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12. Physocephala albofasciata Brun. 



Records of the Ind. Mus. VII, p. V, 1912, p. 497, Taf. 37, 

 fig. 13, 14. 



(^$: ,,Head and front yellow, epistome paler and more livid; 

 Vertex with a brown v-shaped mark, proboscis red, extreme tip 

 black. Sides of front, seen from above, brilliantly silvery white. 

 Eyes brown. Antennae reddish tawny, second Joint one and a 

 half times as long as third; apical half of third Joint black. Vertex 

 and back of head yellow, posterior orbit of eyes silvery white. 



Thorax. Tawny brown, dorsum and humeral calli cinereous 

 grey, middle of dorsum dark brown. Sidestripe and metanotum 

 shining silver grey. Scutellum tawny brown. 



Abdomen tawny; second segment narrow, of uniform width, 

 third widening suddenly. Posterior borders of segments silvery 

 white; last two segments entirely tawny; with some irregulär black • 

 hairs. The (^ has a moderate-sized process under the fourth seg- ' 

 ment. In the $ the abdomen is a little darker, with more brown in it. 



Legs all reddish tawny, with silvery white reflections on the 

 outside of the tibiae, hind femora very slightly thickened. 



Wings clear, pale brownish yellow from the anterior border 

 as far back as about the posterior cross-vein. Discal cell quite clear. 



Described from 2 c^ and 4 $ in the Ind. Mus. from Karachi, 

 west coast of India. Bombay Presidency. Length 10 — 12 mm." 



13. Physocephala nigrofasciata Brun., 1. c, p 497, Taf. 37, fig. 15, 16. 



(^: ,,Head yellow, not shining and without silvery reflections; 

 proboscis of considerablc length, much more than double the length 

 of the head, black. Antennae tawny, tip dark brown. Back of 

 occiput yellow; eyes brown. — Thorax. Brown. Dorsum black. 

 Humeri and posterior border just above scutellum yellowish; 

 metanotum black with yellow sides. Scutellum tawny brown. — 

 Abdomen. Reddish tawny, second segment only moderately con- 

 tracted, with yellow posterior border; third and fourth segments 

 with broad black posterior borders, and some black hairs. Rest 

 of abdomen reddish-tawny, with a few black hairs; tip black. 

 Process under fourth segment. — All legs tawny reddish. Coxae 

 black. Wings pale grey, with a blackish band reaching to the tip 

 of the wing, and downwards into the discal cell; costal cell clear. 

 Halteres reddish tawny. — Length 13 mm. 



Described from a single (^ in the Ind. Mus. from Koygar 

 (Central Asia), on the Yarkand Expedition. 



NB. This might almost be put in the genus Conops so mode- 

 rately contracted in the base of abdomen." 



14. Physocephala annulifera Brun. {Conops annuliferus Big. nom. 



nud.) 1. c, p. 498. 

 $: ,,Head. Deep yellow, slightly reddish above antennae, 

 shghtly livid on Vertex. A large black triangulär mark on fron?, 



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