two in number, black; the dorso- central bristles about eight in number, all accompanied by some long, fine, black hairs. Scutellum paler with pale yellowish pubescence and with six long bristles on its margin, some of these being yellowish. Abdomen greyish yellow, with a large dark spot on each segment; the seg- mentations lighter, the first three segments with whitish weak bristles on their sides; a few white hairs are visible on the sides of the others and on the segmentations of the last two segments; pubescence on dorsum very short, black ; genitalia blackish above and reddish below, with chiefly 56 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidee. black pubescence; the eighth ventral segment small and very slightly produced, fringed with fairly long pale hairs. Legs yellowish; the femora blackish on their outer sides, all covered with short white pubescence; the fore femora with only soft yellowish hairs above and below, the middle pair with at least four black bristles and two at the apex, seft yellow hairs below, the posterior pair with four bristles below, one above, two near apex and two at the apex, and so{t yellow hairs below ; tibiz with chiefly black pubescence on the first pair and a fringe of appressed reddish hairs on under surface ; on the other tibiz it is chiefly whitish, all with numerous black bristles. J ings clear, shading at apex and on posterior border faint, the small transverse vein 1s just beyond the middle of the discal cell. Female is identical, the bristles on the scute!lum only four in number; ovipositor short, blackish; femora more largely black on their outer sides, and the tibiz have also a black streak ; the tarsi blackish at their apices; some of the bristles on legs are yellowish. The male is very probably immature, so that others may be found with the femora as in the female. ; Machimus ugandiensis, 3 § , sp. 0. Type (male) and another from Mpanga Forest, Toro, 4£00 feet; Uganda, 18-28 Nov.,1911 (S.A. Neave), 1912, 193; other males from Uganda Protectorate 8S. of Lake George, 3200-8400 feet, 17-19 Oct., 1911: from Dara or Durro Forest, Toro, 4000-4500 fect, 25-29 Oct., 1911; and from Buamba Forest, Semliki Valley, 2300-2800 feet: all by the same collector. Type (female) from Mpunga Forest, others from Mabira Forest, Chagwe, 38500-3800 feet; from Buamba Forest, {rom between Seziwa River and Kampala, 3500-3750 feet ; from Western Ankola, 4500-5000 feet, 10-14 Oct., 1911; and from Brit. E. Africa, edge of forest on 8S. and E. slopes of Kenya, 6000-7000 feet: all by the same collector. This species is apparently nearly allied to Machimus caudiculaius, Speiser, from German E. Africa, but the description of the latter (not a very full one) describes the legs as vellowish grey on the fore tibiz and tarsi and on the whole hind legs, being covered with close-lying yellow pubescence—in this species the legs are black and not clothed with these lighter hairs. Length, ¢ 144-16, 9 15-17} mm. Male.—Face with golden-yellow tomentum. Moustache Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 57 on large tubercle composed of stout black bristles and a few weaker yellow ones below. Palpi black with black pubes- cence. Beard pale yellow. Proboscis clothed with pale yellow on its under surface. Antenne black ; the first two joints with black hairs and bristles, the third bare, the second is two-thirds the length of the first; the third is almost as long as the first two joints together, with a terminal bristle nearly as long as itself. Morehead same colour as face, with black hairs. Thorac with a median and side stripes deep black in colour, the rest of the dorsum is clothed with golden-yellowish tomentum and with short black hairs. Presutural bristles three, supra-alar two postalar two; the dorso-central bristles numerous, reaching the suture, all are stout and black, interspersed with smaller, finer, bristle-like hairs. Sceutellum the same golden yellow as thorax or rather paler with short black pubescence and with four very stout black bristles on its posterior border. . Abdomen blackish, showing traces of yellowish, or grey, or brown tomentum, with bright yellow hairs on the posterior borders of segments, which become longer and more like bristles at the sides; the dorsum elsewhere with fine black pubescence ; underside greyish yellow, with yellow pubes- cence. Genitalia large “and prominent, black with black hairs; the last segment on the underside with a finger-like stout process clothed with black hairs, which are thick at the tip, it is almost twice the length of the usual width of the segment. Legs deep black, with black bristles; the coxze and the fore femora helow with bright, soft, yellow, long hairs; the other femora with only short yellow pubescence on their upper and lower borders and with short black bristles and longer ones below which are sometimes yellow on the hind pair; the fore tibie also with long yellow hairs not so numerous, and with black and some yellow bristles, the black bristles on the outer side are very long, two or more in number; the middle tibiz have not these, but yellow and black bristles of ordinary size and with some short yellow pubescence on their outer borders, the hind pair with black pubescence and bristles, and reddish or yellowish fringes of short hairs below on each apical border; the tarsi with black hairs and bristles, the first joint of hind pair with reddish or yellowish fringes in some of the specimens. Wings clear, grey at apex and on posterior border, leaving only the base and ce1tre of wing clear; the small transverse vein this side of the middle of discal cell. Female.—The yellow hairs on moustache are much less numerous, the yellow beard in both sexes is very thick and 58 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. continued round head; ovipositor short, not including the sixth or seventh segments. Fore femora with not so many yellow hairs below and with some darker ones intermingled, more bristle-like in two of the specimens; the bristles on scutellum are more numerous. Neorramus, Ost.-Sack. Cat. Dipt. N. Amer. ed. 2, 82 & 235, 134 (1878). Itamus, Loew, Linn. Ent. iv. 847 (1849). This genus is represented in the Oriental Region by the following species: Neottamus griseus, Wied; Nevitamus longistylus, philus, W\ik.—the former of these two includes six synonyms, see below. Neovittamus javanensis, De Meijere; Neoitamus spinicauda and melanopygus, V.d. Wulp. Of these only N. griseus and N. philus are recorded from India and Ceylon. Nine new “species are here described from India and surrounding districts, one from the Philippines, and one from Tientsin, S. China, From the South African Region only Neoitamus armatus, Becker, podagricus, Bezzi, and N. sodalis, V. d. Wulp from Arabia have been described. Two new species are now described. All the species are fairly typical of the genus, with the exception of N. pulcher from Ceylon and N. philus, Walker. Neoitamus griseus, Wied. Dipt. Exot. p. 192 [Aszlus] (1821); Wulp, Tijd. v. Ent. (2) vii. (xv.) p- 246 { Itamus | (1872). For other references see Kertesz’s Cat. This species has been redescribed by Wulp, but unfortu- nately he does not specify very accurately the bristles on thorax aud legs, and I have not been able to identify it with certainty, though a series from Ceylon in the Brit. Mus. Coll. may be this species, which is said to be about 20 mm. long, the femora having a black stripe on their upper border, otherwise they are reddish yellow. Neoitamus philus, 2, Walker. List. Dipt. ii. p. 393 [ Aszlus} (1849), et vil. Suppl. 2, p. 725 [ Asilus | (1855); V. d. Wulp, Tijd. v. Ent. xli. p. 145 [Jtamus] (1898), et xhi. p. 55 [ Iéamus} (1899). Type (female) from Silhet, 45, 107. Females from Khasi Hills, Assam (fF. W. L. Sladen), purchased from Doncaster, 98, 202; from Khasi Hills, pur- chased from E. Heyne, 97,82; and collected by A. Chennell, Miss G. Ricarilo on the Asilide, 59 96,135; from Sikhim, June 1895, 2000 feet (J. G. Pilcher), 97, 120; Taungu, 11, 89 (Bingham Coll.); Haungtharaw River, ‘Tenasserim, Burmah, Feb, 1890 (Col. C. F. Bingham), 96, 282. An easily recognized species, not at all typical of the genus, however; thorax and scutellum covered with bright reddish- yellow tomentum; the short black abdomen has some same- coloured tufts of hairs on the first segment, elsewhere the pubescence is black ; the ovipositor including the sixth and seventh segments is nearly as long as the rest of the abdomen. Legs reddish yellow; the base of femora and knees black. Wings large with yellow veins, shaded grey at apex and narrowly so on the posterior border. Length 27 mm. Neoitamus longistylus, Wied. Ausszweifl. Ins. i. p. 433 [Asilus] (1823). For other references see Kertesz’s Cat. Itamus latro, Dol. ? Asilus terebatus, Macq. Tiamus involutus, Wk. Ttamus normalis, Wik. Itamus dipygus, Schiner. Ltamus dentipes, Wulp. Asilus vertebratus, Wulp. Wiedeman’s species was described from New Guinea and the Indian Archipelago; to the synonyms given by Kertesz I have added Walker’s species involutus described originally from Ternate, normals from the same place, and dipygus, Schiner, which was only distinguished by him from involutus by the colour of the tarsi, which were black in his species, not red as in Walker’s species, and the dark colour of the wings was more diffused. These are all apparently identical with Wiedemann’s species—or, at the utmost, local varieties. There are specimens of the species in the Brit. Mus. Coll. from Ternate, New Guinea (see Austen, Trans. Zool. Soe. London, xx. (13) p. 405, 1915), Gilolo, and Batjan; also from Nantauri, Central Group, Nicobar Islands; Dinding, Siam; and Biserat, Siam—so that it appears to be a widely diffused species. A handsome large species with tufts of golden hairs on the black abdomen. Male genitalia large and com- plicated, black with black hairs. Vemale ovipositor very long, almost as long as the other segments together; it includes the sixth and seventh segments. Legs are yellowish ; 60 Miss G. Ricardo.on the Asilidee. the femora at base and the knees black. Fore femora devoid of bristles, but with long soft black and white hairs below, the middle and posterior femora with a few black bristles and with short reddish-yellow pubescence ; the tibize also have to a lesser extent long fine hairs below and some biack bristles. Beard yellowish. Length, § 20-28, 2? 25-27 mm. For a more detailed description, see Scluiner. Neoitamus ceylonicus, § 2, Sp. n. Type (male) from Malay Cove, Ceylon, 3. 3. 92. Type (female) from Trincomalee, Ceylon, 24. 2. 91 (L#.- Col. eee 1892, 192. a: mall species very similar in appearance to N. inornatus, sp. n., but distinguished by the pubesceuce and bristles on the 1k egs and absence of bristles on fore femora. Length, ¢ 13, 9 15 mm. Male.— Moustache is almost wholly black, a few white hairs only present. Presutural bristles are black and three in number, two supra-alar, three postalar, all black; the dorso-central bristles more numerous, all black, with fine, long, black hairs intermingled, and a Machimus-like crest of fairl y long hairs on anterior median line of thorax reaching the dorso-central bristles; scutelium with four very long black bristles, aiso iecinailes with fine, long, black hairs, Abdonten bluish black in colouring, with thé same design as in Neoitamus inornatus ; the bristles at sides ehiefly black ; genitalia stout, black, and shining, with hlack pubescence. in blackish ; the tibiee reddish yellow, black at apices; tarsi with the first joint reddish yellow, the remaining joints black; the fore femora have no bristies, but long black hairs on underside and a few silvery-white hairs on outer side ; the middle femora with the same, but short black bristles are present on the uppersides and one at apex ; the hind femora are the same ; tlie fore tibiz have conspicuous, very long, black hairs on the outer side inter mingled with shorter ones, and three short weak black bristles on upperside of the base; pubescence short and black; the middle and hind tibize with short black hairs, strong black bristles, and black pubescence, on the hind pair rufous below; tarsi with all the numerous bristles black. Female is dirty and not in good condition, but appears identical, the ovipositor including the sixth and seventh segments of abdomen. Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidee. 61 Neoitamus grandis, 2, sp. n. Type (female) and three other females from Bhowali, Kumaon, 5700 feet, July 1909 (A. D. Imms). A species rather similar in appearance to Neottamus longi- stylus, Wik., but distinguished at ouce by the black femora. Abdomen brownish, deusely covered with yellowish-grey tomentum and yellow pubescence. Moustache yellow. Legs reddish yellow ; femora partly black. Length about 22 mm. Face covered with greyish-yellow tomentum and with some yellow hairs at sides; tubercle very large, covered with the moustache, which consists of long, yellowish- white, bristly hairs. Palpi ‘black with yellow hairs. Antenne blackish, the first two joints with black hairs. Forehead brighter- coloured than face, with some black hairs. Beard yellowish white, the hairs round head the same colour till they reach the black occipital bristles. Thorax covered with yellow isha tomeutum (type is denuded) and with the usual brown stripes, the median one large, not divided. Presutural bristles three, stout, black; supra-alar bristles three, postalar bristles four; dorso-centra! bristles about twelve in number, in the type some of the bristles near wings are yellowish ; pubes- cence on dorsum black. Scutellum with greyish-yellow tomentum and four stout bristles on margin, yellow in the type, black on the others; some long yellow hairs on dorsum. Abdomen with the five first segments yellowish; the ovipositor composed of the last three segments is blackish. Legs reddish yellow ; the fore femora with a broad black stripe on their upperside in the type, in the other females wholly black; no bristles below, but one black one on the inner side at apex, and long black bristly hairs at the base on underside, some of these are almost as stout as bristles; middle tibize incras- sate, with numerous black bristles on their lower sides and some yellow oues on their outer sides, two yellow ones near apex, sometimes black ; hind femora with two yellow ones near apex, one black one inside near apex, and black bristly hairs below; the pubescence on femora chiefly yellow ; tibia reddish yellow with black bristles and black pubescence, some fulvous hairs below; tarsi reddish, black at the apices, with many black bristles. Wings large, clear, veins reddish, the small transverse vein at about the middle of the discal cell. 62 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. Neoitamus hindostani, 6 2, sp. 0. Male (type) from Dharmoti, Kumaon, 8. 6. 1912. Female (type) from same locality, 9. 6. 1912 ; and other males and females from Shum Ket, 15. 5.1912; and Bhowah, July 1909, and 20. 6. 1912 (Imms Coll.). A typical, well-defined, medium-sized species, yellowish erey in colour with dark brown spots on the abdomen, and stripes on the thorax; tibiz reddish yellow. Moustache yellowish. Leneth, ¢ 17, 2 J9 mm. Male.—Face silky yellowish, tubercle darker. Moustache thick, yellowish. Beard yellowish. Pa/pi black, with yellow hairs. Antenne blackish brown, the first two joints with black hairs, the arista of third joint as long as the joint. Forehead darker than face with some black hairs. The hairs round head pale yellowish, meeting the postocular bristles, which are black. Thorax with the usual black-brown stripes; presutural bristles four, two large and two smaller ; supra-alar three, postalar three to four; dorso-central bristles ten to twelve, not so stout, long fine black hairs are inter- mixed with these, and the pubescence on the dorsum is short, black.” Scutellwm with five to seven black bristles on its margin and long yellow hairs on its dorsum. Abdomen ashy grey, covered by a large dark brown spot on each seg- ment; the segmentations paler, the first segment with many long yellow hairs and a few yellow bristles; these are con- tinued on the sides of the other segments, with about four stout yellow bristles on the postericr border at side of each segment, as far as the fourth segment. Genitalia large, black, a little red below, with black pubescence. Legs black, the tibiz yellowish red, darker at their extreme apices ; the fore and mid coxze with dense white hairs ; the fore femora with white short pubescence and some long, fine, black and yellow hairs below ; the middle femora with four rows of short stout bristles at the base below and on the sides, aud two or more weak yellow bristles at the apex; the hind femora with four yellow short bristles on the upper- side and two near the apex, two weak small black ones at apex, below are long yellow hairs and weak yellow bristles with one or more black bristles intermixed ; tibiz and tarsi with black bristles, the tibize with pale yellow short pubes- cence on the sides, the middle and hind pair with black pubescence on the inner sides ; the fore tibize with two or three long, weak, black bristles. Wings clear, the grey Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilidw. 63 shading at apex and on hind border not very distinct, but extending down the fore border as far as the junction of the second aud third veins; the small transverse vein is just beyond the middie of the discal cell or at the middle. Female identical. The hind femora appear to have only two or three yellow bristles on their uppersides. ‘The ovipositor cousists of the last three segments and is black with chiefly black pubescence. Neoitamus inornalus, 3 2, sp. n. Type (male) and type (female), from Mussoree, U.P., India (J. &. Middleton), 1911, 448. One female from Punjaub (Dudgeon Coll.), 1904, 232. A small inconspicuous-looking species. Abdomen blackish with segmentations and sides grey. Legs blackish; tibiz and tarsi largely yellowish. Beard black and white. Fore femora with some bristles. Length, g 14, 2 16mm, Male.—Face blackish with grey tomentum ; the tubercle large shining black, carrying a thick, tuft-like, white mous. tache surrounded by black bristles. Pa/pi black with black bristles. Beard white. Antenne broken off, in the other female they are blackish, the base of the third joint reddish yellow. Forehead with black bristly hairs, the hairs round head white, with strong black bristles at vertex on each side of the frontal incision. Thorax covered with greyish tomentum, having a very distinct median black stripe divided in the middle and with three blackish spots forming side- stripes ; the pubescence is short and black. Preesutural bristles are four, three being yellow; three supra-alar bristles, four postalar bristles ; the dorso-central bristles are numerous but weak, many being yellowish, weak, bristle-like hairs. Scutellum covered with grey tomentum and with some long white pubescence, and three or four black bristles on its posterior border. Abdomen covered with greyish tomentum, leaving a large blackish-brown spot ou each segment, rounded at their posterior border; on the side of each seg- ment are two or more strong yellow bristles and long white hzirs; on the dorsum the pubescence consists of very short yellowish hairs, more numerous and longer aud paler on the first segment. Legs blackish; the femora at their apices yellow ; tibize yellow with apices black ; tarsi yellowish with black apices ; fore femora incrassate, with three short yellow bristles at base below and a few black small bristles round the apex; pubescence blackish with some white hairs, all 64 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide.: short ; the middle femora with three or four yellow bristles above and six or so below, pubescence of short black hairs, the posterior pair with more numerous yellow bristles above and below; the fore tibize with yellow bristles on each side— and short black hairs; the middle tibiz with the same, but two on the underside are longer and stouter, and those on the hind pair are stout and numerous; the tarsi with numerous black bristles, some yellow ones on the first three joints of the front and middle tarsi. Wings (absent). Genitalia very short and stout, black. Female is identical, the white hairs of moustache largely replaced by black bristles. Thorax with the same number of bristles, though only three preesutural bristles seem pre- sent, two or three of them being yellow; on the other female some of the alar bristles are yellow. Abdomen rather blacker, the ovipositor including the sixth and seventh seg- ments is long, more than half the length of the other segments together. The bristles on the underside of fore femora are largely black, on the tibize black and yellow, on the tarsi chiefly black. Wings clear, very faintly shaded at apex and on posterior border, the small transverse vein this side of the middle of the discal cell. Neoitamus nigrinus, 8 2, sp. n. Type (male) and type (female), from Cape Engano, North Luzon (J. W ‘hitehead), 98, 2U7. This handsome species must be allied to Wulp’s species, N. spinicauda aud melanopygus, both from Celebes. It is deep black, the male with silvery-white tufts of hair on tlie last two segments of abdomen, and the female has a reddish- yellow ovipositor. Length, ¢ 20, 2 22 mm. Male.—Face black with golden-yellow, tomentum chiefly on its lower part. Moustache golden yellow below, black above. Palpi black with black hairs. Antenne blackish, the third joint dull rufous. Forehead with black hairs; at vertex black bristles round the head continued as yellow hairs to the proboscis. Thorax black with traces of three grey tomentose stripes, sides with a dull yellow tomentose stripe. Preesutural bristles two in number, (?) one supra- alar bristle, three postalar bristles, and very many black long hairs represent the dorso-central bristles. Scutellum black with black hairs aud four or more black bristles on its posterior border. Abdomen deep black with black pubescence, which is thick at the sides and on the segmentation; the Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. 65 hairs on the sixth segment are tuft-like and yellowish, those on the seveuth segment shorter, whiter, and less numerous, not tuft-like. Genitalia stout, complicated, black, with black pubescence. Legs black, the fore and middle tibie dull rufous: femora appear devoid of bristles, but have black pubescence, thick on the hind pair; the tibize have black bristles and black hairs, the latter long below,and some rufous short hairs are present on the fore and middle pair ; tarsi black with black bristles and black hairs, the first joint incrassate and Jong, very heavily armed with black bristles, Wings yellowish grey, shaded grey at apex and on posterior border, the small trausverse vein this side of the middle of discal cell. Female is identical, but has no pale hairs on the sixth and seventh segments of abdomen; the ovipositor is reddish yellow, including the sixth and seventh segments, and as long as the three last segmeuts together, at its apex with a few weak, yellow, short spines and hairs. Wings are more yellow in colour. Nevitamus pulcher, 3 2, sp. n. Male (type) from Kandy, Ceylon, 20. 5. 92. (Lt-Col. Yerbury), 1892, 192. Female (type) from Los Ceylon, 1. 6. 92. (Lt.-Col. Yerbury), 1893, 192; and another female from Kandy, 20. 5. 92 (Li.- Col. Yerbury), 1892, 192. A ise fine-looking species with reddish-vyellow antennz and legs. Abdomen black with narrow reddish- yellow bands in the male and yellowish bands in the female. Wings shaded at og oe on hind border. Length, ¢ 22, 2 with ovipositor 25 mm. Male.— Face chamois-yellow, with tomentum of same colour. Facial tubercle very large, carrying the moustache composed of stout yellow bristles, four or more black bristles above the mouth on each side. Palpi reddish brown with yellow hairs. Antenne pale yellow, the second joint redder, the third joint wanting, black hairs op sides of the first joint which is fully four times as long as the second joint, the black hairs are also present on this joint. Hind part of head with yellow bristle-like hairs, continued as soft hairs to proboscis and below it. Thorax blackish brown with yellow-grey tomentum, the median stripe very distinct, con- tinued just beyond the suture where it splits in half. Pree- sutural bristles apparently two, one being reddish, the other black; supra-alar bristles apparently two and both black ; Ann, & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. iii. 5 . 16 Miss G. Rieardo on the Asilidee. postalar bristles two, one being black, the other reddish ; dorso-central bristles not apparently present, with the excep- tion of a few weak, bristle-like, reddish hairs which are also present on sides posteriorly. Scutellum reddish, darker auteriorly, with two or more weak reddish bristles. Abdomen blackish brown with narrow fulvous bands ; dorsum covered with yellowish tomentum and with short reddish- yellow hairs, which on the anterior borders of the fulvous bands become more like short bristles redder in colour ; sides of thorax with one long yellowish bristle on each segment inter- spersed with long yellow hairs; underside blackish brown with the fulvous ‘bands, almost bare of pubescence. Geni- talia blackish brown, about as long as the last segment. Les reddish yellow, the knees blackish. Fore and middle femora with eight or more black bristles below and three stout ones on their upper inner sides; hind femora with only two black bristles and reddish hairs below, two dark reddish bristles above near the apex; tibize with one or two isolated reddish-yellow bristly long hairs and with yellowish hairs below; tarsi with stout black and reddish bristles ; pubescence on legs short, black. Wings large, as long as the abdomen, greyish; the dark shading distinct, extending nearly to the fork of the third vein and continued on the posterior border to the fifth posterior cell; the posterior fork of third vein has an abrupt curve inwards; the small cross-vein is beyond the middle of the discal cell. Female identical. The bristles near the mouth are yellow, not black. Antenne with the third jomt yellowish, not so long as the first joint, bearing a black a:ista almost twice its length. All the bristles on thorax are black ; the dorso- central bristles are fairly numerous, but many of them are weak, short, bristle-like hairs. Scutel/um is almost wholly reddish yellow, with black bristles. The light bands on the abdomen are yellower; the ovipositor is black, composed | of the seventh and following segments, about as long as the fifth and sixth segments together. Fore femora with only four very strong black bristles, situated on the underside and interspersed with weak long black hairs, these are also present on the middle femora, with seven more on the upper- side; on the hind femora five bristles below and eight on the upperside, besides two at apex ; the fore and middle tibiz have three very long, strong, black bristles on the underside aud a few shorter stout ones above; the hind tibiz have one near the base and two pairs beyond, with two weak hair-like bristles on the outer side; the pubescence on the underside of tibize and on the dorsum is yellow, elsewhere on the legs — —e——e SC Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilida. 67 short and black; the first joint of the tarsi has thick yellow hairs on the under surface. The shading of the wings at apex does not extend quite so far. This species differs from the typical species of the genus, the ovipositor including only the seventh segment, not the sixth, and the genitalia of the male are very unobtrusive and simple; it approaches the genus Cinadus in having a strong bulge on the posterior branch of the third vein, but cannot be incladed in that genus, the genitalia being too small and the ovipositor not conical. For the present it is left in the Neoitamus genus. Neoitamus rubrofemoratus, 3 2, sp. 0. Type (male) and other males, type (female) and other females ; all from Tientsin, 15. 6. 06 (F. M. Thomson), 1907, 200. A large species in the same group as LV, involntus, Wik., N. grandis, hindostani, tarsalis, and niygrinus, sp. v., but dis- tinguished by the almost wholly reddish-yellow legs, the femora with very indistinct black stripes ; the ovipositor of the female determines the generic place, however. Antenne reddish. Abdomen black with grey bands. Length, g 21-22, ? 23-25 mm. Male.— Face covered with yellowish tomeutum; thie tubercle large, but uot very prominent, carrying a yellow- haired moustache. Palpi black with pale yeilow hairs, Beard yellowish white. Antenne with the first two joints black, the second red at apex, and third wholly red. Hind part of head with the usual strong black bristles, in the centre with yellow hairs, which also are present on the lower sides. Thorax covered with greyish-yellow tomentum and with dark black-brown stripes, the median oue hardly divided in the centre, the side-stripes short; pubescence chiefly black, very distinct on the median stripe, reaching to its auterior border; two presutural bristles, two supra-alar, and three postalar bristles, all long and black ; the dorso-central ones numerous, but the bristles are much weaker. Scuted/um same colour as thorax with two long black bristles. Abdomen with a rounded, large, biackish-brown spot on each segment ; the sides and posterior borders grey, Genitalia very large, the underpart proceeding from below the last segment with a large black clasper on each side and a centrai yellowish curved process, the black part with bhck hairs, the upper part also large, black, with black hairs, Legs reddish yellow ; the femora black at the base and at apex, often with an 5* 638 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. indistinct black stripe, all the bristles on legs are black, very numerous on the tarsi; femora almost bare, the posterior pair with a few. Wings pale brownish, clearer at the base, and often with clear kernels in the cells; the small trans- verse vein beyond the middle of the discal cell. Female identical ; the ovipositor long, including the sixth aud seventh segments. Neoitamus siamensis, O 2, Sp. 0. Type (male) from Biserat, Siam, 9. 8. 1901 (H. C. Robinson and N. Annandale), 1916, 21. Type (female) from K. Mabek, Siam, 13. 7. 1901. Another male and female from Biserat. Another male from Sungkie, Siam, 10. 2.1902; all by the same collector, 1916, 21. Another female from Yon Boi, Hainan, 5. 6. 04; 1911, 288. A small black species with wide grey segmentation on the abdomen. Antenne and legs black, the tibiz partly chamois- yellow in colour. Length, ¢ 15, 9 17mm. Male.—Face blackish covered with grey tomentum; the tubercle distinct. Moustache consists of chiefly white bristles, two or three black ones intermixed. Palpi black with yellow hairs. Antenne blackish, the first two joints with bristly black hairs. Forehead with the same; at vertex head with some strong black bristles, white hairs continued round head. Thorax blackish with grey tomentum, leaving the median black stripe distinct, narrowly divided, and three greenish-black spots at sides, the postericr one very small ; pubescence on dorsum black. Preesutural bristles black, two in number; three supra-alar bristles, and two postalar bristles; the dorso-ceutral bristles represented by weak, bristly, black hairs, some very long. Scutedlum covered with grey tomentum, and with white hairs, and two stout black bristles on its posterior border. Abdomen with the dark spots deep black, becoming brownish at sides; the grey segmentations are continued up the sides, becoming more golden yellow at base of segments; pubescence short and black on the dark spots, whitish and long on the segmenta- tions and at sides. Genitalia stout and complicated, black with black pubescence, and some reddish hairs on the upper piece. Legs blackish; the tibiz pale reddish yellow on their outer sides ; fore femora with no bristles, but with some scattered white hairs, the middle pair the same, but the a & 0. Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilida. 69 white hairs are longer and more inclined to be bristly, and two black bristles are present on the apex, also present on the hind tibiz, which have an extra black bristle on the upper- side ; fore tibiz with black bristles and long black hairs below, and a thick fringe of short rufous hairs below ; the middle pair the same with fewer black bristles and the long hairs are white; hind tibia with black bristles and the fringe of rifous hairs on each side, and no long hairs below ; the first joint of tarsi stout and elongate with many stout black bristles ; some white pubescence on outer side and rufous hairs below, and some long black hairs; the other tarsi studded with black bristles aud with some black pubescence. Wings clear, shaded on the apex and posterior border, the smail transverse vein situated ou apical third of the length of discal cell. Female identical. Moustache with more black hairs. Ovipositor is very long, including the sixth and seventh segments, about as long as the four posterior segments together. Neoitamus tropicus, & 2, sp. 0. Male (type) from Sat Tal, 9. 5. 1912. Female (type) from Sham Ket, 16. 5. 1912; and another from Bhowali, July 1909, 5700 feet—all from Imms Coll. A small species, very similar to the European Neoitamus cyanurus, but differing in the bristles on legs being largely yellow, aud in the presutural bristles being reddish yellow or yellow and three in number. Length, g 10, 2? 13-15 mm. Male.—Greyish black. Face covered with whitish tomen- tum ; the tubercle which takes up the greater part of the face darker, covered by the dense dirty-white hairs of the mous- tache with some black bristle-like hair above them. Palpi black with black hairs. Beard dirty white. Hairs round head the same colour; postocular bristles black. Antenne blackish, the arista not so long as the third joint. Thorax with the usual black stripes, the median one divided ; the three presutural bristles yellowish, two supra-alar bristles usually black, two postalar (one black, one yellow) ; the dorso- central bristles extend beyond the suture in two rows, all black ; pubescence on the dorsum black, white at the sides. Scutellum with four stout long bristles on its margin, and white pubescence on the dorsum. Addomen with the usual large black spot on each segment and long white hairs on the first segment, elsewhere short and white, sides with some 70 Miss G. Ricardo on the Asilide. white bristles and hairs. Genitalia small, stout, black with black hairs above and some yellow below. Legs black, the knees of the femora and the tibize, except at their apices, reddish yellow ; tarsi the same, blackish at the apices of the joints ; fore femora with two short yellow bristles above and some below intermixed with yellow hairs, middle femora the same, hind femora with four above and four or more long ones below, pubescence on all short and white; tibiz with only white bristles and chiefly yellowish pubescence ; fore tarsi with some white bristles and black ones, the other pairs with fewer white ones. /Vings clear, shading in apex hardly visible, small transverse vein beyond the middie. Female identical. The fore femora have black bristles below, and the fore tibiz a long row on their uppersides. Ovipositor, composed of the last three segmeuts, black. Neoitamus tarsalis, 6 9, 8p. 0. Male (type) from Kandy, Ceylon, 28. 5. 92 (Lé.-Col. Yerbury), 1892, 122. Female (tvpe) from Bentota, Ceylon, 13. 6. 91 (Lt.-Col. Yerbury), 1892, 122. Two males from Trincomalee, 10 miles Kandy Road, same collector, 30. 5. 91 and 30. 8. 91. One male from Baduella, Ceylon, 5. 6. 92, same collector. A species not unlike in general appearance N. pulcher, sp. n., but at once distinguished by the broad first joint of fore tarsi armcd with very stout bristles. Legs reddish yellow ; femora largely black; knees and apices of tibia and the tarsi black. Antenne black. Abdomen black, with broad grey segmentations, Length, ¢ 18-19, ¢ 24 mm. with ovipositor. Male.—Face covered with silky yellow tomentum and hairs. Moustache on the not very prominent tubercle, composed of whitish-ye!low, loug, weak bristles. Palpz black with yellow hairs, in the type some black bristles are present on the moustache.