BY ARTHUR WHITE. 195- 



This species bears a very close resemblance to B. fus- 

 canus, but is a much more hairy insect, for whilst B. fus- 

 canus, even in fresh specimens, has a bare and denuded 

 look, B. palliolatus is completely covered with a very 

 thick and long furry pubescence; the legs too are distinct- 

 ly darker. The chief distinction^ however, is found in the 

 face, that of B. palliolatus being almost twice the widthi 

 of B. fuscanus, and the eyes being very much shorter. 



There isi a specimen of this species in the British Museum 

 collection, labelled Bomhylius matutinus, Walk. It is,, 

 however, as shown by the broad face, quite distinct from: 

 the type of B. watufijins, which is also in the Museum col- 

 lection. The latter specimen is badly denuded, but it may 

 very probably be identical with B. fuscanus, Macq. 



B. palliolatus is a much scarcer species than B. fuscanus. 

 It seems tO' be an early spring species, my dates ranging 

 from September 27 to October 22. 



BOMBYLIUS CHRYSENDETUS, Sp. nOV. 



A very small, golden-b aired species. Abdomen without 

 any black hairs ; thorax velvet-black ; legs light or dark 

 red ; wings hyaline, with base and basal part of foremargin 

 brown. 



Length. Male, 5 mm. ; female, 5.5 mm. 



Length of proboscis, 2 mm. 



Hab. Mangalore. 



Male. Face rather narrow, grey, with long black hairs. 

 Front extremely small, owing to the joined eyes reaching 

 almost to the antennae ; vertex with a tuft of black hairs.. 

 Proboscis black, slender, rather short. Antennae black, 

 about the same length as the head, the first joint about, 

 twice the length of the second, and bearing long black 

 hairs, the third strap-shaped, a little longer than the first 

 two joints together, and terminated by a pointed style. 

 Thorax velvet-black, with upright dull yellow pubescence 

 and depressed golden pubescence. Abdomen dull brown- 

 ish-black, with pubescence similar to that of the thorax. 

 Legs with femora and tibiae rather dark, dull red; tarsi 

 and apex of tibiae black ; posterior femora with long black 

 bristles beneath. AVings hyaline, with the base and basal 

 part of foremargin brown. 



Female resembles the male, but the eyes are widely- 

 separated; the hairs of the face yellow instead of black; 

 the front broad, bearing short, depressed, golden pubes- 

 cence; the pubescence of the body generally brighter; and. 

 the legs a paler red. 



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