74 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XIII. 



Therioplectcs hirtus, Walk. 



Ins. Saiind. Dipt., p. 52. 



Ricardo, Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, p. 228. 



Mashobra, Simla Hills, 7,000 ft., 1909 {K. T. Pease) ; Phagu, 

 18 — 2r-v-i6; ii-v-09 ; Kufri, ir-v-09; Kufri to Phagu, i8-v and 

 21 V-16 ; Simla, 16-V-09. 



Family BOMBYLIDAE. 



Subfamily ANTHRACINAE. 



Argyramoeba obscurifrons, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mas. Ill, p. 216. 

 Phagu, 14 — 15-V-09, a single 9 . 



Anthrax paniscus, Rossi. 



For description see Schiner, Fauna Aiistriaca, I, p. 50; also Verrall, 



British Flies, V, Stratiomyidae, etc., p. 526. 

 Brun., Rec. Ind. Mas. II, p. 452. 



Simla, x-06 {H. M. Lefroy). 



Anthrax himalayensis, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mas. Ill, p. 322 (fig.). 



Anfiwax maiira, Brun., loc. cit., II, p. 451. 



Phagu, 18 — 2r-v-i6; Kufri to Phagu, 18-V-16 ; Simla, 7,000- 

 9,000 ft., 12 — 16-V-09. Very near maura, L- of Europe, as which 

 I at first recorded it from Naini Tal. 



Anthrax aperta, Walk. 



Ins. .Saund. Dipt., pt. 3, p. 180. 



Four from Simla, r6-v-09. Taken on Sedum and the common 

 marguerite. 



Anthrax approximata, sp. nov. 



$ . India, Ceylon, Assam, etc. Long. 11-12 mm. 



This species is very close to clara, Walk., yet certainly distinct. 

 The scales on thefrons and face vary from yellow to snow white ; in 

 one specimen being yellow on both parts, in others yellow on frons 

 and white on face, those of the latter colour encroaching to some 

 extent on lower part of frons : in one example snow white on 

 practically the whole of both the frons and the face ; sometimes 

 some yellow scales around the mouth parts amidst the white ones. 



Abdomen not uniformly pubescent as is probably the case in 

 clara, but with distinct transverse bands of yellow or whitish scales 

 at base of segments, those on the 2nd and 4th being widest, extend- 



