274 BOMBYLIID.E. 



very numerous on the back of the head, w here the dense grey 

 hairs are replaced by a moderately thick fringe of pale yeUow 

 hairs; face shining black, bare ; mouth-border paje 3'ellow, bare: 

 underside of head with soft greyish-white hairs. Thorax and 

 scutellum denuded, but ground-colour black, and dorsum sur- 

 rounded in front, at the sides, and behind with a dense border of 

 thick grey hairs iu the (5' , or a much sparser border in the $ ; 

 the dorsum shows signs of having been covered lightly with 

 yellowish-frrey hairs ; attached to the surface of the dorsum of 

 both thorax and scutellum are a number of small brilliant bright 

 green scales, with a lesser number of rose-pink similar scales ; 

 both coloui-ed scales extend numerously over the sides of the tborax. 

 In the 6 a quantity of soft black hairs on the sides just below 

 and in front of the wing-insertions. Abdomen similar to the 

 thorax, with similarly coloured scales. In the S the shouldei's 

 have a bunch of nearly white soft hairs, with a fringe of yellow 



Fig. 15. — Dischisfus re^plcndcns, Brun., wing. 



liairs between them ; the sides with thick nearly white hairs. In 

 the § the shoulders have yellow instead of white hairs, and the 

 coloured scales appear moi'e numerous. In both sexes some long 

 black hairs occur over the dorsum, and the venter is black, with 

 grey hairs and a few coloured scales. Lecjs black ; tibife and 

 metatarsi pale brownish yellow, with short spines, hind pair 

 darker ; tarsi with rather long black bristles. Wings rather dark 

 grey, brownish on anterior part; venation normal; halteres 

 blackish ; tegula) brownish, with yellowish-grey fringe. 



Length, 5-6 mm. 



Described from one 6 (type) from Dharampur, Simla Hills, 

 51)00 ft., 6-8. V. 1907, and live $$ from Sukhwani, Nepal. 

 15. ii. 1908, Naini Tal, 14-17. iv. 1907, and Mergue, Assam; all 

 the specimens being in the Indian Museum. It is common at 

 Dehra Dun in March and April ; Theog, Simla Hills, 14. v. 1909 : 

 and in the British Museum from Mahagany, Ceylon, 15. ij, 1891 

 i^Col. Yerhury). 



217. Dischistus ardens, Wall-. 



Bombyliiis ardens, "Walker, List Dipt. Brit. Mus. ii, p. :i84 (1849). 



" Body black, clothed with long bright tawny hairs ; head 

 clothed with brown hairs in front and about the base of the 

 feelers, which, like the mouth, are black ; the latter is more than 

 half the length of the body ; eyes piceous ; legs ferruginous, 

 clothed with black hairs and bristles ; thighs darker than the 



