466 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vou. VII, 
N.B.—This specimen can hardly fail to be the maculipennis 
of Walker, the description agreeing exactly throughout except that 
he speaks of the proboscis as yellowish, for which I anticipate he 
has mistaken the conspicuous yellowish labella. 
Chrysopilas humeralis, mihi, sp. nov. 
@. Darjiling. Long. 6 mm. 
Head.—Eyes practically contiguous for the greater part of 
their length above the antennae, leaving a narrowly elongate frons 
of the shape of an isosceles triangle, which is bluish grey ; ocellar 
protuberance blackish, occiput dark grey ; face narrowly triangular, 
bluish grey. Antennae brownish yellow, proboscis and _ palpi 
similar, the latter rather darker, both with yellow hairs. 
Thorax.—Shining blackish with pale yellow hairs; shoulders 
livid yellow; pleurae dark bluish grey varying to blackish; scutel- 
lum and metanotum blackish. 
Abdomen.—Blackish, with pale pubescence; the major part of 
the basal half yellowish, leaving generally a narrow anterior and 
posterior blackish margin of varying width to each segment ; 
about the apical half of the abdomen all black. Belly similar to 
upper side. 
Legs.—Coxae and femora yellowish, apical half, more or less, 
of fore and hind femora blackish or quite black; remainder of 
legs dark brown. 
Wings.—Grey, no stigma; a very slight brownish darkening 
about the fork of the 2nd longitudinal vein, continued in dimin- 
ished intensity along a further or lesser part of the marginal cell. 
Halteres yellowish with blackish brown knobs. 
Described from 3 ¢ @ in the Indian Museum from Chumbi, 
Darjiling District (4000 ft.), July 1911 [Gravely]. 
BOMBYLIDAE. 
Hyperalonia semifuscata, mihi, sp. nov. 
(Pl) xxxvit, fig: 4.) 
2. Bombay Presidency. Long. Io mm. 
Head much developed behind eyes. Frons one-third of head 
at level of antennae, narrowing at vertex to half this width; 
blackish, with yellowish scales and long black hairs. Face with 
brighter and thicker yellow hair, mouth border broadly orange 
yellow, with yellow hairs. Proboscis dark brown. Antennae red- 
dish brown, 3rd joint very elongo-conical, with distinct style. 
Back of head blackish, with some pale yellow scales on orbital 
margin and with black and yellow hairs over the central part. 
Thovax.—Black. Front part of dorsum and around and 
below shoulders with thick long bright yellow scale-like hairs ; 
centre of dorsum with only sparse short yellow and black hairs. 
Below the wing the hair is nearly white and bristly, behind the 
