﻿48 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Descriptions, 
  Sfc. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Northern 
  India. 
  From 
  Captain 
  Boys' 
  collection. 
  

   The 
  only 
  specimen 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  insect 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  collection 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Bomhus 
  rufo-fasciatus. 
  

  

  Female, 
  — 
  HeaA 
  black; 
  the 
  thorax 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  band 
  

   of 
  silvery-white 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  collar, 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  

   raetathorax 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  white 
  

   pubescence, 
  the 
  second 
  with 
  black, 
  the 
  third 
  with 
  bright 
  fulvous- 
  

   red, 
  and 
  the 
  three 
  following 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  beneath, 
  and 
  the 
  legs, 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  white 
  

   pubescence. 
  

  

  Length 
  10 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Northern 
  India. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  Bomhus; 
  one 
  

   is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  

   J. 
  S. 
  Baly, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  Bomhus 
  shnillimis. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Entirely 
  black, 
  except 
  the 
  three 
  apical 
  segments 
  of 
  

   the 
  abdomen, 
  which 
  are 
  red 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   pale 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  

   dark 
  fuscous, 
  semi-transparent. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  like 
  the 
  Lajndar'ms 
  of 
  Linn. 
  ; 
  it 
  is, 
  however, 
  

   larger, 
  and 
  has 
  dark 
  wings. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Northern 
  India. 
  

  

  