218 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. XI, 
Thorax moderately shining black, with, in certain lights, a 
slight aeneous tinge: prothorax dull aeneous, covered with light 
brownish yellow, rather thick pubescence, rest of dorsum covered 
with black pubescence; scutellum with long thick black pubescence, 
lower posterior margin with a fringe of short yellowish hairs. 
Mesopleura and sternopleura with thick yellowish pubescence, rest 
of sides of thorax with sparser black hairs. 
Abdomen shining black, covered thickly with bright red pubes- 
cence, which becomes more yellowish on Ist segment and on sides 
of 2nd. Margins of 3rd and 4th segments, and whole of belly 
with black pubescence. Genitals dark grey with black hairs. 
Legs black, with short black pubescence, which is rather long 
on under side of femora, the hind pair having in addition two 
diverging rows of long widely separated hairs. 
Wings grey, anterior margin slightly darker; a broad brown- 
ish infuscation from around the stigmatic region across the middle 
of the wing, extending half way to the posterior margin. Hal- 
teres yellow, clubs black. 
Described from several 7 » from the Kumaon District, 20-6-14 
to 20-7-14. 
This species evidently mimics the bee Bombus haemorrhotdalis, 
Smith. 
BACCHA, .F. 
Meijere tabulates and notes a number of oriental species 
(Tijd. v. Ent. li, 316) and records the following previously known 
species: pulchrifrons, Aust., from Depok, W. Java, Singapore and 
Tsushima; pedicellata, Dol., from Semarang and Tandjong Priok, 
Java [Jacobson| also 7a” @ from Krakatua, and purpuricola, 
Walk., from two Papuan localities and the Kev Islands, 
I have myself received males of nubilibennis, Aust., and 
pulchrifrons, Aust., from Kandy and Peradentya respectively. 
Since Van der Wulp’s catalogue, quite a number of new species 
of this genus have been set up. These are listed here. 
rubella, Wulp, Termes. Fuzet. xxi, 423 (1898), Papua. 
Meijere notes both sexes from Papua. 
mundula, Wulp, loc. cit., 423, 2, Papua. 
Meijere records the @# from Sukabumi, Java [Kramer], 
anda @ from Dilo, Papua [Lorza}. 
circumcincta, Meij., Tijd. v. Ent., li, 320 (1908), 2 , Buiten- 
zorg, Java[ Jacobson]. Type in Amsterdam, a unique 
specimen. 
pallida, id., loo. cut., 322, ~ Stephansort, Papua [Bzro]. 
Type, a unique specimen, in Hungarian Museum. 
loriae, id., loc. cit., 324, @ Paumomu, Papua [Loria]. Type, 
a unique specimen, in Genoa Museum. 
austeni, zd., loc. cit., 325, 7 2, environs of Buitenzorg, Java 
[ Jacobson]. 
