150 STRPIIID^, 



Museum collection. Dr. de Meijere records a d from Japan 

 agreeing almost exactly with my description. 



119. Volucella pelhicens, L. 



Miisca pellucens, Linnpeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. p. 595 (1758). 

 Volucella 2^c-ll»(^ens, Verrall, Brit. Flies, Syiph. p. 490: auctt. var. 

 Conops dnjaphihis, Scopoli, Kni. Carn. p. 35o (1763). 

 Musca fera, Harris, Expos. Engl. Ins. p. 39, pi. x, fig. 2 (1782). 

 Syiyhus jnitescens, Sclielleubei'g, Gen. Mouch. pi. viii, fig. 2 (1803). 



6 2 . Head brownish-yellow ; frons but little produced, a little 

 more brownish, with a little short black pubescence ; vertex black. 

 Eyes with dense black pubescence in c? , bare in $. Antennae 

 dull orange, arista orange, pubescent practically to tip. Trous in 

 2 with nearly parallel sides. Tliora.v shining black, brownish on 

 humeri and for some distance along sides ; pubescence short, 

 blackish ; some black bristles at base of pleurae, above base of 

 wing, on posterior calli and margin of scutellura. Abdomen short- 

 ovate, shining black, with brown and bluish reflections ; 2ud 

 segment all yellowish-white except a narrow brownish median 

 stripe, broadened at base, sometimes absent in 5 . Pubescence of 

 abdomen very short though dense, following ground-colour, 

 except along hind margin of 2nd segment, where it is black. Legs 

 black, knees a little brownish-orange ; base of anterior tarsi more 

 so; pubescence very short, black. Wings pale orange on about 

 basal half ; a distinct blackish cloud across middle and at tip, the 

 intermediate space darker, these darker marks fading gradually 

 hindwards to the entirely clear hind margin. Squama? blackish- 

 biown with orange margins and fringe ; halteres dull brown. 



Length, about 15 mm. 



The above is mainly abridged from Verrall's description of 

 British specimens. 



One 6 in the Forest Zoologist's collection from Takula, 

 Kumaon District, W. Himalayas. Distributed over all Europe 

 and recorded from Ja])an, 



120. Volucella basalis, Bnm. 



Volucella basalis, Bnnietti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 61 (190s) ; i, 

 pi. xi, fi;,^ 11, abd., fig. 12, wing (1907). 



$ . Head entirely bright orange ; frons narrowing towards 

 vertex, which is black; mouth-border brown; proboscis and extreme 

 lower part of cheeks black ; eyes bare. The face is considerably 

 produced into a large snout, which is cut away just below the 

 antenna; ; antennae small, orange. Thorax moderately shining 

 black, bare, sides black ; scutellum very dark brown, almost bare, 

 except for a row of strong bristles near posterior ed^e. AJ>domen 

 black, a little shining, almost bare; the basal half of the 2nd 

 segment occupied by a large transverse livid yellow elongated 



