236 bombyliid.t:. 



o. Hind margin of Tving-baud nearly 



straight 6. 



Hind jnargin of wing-band with deep 



indentations himalayanus, Brim., p. 238. 



C. Wing-band filling less than 3 of the 



wing; liiud margin clear cut «/'■«, F., p. 240, 



Wing-band filling full_y half the wing ; 

 hind margin indistinct somifuscata, sp. n., p. 241, 



7. Legs mainly yellow <S. 



Legs all black 9, 



8. Femora with a considerable part black ; 



Aviiigs practically clear albofidvu, Walk., p. 251. 



Femora all yellowish ; basal half of 

 wings browMiish aureoJu'rta, Brun., p. 252. 



9. Abdomen uniformly densely pubescent, 



Avithout obvious transverse bands of 



scales 10. 



Abdomen with transvei'se bands of 

 yellowish, grey, or white scales ; 

 pubescence sparser II. 



10. Wing with deep brownish-black costa; 



larger species, 14-16 mm manifesta, Walk., p. 242, 



Wing less extensivelj^ brown ; smaller 

 species, 10^-11 mm clara, Walk., p, 243. 



11. Pubescence on sides of abdomen 



wholly snow-white, except for few 

 bunches of scales on each side near 



tip aperta, AValk., p. 245, 



Pubescence on sides of abdomen never 

 as whollj' white as in aperta, 

 generally yellowish grey or black 

 imd white, and not arranged as in 

 aperta 12, 



12. Ground-colour of abdomen or tomen- 



tum (apparently) reddish brown. . . . dia, AVied., p. 250. 

 Ground-colour of abdomen black .... l.'>. 



13. Costal cell yellowish haluchianus, sp. n., p. 250. 



fhottentotta var. claripennis, 

 I [Brun., p. 247. 



Costal cell lighter or darker brown*. .{ paniscus, Rossi, p. 248. 



I fuscolimbafa, Brun., p. 246, 

 1^ appro.iviiata, Brun., p. 244. 



Four species that appear to require confirmatiou as ludian 

 are not inchided in this table, but descriptions are appended 

 (pp. 254, 255), 



182. Anthrax fletcheri, sp, uov, 



d . Jlead black ; frons at level of antennte between one-third 

 and one-fourth width of bead, less than half tliis width at vertex ; 

 frons and face (apparently) covered with bright chroiue-yellow 



* These species are too closely allied to be satisfactorily differentiated in 

 tabular form. 



