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scutellurn with fiery reddish-yellow scaly hairs and a few black 

 bristly hairs along sides of thorax and on scutellum. Abdomen 

 in c? dull shining black, with some long black hairs on 1st 

 segment and on the wholly black venter; remainder of dorsal 

 surface covered closely with shining silvery-white scales. In 5 , 

 abdomen covered with fierv reddish-yellow scaly hairs ; a small 

 white scale-spot at the sides of both 2nd and 4th segments ; 

 remainder as in 3 . Leys black ; anterior femora with short 

 soft black hairs below, hind pair with some rows of small black 

 bristles below ; tibiae with numerous small bristles. Wings 

 deep smoky brown, nearly black at base and on basal pnrl of 

 costa ; hind border paler, the colour dying away gradually ; a 

 blackish spot at upper angle of 2nd basal cell ; halteres black. 

 Anterior cross-vein distinctly before middle of discal cell; 1st 

 basal cell distinctly longer than 2nd. 



Length, 4-5 mm. 



Eedescribed from several specimens from Dehra Dun, vi. 1913, 

 vi. 1914 (Ghatterjee) Bellary, 30. viii. 1912; Cheria Island, 

 Chilka Lake, Orissa, 21. viii. 1914; Talewaddi, ]S T . Kanara Distr., 

 3-10. ix. 191 6 (Kemp}; Kulattupuzha, Travancore, 19. xi. 1908, 

 and Tenmalai, Travancore, at light, 22. xi. 08 (Annandale) ; Param- 

 bikulam, 1700-3200 ft., Cochin State, 16-24. ix. 1914 (Gravely} ; 

 Madulsima, Ceylon, 19.1.1909, and 9. viii. 1908 (T. B. Fletcher); 

 Kandy, viii. 1892 (Green) : Hambantota, Ceylon, 12. i. 1908 ; Maru- 

 thamalai Lashio, Upper Burma, 3000 ft., 23, 24. viii. 19 14 (Fletcher). 



207. Bombylius major, L. 



Bombylius major, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. x, p. 606 (1758) ; 

 Fabricius, Syst. Antl. p. 128 (1805); Meigeii, Syst. Besch. ii, 

 p. 190 (1820); Macquart, Hist. Nat. Dipt, i, p. 377, pi. ix, 

 tigs. 9, 10 (1834) ; Schiner, Faun. Austr., Dipt, i, p. 60 (1862) ; 

 et auct. plur.* 



Bomlylius.sinuatus, Mik, Monog. Bomb. Bohem. p. 35, pi. xi, tig. 4 

 (1796). 



Bombylius variegatm, De Geer, Ins. ed. Goeze, vi, p. 107, pi. xiv, 

 tig. 10 (1782). 



<$ . Head with vertex greyish black, triangular, elevated, with 

 long black hairs ; frons brownish grey, with a middle furrow, and 

 long dense hair, which is black on upper part but becomes light 

 brown near the antennae, also with short pale brown depressed 

 pubescence between the frons and the cheeks ; face mainly with 

 dense brownish-yellow hairs and a few black ones intermixed ; the 

 pubescence near the eyes black ; lower part of head with dense 

 long whitish pubescence; eyes contiguous for some distance; 

 occiput much puffed out, with dense dark tawny pubescence and 

 a fringe of long black hairs posteriorly. Antennae black ; 1st joint 

 three times as long as 2nd, with long black hairs; 2nd cup-shaped, 

 dusted with light grey, tip ferruginous : 3rd twice as long as 1st, 



* ride Kertesz, Kat. Dipt., for copious references. 



