DIPTEKA. 199 



BoMBYLius viDuus, Fein. 



Ater, nigro-hirtus, thoracis latenbv,s fidvo -pilosis, anlennis nigris, pedlbus 

 fulris, tarsis piceis,alis cinereis costa basali fiiscis. 



Slack : head clothed above with bhick hairs, and partly in front with 

 tawny hairs : mouth about half the length of the body : chest clothed with 

 black hairs, having a fringe of pale tmvny hairs on each side ; abdomen 

 slightly obconical, a little broader and nnich shorter than the chest, beset on 

 each side and at the tip with black bristles : legs tawng, armed with black 

 bristles and spines ; feet pitchy : ivings dark gray, dark brown beneath the 

 fore border, across half the breadth and along half the length from the 

 base ; wing-ribs and veins pitchy ; poisers tawny vvith yellow knobs. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Van Diemen's Land. 



Group D.— C. D. B. M. 276. 



Characters of Group A. The little cross-vein somewhat before two- 

 thirds of the length of the discoidal areolet. 



BOMBYLIUS RECEDENS, Fcm. 



Niger, fulvo-hirtus, anlennis yiigris, pedibus fulvis, femoribus basi nigris, 

 alis sublimpidis vilta ad costam fulva fusco marginata. 



Black, rather narrov), thickly clothed with pale taivny hairs; some 

 black hairs in front of the head : mouth about half the length of the body : 

 abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest, ivith some black hairs at 

 the tip : legs laicny, beset with a few black bristles ; thighs black towards 

 the base ; feet pitchy towards the tips : wings nearly colourless, with a short 

 fringe of black bri.stles on the base of the fore border; a broad tawny stripe 

 occupies the base and extends thence beneath the fore border for more than 

 three-fourths of the length ; it is bordered in the disk u-ilh brown which 

 has a darker hue on the cross-veins ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins black, partly 

 tawny at the base and along the fore border ; poisers tawny with pilcliy 

 knobs. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



