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JOIIXSOX — GEXUS liOMBYLIUS 
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Bombylius FtJLViHASis Miicquart. 
B. jidvilmfiiK Macq. Dij)!. Exot. V, S2, 1855. 
B. atriccps Loew, Cfiit. IV, 49, lSfi5. 
There seems to be no dout)t tliat Maec|imrt’s name will have to he adopted 
for this species — “ Long. 2|, 1. 9 . Troni])e longue de deux lignes. Barhe hlanche. 
Face fl’un noir hiisant. Front : le tiers anterieiir d’nn noir mat, a leger duvet fauve; 
les deux tiers posterieurs d’un tioir luisant, a ])oils noirs.” The size can only apply 
to this species and not to the specimen of “ phUadelphicus" which Baron Osten 
Sacken found with it — see O. S. Cat’l., note 1.50, p. 2.'hS. 
This species which often clo.sely re.semhles the following, is distinguished hv its 
smaller size (6 to S mm.), duller yellow j)ile, with slight hands of hlack hairs on the 
abdomen, and the shorter and Irroader third antennal joint. Although widely di.s- 
trihuted it seems to he quite local. I have only taken it at Clementon, X. .1., where it 
can he obtained in great numbers on the flowers of the Sand Myrtle {LeioplujUum 
huxifolium Fll.), iNIav 9-16. It has been collected by Mr. B. II. Walden at New 
Haven, Conn., iMay 25, by Dr. Ceo. Dimmock, at Springfield, Ma.ss., May 22 and In- 
Mrs. Slosson at Charlotte Harbor, Fla. 
B0MBYLIU.S MEXIC.V.NUS Wiedemann. 
B. philadelphicus IMaccj., Dijrt. Exot. H, 1, [). 09, pi. VI, f. 3. 
This is a larger species (10 to 11 mm.) than fiilviha.'sis, with brighter and thicker 
yellow pile, black hairs rarely present, and a narrow lanceolate third antennal joint. 
It is usually found in the greatest numlrer, about three weeks later than fulvihafiif!. 
It is represented in my collection by a specimen from Florida collected by Mrs. 
Slosson; Tifton, Ga., Miiv 16 (G. R. Pilate); Ft. Washington, IMd., May 26; Clem- 
enton, Xk .J., iMay .30; Riverton, N. .1., .lune 9-16; Iona, X. .1., .Tune S (E. Daecke). 
BoMBYLIUS INC.AXU.S, n. sp. 
B. philadtdphicus .Johnson, in Smith’s Cat’l. X”^. .1. In.sccts, p. 649 (not of Mac- 
quart). 
d’. Face and front covered with dense silvery white hair, vertical triangle 
black, with black hairs, antennae black, the third joint narrowly lanceolate, probos- 
cis about 3 mm. in length. Thorax grayish black, with white pile, the jiile on the 
dorsum and scutellum le.ss abundant and interspersed with black. .Abdomen covered 
with long dense white pile, with a slight tuft of black hairs on the sides. A specimen 
