282 SYHPHID^. 



.3. Tarsi wholly black, epistonie projected , 



nearly directly downwards; length 17- 



"20 _mm imitator, Brim., p. 283. 



Tarsi with first three joints rather bright 



orange ; epistome projected diagonally ; 



length 15 nun vivida, sp. n., p. 285. 



4. Hind femora with a distinct tooth-like 



process below, near base ; face with a 



median dark stripe dentata, Brim., p. 286. 



Hind femora without process below ; face [p. 287. 



without stripe interrupta, Brun., 



217. Criorrhina simioides, Brim. 



Beineches simioides, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mas. ii, p. 83 (1908). 



S. Head: vertex black. Eyes reddish-bronze, facets uniform, 

 touching for only a short space above frontal prominence. 

 Antennte light reddisli-brown, situated on a sliort black pro- 

 minence. Snout produced. Pace black, shining, Mitli a greyish- 

 dusted wide stripe on each side. Back of head blackish-grey, 

 nearly bare. Thorax obscure blackish-grey (apparently). Humeral 

 calli brown; a greyish stripe on sides. Scutellum blackish, hairy. 

 The whole dorsum and sides of thorax clothed with thick blackish- 

 grey and brown hair. Ahdoynen clothed with dense pubescence 



Fig. bb.— Criorrhina simioides, S , Brun., head in profile. 



(recalling that of £ ambus) ; it is yellowish on basal half (except on 

 the extreme base, which is barer and apparently tawny), followed 

 by a wide blackish band of hair ; the tip of the abdomen being 

 clothed with red hair. Venter blackish ; the last segment 

 covered with dense black and reddish hair. Genitalia black, 

 shining. Legs reddish-brown; fore femora with a broad dark 

 brown band near tip ; middle pair with a black streak on inner 

 under side, and a shorter one on outer side near tip ; hind pair 

 appai-ently unmarked. All the femora with more or less scattered 



