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rather slowly and feebly only a short distance before alighting 

 again." 



Bombylius azaleae, new species. 



Male: Ocellar triangle with a tuft of long, black hairs; 

 frontal triangle dull brownish grey pollinose, clothed rather 

 sparsely with long black hairs. Antennae black ; third joint 

 about one and a half times as long as the first and second 

 together ; first joint with black hairs as long as those on frontal 

 triangle ; second joint with short black hairs, longer ones on 

 under side. Face yellowish brown, produced upward and for- 

 ward to level of the top of head. In dorsal view the distance 

 between the anterior point of contact of the eyes to the apex 

 of the face is just a little greater than the length of the third 

 antennal joint. The face is sparsely clothed with long black 

 hairs ; beard whitish. Occiput with pale yellowish pile, be- 

 coming brighter lower down. Proboscis very long, at least 

 equal in length to the body ; palpi with black hairs. Dorsum 

 of thorax with dense dark yellowish pile, a patch of white 

 pile at sides between the humeri and wing bases ; anteriorly 

 the pile about the humeri has a whitish reflection. Pleurae 

 with the pile brownish and black along the upper margin, below 

 this a broad transverse stripe of white pile ; sternum with gray- 

 ish yellow pile. Abdomen dorsally clothed with dense pile, 

 dull yellow, golden brown and black intermixed, the first and 

 fourth segments with tufts of white pile on their sides ; venter 

 with brownish and black pile, the first and second segments 

 with white pile. Fore coxae with white pile ; middle and hind 

 coxae with black hairs. Legs ocher yellow, the tarsi darkened 

 distally ; femora sparsely clothed with silvery scales, ventrally 

 with a fringe of black hairs, on hind femora replaced by 

 bristles ; all the tibiae bristly. Wings narrow, blackish brown 

 basally and obliquely to outer margin as far as tip of first vein ; 

 costal cell ferruginous yellow ; the rest of wing clear. Squamae 

 and halteres somewhat darkened. 



Length, 9-11 mm.; wing, 9-11 mm. 



Female : Ocellar region with black hairs ; f rons with dull 

 yellow pile and hairs ; hairs along eye margins long. Face with 



