230 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vou. XI, 
and also an inner row of about four shorter ones of uniform 
length. A little long soft pale yellow hair on middle of under- 
side; remainder of hind femora with very short yellow pubes- 
cence, which is longest about the middle on the outer side. Hind 
tibiae considerably curved yellow, with yellow pubescence, inner 
side mainly black; hind tarsi blackish brown with pale yellow 
pubescence; golden brown minute pubescence below. 
Wings pale grey; subcostal cell pale yellow; halteres pale 
lemon yellow ; anterior cross-vein barely beyond middle of discal 
cell. 
Described from 3 a7 @ and @ @ in perfect condition in the 
Indian Museum from Parambikulam, Cochin, 1700—3z00 ft., 
16—24-ix-14 [Gravely]. 
Criorhina imitator mihi, sp. nov. 
(Plate xiii, fig. 14). 
@ Western Himalayas. Long. 17 mm. 
Head produced downwards to a greater length than height of 
eyes. Frons and vertex blackish, with yellowish grey dust and 
dark brown hairs, the vertex with long brownish yellow hairs. 
Antennal prominence shining black, with yellow dust about the 
sides, and covered with some sparse brownish yellow hair. Face 
and lower part of head shining black, face with yellowish brown 
tomentum on each side up to end of snout, leaving an irregular 
median bare stripe; a few yellow hairs along inner orbit of eyes. 
Proboscis considerably longer than head, blackish, labella rather ° 
large ; palpi more than half as long as proboscis, blackish. An- 
tennal Ist and 2nd joints black, 3rd reddish brown, blackish at 
tip, arista black. Back of head dull shining black with brownish 
yellow hair, which extends to the vicinity of the cheeks, where it 
is longer. 
Thorax moderately shining black, with a grey tinge anteriorly, 
covered with thick pubescence, which is mainly black, but is 
yellow on about the anterior half, and again for a narrow space 
along the hind border. The shoulders, posterior corners and 
scutellum are covered thickly with yellow pubescence which 
extends to the pleura below the shoulders, 
Abdomen moderately shining black, with black pubescence. 
On 2nd segment the pubescence is yellowish, on posterior margins 
of 3rd and whole surface of 4th and 5th, bright red, long and 
conspicuous. Belly black, with pale yellow hairs on basal 
half. 
Legs black, some yellow pubescence about the base and sides 
of all the femora. 
Wings pale grey, pale brown tinged on anterior half; a slight 
infuscation about the stigmatic region, origin of 3rd vein, the 
posterior cross vein, and most of the veins being just perceptibly 
infuscated, 
