BOMBYLIUS. 2G7 



The above description is compiled from Verrall's in his 'British 

 EJies.' Typical specimens occnr in the Himalayas in April and 

 May, with others exhibiting minor variations, and tlie species is 

 not at all uncommon in the Simla Hills. 



208. Bombylius erectus, Brun. 



liombylius evectus, Bniaetti, Rec. lud. Mus. iii, p. 480, pi. xii, 

 %. -27 (1909). 



S $ . Head : frons covered with short bright yellow hairs, 

 witb two arched rows ol: stiff black bristles, one just above, the 

 other just below, the antennae, and reaching from eye to eye; sides 

 of face with rather long, silky, cream-coloured hair; lower part of 

 face light grey, with long snow-white hair ; month-border reddish ; 

 antennfe black ; back of head wit!» yellow hairs ; eyes bare, dis- 

 tinctly excavated behind in the middle. Thorax cinereous black, 

 with (in semi-denuded condition) traces of a thick yellow pile, an 

 elongated bunch of strong black bristles at the side, in front of 

 the wings ; sides of thorax with long greyish-whit-e hairs, and 

 yellowish hairs immediately below the wings. ScutelUim ferrugi- 

 nous, black at base, with a row of strong black bristles round the 

 posterior edge, with yellow hairs below it ; dorsum with yellow 

 liaii's. Abdomen apparently blackish brown, tliickly clothed with 

 yellowish and whitish hairs, which are generally yellowish on the 

 basal segments and apical one, and generally whitish on the others, 

 but variable ; sides of -^rd and 4th segments with thick tut'ts of 

 white hairs, and the sides of the 5th segment with a tuft of black 

 hairs, posterior borders of 2nd and subsequent segments each 

 with a row of closely-placed, black, strong, erect spines, forming 

 two arcs wiien viewed from behind ; venter blackish, dorsum ot 

 segment with white pile, some black spines towards the tip. 

 Legs blackish brown, with small spines and a silvery sheen seen 

 in certain lights. Wings absolutely clear, extreme base sHghtly 

 tawny, a small row of black bristles at base of costa ; tegulse j^ale 

 yellow, with a narrow fringe of yellow hairs; halteres light 

 brown. 



Lengthy 8-12 nnn. 



Described from thirteen S 6 and twelve $ 5 fi'om Bangalore. 



Types in the Indian Museum collection; co-types in the British 

 Museum and mj collection. 



209. Bombylius maculatus, F. 



Boinbylius viaculatus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 803(1775) ; Wiede- 

 mann, Auss. Zweifl. i, p. 342 (1828). 



S 5 . Head in c? black ; eyes contiguous for nearly one-third 

 the distance from vertex to antennte, leaving a rather large 

 vertical triangle bearing a few black hairs ; the ocelli large, red, 

 well separated ; frons with elongate white or yellowish-white 

 scales ; face clothed with long snow-\\hite bristly hairs ; antennne 



