250 BOMBYLIID^. 



and long yellow hairs on basal corners, besides conspicuous black 

 pubescence. Venter black, white scales on 4th, oth, and 6th 

 segments, less abundant on 7th ; hind margins of segments more 

 or less with a narrow band of yellow scales and hairs ; ovipositor 

 orange. 



Length, normally 12 mm., varying from 10 to 14 mm. 



Naiui Tal, 6000-7000 ft. {R. E. Lloijd). One specimen in the 

 Indian Museum from Simla, x. 1906 (Lefroj/). 



The above description is an abbreviated one from Verrall, as the 

 only Indian specimen and the tln-ee European specimens before 

 me are in very indifferent condition, though there seems no doubt 

 as to the identity of the species. 



194. Anthi-ax dia, Wied. 



Anthrax dia, Wiedemanu, Aual. Ent. p. 23 (1824) ; id., Auss. 

 Zweifl. i, p. 293 (1828). 



"J. Antennae black (3rd joint missing). Epistoma and frons 

 sparsely, tlie vertex a little more densely clothed with grey hairs. 

 Occiput blackish, grey-liaired, margins of eyes white. Collar 

 grey ; thorax with reddish-browji pile and grey hairs, mixed at 

 sides with whitish hairs. Scutellum blackish, with traces of 

 reddish-brown pile ; sides of thorax with whitish hairs. The 

 1st abdominal segment with reddish-brown pile on the hind 

 margin, with whitish hairs at sides ; 2nd reddish brown with 

 whitish band at base; 3rd with a narrow band across the middle ; 

 4th with a very broad whitish band, so that only the reddish 

 brown hind border remains ; 5th and 6th whitish, only at the 

 base narrowly reddish brown ; 7th and 8th, on the contrary, only 

 whitish at sides; venter blackish, with whitish hairs. Wings 

 quite clear ; brownish at extreme base and in the costal cell, the 

 colour extending a little below this cell ; halteres yellow. Legs 

 black, with yellowish pile. Length 5^ lines. Tranquebar." 

 (Weidemann.) 



Type in AVestermann's collection. 



195. Anthrax baluchianus, sp. nov. 



(5 $ . Head : frons in c? from a quarter to one-fifth, in 5 one- 

 third, as wide at vertex as at just above antennae, black, covered 

 with yellowish-grey depressed scales and erect long fine black 

 hairs; ocelli dull reddish brown; fa(;e clotlied similarly to frons, 

 but the scales longer and with yellow hairs instead of black; 

 proboscis reddish brown; antennae black, 1st joint with long 

 black bristles, 2nd with shorter ones, 3rd elongate onion-shaped, 

 with moderately long style, whicli becomes reddish brown towards 

 tip ; occiput covered exclusively with short depressed yellowish- 

 grey scales. Thorax blackish, dorsum covered with minute 

 yellowish-grey depressed scales ; a thick collar of long yellowish 

 scaly pubescence on anterior margin ; side margins and the whole 

 of the pleurae similarly clothed ; sides of dorsal margins with long 



