1907] 
JOHXSOX — GEXUS BOMBYLIUS 
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the post -alar callus and sciitellum; lower part of the pleurae and sternum with white 
pile. Abdomen, base yellowish pilose with black predominatinjj on the second and 
third segments, forming two broad bands, the black pile also predominating on the 
la.st .segment; basal half of the venter white pilo.se, the remainder more or less black- 
ish. I.^gs yellow, coxae black, knees and outer portion of the tarsi brown. Wings 
with the dark brown basal area ()uite clearly defined, extending into the discal and 
the first and third submarginal cells, the remainder of the wing grayish hyaline. 
$ Front covered with procumbent golden yellow tomentum and long black 
hairs (in denuded specimens shining black). The thorax, scutellum and abdomen 
beneath the thin yellowish and black pile, are covered with a procumbent golden 
tomentum, the white pile of the pleurae extending upward and fonning a tuft in 
front of the wings. There are also tufts of white hairs on the sides of the first and 
fourth segments of the abdomen. lycngth, 7-8 mm. 
Three specimens collected by the writer on the flowers of the Xew .Jersey tea 
(Ceanothus americamts) at iNIorris Plains, X. .7., .June 2.5, 1892. Two specimens 
collected by iNIr. H. L. Yicrcck at Lehigh Gap, Pa., .June 2(3 ami 29, 1901. 
From the description, the c? of this species was inadvertently referred to B. 
lancifer. Its is however smaller and less robust, lacks the line of brown pile e.xtend- 
ing from the humeri to the wings, has narrower third antennal joints and a shorter 
proboscis. The male of this species resembles that of varim in miniature, but the 
pile of the sternum is white and not black, as in that species. 
Bombylius v.vrius Fabr. 
This large and handsome species has been taken by the writer at the following 
localities; Glymont, Md., May 25, ’96; ^lorton, I^a., .July 7, ’93; Westville and 
Itiverton, X. .J., .June 15 to .July 2. It was common at the latter place on the flowers 
of the “Red Osier” {Cornus sericea). 
Bombylius fr.vudulf.xtus n. sp. 
C?. Face and front brownish black, opaque, with long black hairs, oral margin 
reddish, cheeks whitish with silver^' white hairs; antenna black and narrowly lanceo- 
late, proboscis about one half the length of the body. Thorax with long dense yellow 
pile, lower portion of the pleurae and sternum with white pile. Abdomen with 
yellow pile interspersed with black along the po.sterior margins of the third and 
fourth segments, forming more or less prominent band.s; pile on the venter white. 
Legs yellow, e.xtreme base of the femora, knees and terminal joints of the tarsi brown. 
