86 ANASTOECHUS LONGIROSTRIS. 



abdomen however are more slender; the head is broader 

 than the thorax and densely covered vrith long hairs; 

 it is white on the face and darkbrown or blackish 

 on the front, and between which the black antennae ap- 

 pear; terminal style of the latter as long as the pyriform 

 third joint; the end of the style a little thickened. Rostrum 

 black, as long as two thirds of the body. Thorax and 

 abdomen thickly clothed with a long pilosity of a yellow- 

 ish color and with a white reflection; on the sides of the 

 abdomen , amongst this pilosity , some long , black bristles 

 are present. Legs and halteres pale rufous. Wings with 

 a grey tinge , yellowish at the base and along the costa ; 

 at the beginning of the costa a comb of black tipped yel- 

 lowish hairs occurs; neuration exactly agreeing with that 

 of A. barbatus. 



A 9 from the Himalaya (Felder). 



44. SystoecJms leucopygus , n. sp. 



Nigricans , Jlavo-kirtus , mento , pectore anoque albo-hirtis ; 

 antennis rostroqiie nigris; pedibus luteis; alts cinereis , basi 

 et costa testaceis. — cf. Long. 10,5 mm. 



General appearance like in our European species of ^om- 

 bylius. Blackish, covered with a very dense yellow pilo- 

 sity , which becomes fulvous on the collar and has a sil- 

 very white reflection on the last abdominal segment; front 

 small, trigonal; face short; both with a sericeous pale- 

 yellow pile; beard and the hairs on the pleurae and the 

 breast white. Antennae black; the first joint cylindrical, 

 the second short, the third a little longer than the two 

 previous joints together , subulate. Rostrum black , as 

 long as the thorax. Legs yellow , with small bristles , those 

 of the front legs very short. Halteres reddish-yellow. Wings 

 greyish , at the base and along the costa , as far as two 

 thirds of its length , with a brownish yellow tinge. 



A cf from Adelaide (Felder). 



Notes from thie Leyden IMixseiim, "Vol. VII. 



