39. ASILUS FUSIFORMIS, n. s., fœm. Niger, cinereo-tomentosus, capite
albido, mystace testaceo, thoracis vittis tribus pectoreque canis,
abdominis apice compresso glabro, pedibus rufis, tarsis nigris,
femoribus anterioribus nigromaculatis, alis subcinereis.
_Female._ Black, with cinereous tomentum. Head whitish in front,
rather thickly clothed with whitish hairs; a few black bristles
behind; face slightly convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with
several testaceous bristles. Proboscis stout, straight, lanceolate.
Palpi with thick black bristles. Antennæ black. Thorax with three
indistinct hoary stripes. Pectus hoary. Abdomen oblanceolate, with
whitish and black hairs, compressed, shining, and bare towards the
tip. Legs red, very stout, beset with black spines; tarsi except at
the base and knees black; a black spot on each of the anterior
femora. Wings slightly cinereous; veins black, tawny at the base and
along the costa. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 13 lines;
of the wings 24 lines.
Malacca.
40. ASILUS LINEOSUS, n. s., fœm. Fuscus, capite subaurato, mystace
testaceo nigroque, antennis pedibusque nigris, thorace
aureo-quadrivittato, abdomine fulvo-fasciato, apice nigro compresso
transversè ruguloso, tibiis luteis apice nigris, alis cinereis.
_Female._ Dark brown. Head with pale gilded tomentum, clothed beneath
with whitish hairs; face convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with
several testaceous bristles and with a few more slender black
bristles. Proboscis stout, straight, lanceolate. Palpi thickly beset
with black bristles. Antennæ black; arista almost thrice the length
of the 3rd joint which is fusiform. Thorax with four dull pale
gilded stripes; sides and pectus cinereous. Abdomen oblanceolate,
with broad fawn-coloured bands, black, shining, compressed and
transversely rugulose towards the tip. Legs black, armed with black
spines; tibiæ pale luteous, with black tips; onychia pale luteous.
Wings cinereous; veins black. Halteres ferruginous. Length of the
body 12 lines; of the wings 20 lines.
Singapore.
41. ASILUS DEBILIS, n. s., mas. Cinereus, capite flavido-albo, mystace
testaceo nigroque, antennis fulvis, thorace fusco-bivittato,
abdominis segmentis canofasciatis, pedibus testaceis, femoribus
tibiisque apice tarsisque nigricantibus, alis sublimpidis apice
nigricantibus.
_Male._ Cinereous. Head with yellowish-white tomentum, clothed beneath
with white hairs; face very slightly convex towards the epistoma.
Mystax with a few testaceous, and with still fewer black bristles.
Proboscis black, slightly lanceolate, rather slender. Antennæ tawny;
3rd joint and arista black, the latter four times the length of the
former which is fusiform. Thorax with two brown stripes. Pectus
hoary. Abdomen with a hoary band on the hind border of each segment.
Legs testaceous, with very few black bristles; tarsi, except at the
base and tips of the femora and of the tibiæ, black; hind femora and
hind tibiæ mostly black. Wings nearly limpid, blackish towards the
tips; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 7 lines;
of the wings 14 lines.
Malacca.
42. ASILUS LATIFASCIA, n. s., mas. Cinereo-niger, capite albido,
mystace testaceo, thoracis vittis quatuor pectoreque canis, abdomine
ferrugineo, basi apiceque nigris, pedibus fulvis nigro-variis, alis
nigricantibus margine postico fusco.
_Male._ Black, with a slight cinereous tinge. Head with some whitish
hairs beneath. Face whitish, flat. Mystax with many pale testaceous
bristles. Proboscis straight, slightly lanceolate. Antennæ black.
Thorax with four slight hoary stripes. Pectus hoary. Abdomen
ferruginous, black at the base and towards the tip. Legs tawny;
tarsi, hind femora, and tips of the posterior tibiæ black; anterior
femora black above. Wings blackish, brown along the hind border;
veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 9 lines; of the
wings 16 lines.
Singapore.