216 



BOMBYLIlDjE. 



Distal margin of dark wing-band including 

 the spot on fork of 2nd vein and filling 

 basal half of 1st posterior cell (with two 

 lighter patches), also filling half of discal 

 cell and including spot on base of 3rd 



posterior cell ; spot on base of 2nd poste- IP- "" 



rior cell large and distinct obscnrifrons, Brim., 



6. Legs principally yellow ; * tip of abdomen 



without white scales ' 



Legs all black ; t tip of abdomen with con- 

 spicuous white scales 8. 



7. Legs practically wholly yellow; bifur- 



cation of 2nd and 3rd veins only just 



before anterior cross-vein limdans, Bran., p. ^U. 



Basal half of anterior, and all hind femora, 

 black ; bifurcation of 2nd and 3rd veius 

 lialf-way between base of discal cell and 

 anterior cross-vein intermedia, sp. n.,p. 221. 



8. Wing-band extending to middle of marginal 



cell, enclosing fork of 2nd vein, all the 



discal and anal cells, and nearly all 4th [p- 2-7. 



posterior cell argentiapicalis, Bruu., 



Wing-baud extending (apart from costal 

 and subcostal cell) only to anterior cross- 

 vein, base of discal cell, and nearly all the 



anal cell ;; - 



9. Outer margin of wing-band distinctly 

 oblique, lighter or darker Jtroicn, with a 

 few lighter parts ; anal and axillary cells 

 always with tips quite clear for a" short 



distance yestroi, Brun., p. 222. 



Outer margin of wing-band practically 

 transverse, nearly black, with no lighter 



parts ; anal and axillary cells with barely [p- 224. 



their extreme tips clear ". niveicauda, Brun., 



10. Wings clear, costa slightly darker ; several [p. 225. 



isolated spots present \ duvaucelii, Macq., 



Wings practically or absolutely clear .... 11. [p. 228. 



11. Femora and tibiae wholly yellow claripennis, Brun., 



Femora mainly or wholly black 12. 



12. Larger species, 7-8 mm. ; abdomen appa- [p- 229. 



rently covered with snow-white scales . . niveisqnamis, Brim., 

 Smaller species, 5 mm. ; abdomen with 



short yellow pubescence, no snow-white [p- 230. 



scales nigrofemorata, Brun., 



A. varia, F., was introduced to the Indian fauna by me 

 (Eec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 450) on a single specimen from Bhim Tal 

 in the Indian Museum. The example is now headless, and it is 

 therefore impossible to describe the species, no other specimens 



* A. appendiculata, Big., comes here ; it is impossible to plac it any closer 

 from the description. 



t Occasional specimens of gestroi have the legs pale brown. 



\ A. instituta, Walk. (p. 227), comes with duvaucelii, and is possibly iden- 

 tical, but must be regarded for the present as requiring confirmation as Indian. 



