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3rd and more than liinder lialf of 4th, also the oth and 6tii wholly 

 except sometimes at base of former, with bright golden-yellow 

 dust. Venter and genitalia concolorous, shining brown. L&js 

 uniformly orange-brown ; basal half of tibiae more or less pale 

 yellow; tarsi witli black bristles. All femora with sligiit whitish 

 reflections; iiind coxa) and outer sides of all tibias conspicuously 

 ilusted witli silvery-white. Witu/s with more than the anterior 

 half rather dark brown, though more yellowish basally ; the deep 

 brown colour extends distally to the tip of the 3rd vein and fills 

 the basal half of the 1st posterior cell ; wliile brown of a less 

 deep shade fills the discal and 1st basal cells, and extends 

 indeKnitely over the base of tlie 3rd posterior cell. Halteres 

 brownish-yellow. 



Length, 13-14 mm. 



Described from several J c? from Chapra, Bengal {Maclcenzie) , 

 and 1 $ from lladagalli, Ceylon, x. 1911 ("on flowers"), iu the 

 Pusa collection ; also 2 2 § from Beeravalli, Btdlary District, 

 Ceylon, 10. viii-10. ix. 1913. Cotypcs in my own collection. 



281. Physocephala nigrofasciata, Bmn. 



riujsiicephala niyrofdAciata, Eruuetti, Ree. Ind. JNIus. vii, p. 497, 

 pi. xxxvii, Ugs. I'i, 16 (1912). 



i5 . Head entirely orange-yellow ; 3rd antenna! joint blackish- 

 brown ; proboscis fully 2i- times as long as head, black ; nearly all 

 the upper half of the occiput is orange-yellow. Thorax: dorsum 

 black; humeri and middle of hind margin with conspicuous bright 

 yeiloiv dust; pleur;e mainly orange-brown, a little blackisii on 

 lower and hinder paits; scutelhun orange-brown; metanotum 

 black, orange-brown above, hypopleura with bright yellow dust. 

 Abdomen orange-brown; 1st segment blacUish at base; 4th and 

 5th black on basal two-tbirds or more; hind margins of all 

 segments from 1st onwards more or less distinctly, but narrowly, 

 dusted wiLli yellow or yellowisli-grey. Legs wholly orange-brown ; 

 00X33 black, with some whitish reflections; outer sides of libiai 

 with rather conspicuous yellow dust. iri»f/.s grey ; anterior half 

 from costa to 4th vein blackish-brown ; this colour fills the basal 

 half of the 1st posterior cell, where it is limited rather sharply, 

 but fades away somewhat on the costa between the tips of the 

 2nd and 3rd veins; basally it spreads slightly into the discal 

 cell. Halteres orange-brown. 



Length, 13 mm. 



Kedescribed from the original ////*f, a uni(|ue J in tlie Indian 

 Museum. Koygar, Central Asia ( i'(o7.v/)u< h'.vpedilioii). Though 

 this species has not so far been taken within the limits of i}ritish 

 India, it is included here, as it m;iy very possibly occur iu 

 Northern India; also it would be liable to be overlooited unless 

 incorporated in a general work with otlier mend'ers of the 

 geuus. 



