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a little fine yellow hair and a row of black bristles on hind 

 margin. 



Abdomen black, with transverse bands of yellowish, yellowish 

 grey or whitish small scales, broadest on 2nd and 4th segments 

 where, especially towards the sides, they reach up to or beyond 

 the middle of each segment : a narrow basal band on 3rd 

 segment and a narrow band on hind margins of 5th and 6th. 

 A large bunch of brownish yellow elongate scales towards and on 

 sides of 1st, 2nd and 3rd segments ; dorsum of ist bearing sparse 

 concolorous fine hairs. Sides of 3rd and 4th segments with elongate 

 brownish yellow scaly pubescence which is paler on the latter ; 

 sides of 5th and 6th segments with numerous elongate dark brown 

 scales and long black bristles, the posterior part of the side of the 

 6th segment bearing a conspicuous bunch of elongate snow white 

 scales ; 7th segment with black scales only ; all the dorsal surface 

 of abdomen, which is not occupied by pale scales, covered with 

 minute impressed black scales ; sparse pale fine hairs on about 

 basal half of dorsal surface, replaced on the remainder by black ones, 

 hind margins of segments with a row of black bristles. Belly with 

 a broad transverse band of yellowish scales beyond middle ; 

 remaining segments with white scales ; whole surface of belly 

 plentifully covered with long yellowish or yellowish grey hairs, 

 with fine black hairs towards tip. Genitalia brownish yellow with 

 circlet of reddish brown blunt spines and black pubescence. 



Legs black, coxae with grey or whitish rather long pubescence; 

 femora and tibiae with small white or yellowish grey scales and 

 rows of black bristles. 



Wings nearly clear, the brown suffusion on anterior part in 

 type specimen limited to subcostal cell ; in the 2nd specimen extend- 

 ing from costa up to but not encroaching on discal cell, dying away 

 towards tip ; anterior cross vein just before middle of discal cell ; 

 halteres cream yellow. 



Described from three paratype 9 $ in the Indian Museum, 

 neither one of the three being in sufficiently good condition to 

 regard as an ultimate type; Simla, 7-8,000 ft., 26-V-14 {Evans); 

 Mussoorie, 6,500 ft. {Bond) ; Guindy, Madras {Patton). 



Subfamily BOMBYLINAE. 

 Bombylius major, L. 



For description see Schiner, Fauna Aiistriaca, I, p. 60, and N'errall, 



British Flies, V (Stratiomyidae, etc.), p. 497. 

 Brun., Rec. Ind. Miis. II, p. 457 (Notes). 



Simla Hills, 28-iv-07 and 4-V-07 ; Simla, ro — i3-iv-i4 {Capt. 

 Evans); Matiana, 28-iv-07 ; Kufri, 4-V-07 ; Kodiali, 8,400 ft. 



Dischistus resplendcns, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mits. II, p. 481. 



Dharampur, 5,000 ft., 6 — 8-V-07 ; below Theog, 7,000 ft., 

 r4-v-09. Also occurs in Assam. 



