264 BOMBYLIIDyE. 



median line of the hinder part of the abdomen much thinner ; 

 the pubescence extends thickly over the sides, the central space of 

 the ventral surface bearing short grey pubescence. Legs all 

 black ; hind femora with some rows of short black bristles below ; 

 anterior femora with some short soft hairs below ; very small 

 bristles on all tibiae. Wings pale grey ; a narrow basal black 

 band not reaching as far distally as the humeral cross-vein and 

 the alulae ; a broad, rather pale brownish, distinct but ill-defined 

 band across middle of wing from costa nearly or quite to hind 

 border, beginning before the anterior cross-vein and ending about 

 level with the tip of the 2nd longitudinal vein ; costal and sub- 

 costal cells a little brownish ; halteres black. 



Length, 13-15 mm. 



Eedescribed mainly from three $ tf in good condition in the 

 Indian Museum from Anwarganj, Cawnpore Distr., 1-13. x. 1911 

 (Counter); Coorg, S. India ( Hannyngtoii) ; and Karikkuppaur, 

 S. India, 2500ft., 21. x. 1910. Other examples are from Dehra 

 Dun, ix. 1913 and x. 1914 (Chatterjee\ 9. vii. 1913 ; Palamovv, 

 Bengal ; Chapra, Bengal, common (Mackenzie) ; Bangalore ; 

 Ranchi; Hadagalli, Ceylon. 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



206. Bombylius wulpii, Brun. 



Bombylius wulpit, Brunetti, Eec. Itid. Mus. ii, p. 457 (1909) ; id., 



op. cit. iii, p. 26 (1909). 

 Sombylius pulchellus, Wulp (nee Loew, 1863), Tijd. v. Ent. 



xxiii, p. 164, pi. x, fig-. 8 (1880). 



Comastes pulchellus, Wulp, Cat. Dipt. S. Asia, p. 74 (1896). 

 Eucharimyia dives, Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (6) viii. p. cxl 



(1888). 

 Bombylins scintillans, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. iii, p. 224 (1909). 



S $ . Head in <5 nearly as broad as thorax, black ; eyes 

 contiguous for about half the distance between vertex and 

 antennae ; upper facets much larger than and divided clearly from 

 lower ones ; eyes reddish or dark brown ; vertex distinct, ocelli 

 red ; antennie black, 3rd joint nearly double as long as 1st and 

 2nd together, long bushy black hairs on 1st joint; clypeus 

 shining dark brown or blackish, the centre part devoid of 

 pubescence ; a small conspicuous spot of silvery-white scales on 

 each side of the antennae and another larger one on each side of 

 the face ; proboscis black ; occiput blackish, with bushy bright 

 yellow hairs on upper part and long black hairs on lower part. 

 In $ , frons nearly one-third of the head, a little narrower above, 

 black, covered with bright deep yellow scaly hairs or scales; four 

 white scale-spots on head as in d ; occiput with bright yellow- 

 pubescence; face nearly bare. Thorax in rf deep black, with 

 black pubescence, the anterior part of dorsum with bright 

 yellowish hairs ; scutellum black, with long black hairs ; a white 

 scale-spot just behind each humerus. In $, dorsum and 



