270 BOMBYLTID-*. 



Eedescribed from two J c? and one $ in the British Museum 

 from the Bombay Presidency (E. B. Fry), and the original type 

 in the Indian Museum. 



211. Bombylius albosparsus, Big. 



Bombylius albosparsus, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Eut. France, (7) Ixi, p. 362 

 (1892). 



<5 . Antennae black, facial pubescence thick, silvery white ; frons 

 black, with silvery pile, and two small tufts of the same colour. 

 The whole body velvety black, anterior part of thorax with dense 

 short grev pubescence. Abdomen with numerous white hairs 

 intermixed, tip with long thick white hairs. Halteres and legs 

 black ; wings nearly clear. 



$ (denuded) like d . Frons wide, with four spots formed by 

 silver pile ; proboscis longer than head and thorax together. 



Pondicherry. Length, 5i mm. 



Type in the Bigot collection. 



212. Bombylius vicinus, Brun. 



Bombylius vicinus, Bruiietti. Kec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 480 (1909). 



$ . This species is so closely allied to terminalis that I had 

 almost decided to regard it as the $ of that species. The 

 differences, however, appear sufficient to be specific. The hair on 

 the front is more whitish, that on the back of the head uniformly 

 greyish yellow, very dense, the posterior orbit of the eyes is 

 snow-white with minute white hairs; first antennal joint pale 

 yellow, second somewhat lighter than in terminal ; base of 

 proboscis yellow. The hairs on the thorax appear whiter, those 

 on the sides and underside being quite white. The scutellum, 

 posterior portion of the thorax, and the abdomen are covered with 

 rather short brownish-yellow hairs. Some white hairs at the 

 base of the abdomen at the sides and a few white hairs at the tip, 

 but no snow-white pile at the tip of the abdomen. Legs as in 

 terminalis. 



Lenyth, 4 mm. 



Described from a unique $ in the Pusa collection from 

 Allahabad, 3.iv. 1906 (Hewlett). 



213. Bombylius terminalis, Bwn. 



Bombylius terminalis, Bruiietti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 479 (1909). 

 c? . Head with vertex of moderate size, dark grey ; eyes con- 

 tiguous for two-thirds of the distance from the vertex to the 

 antennae, reddish brown. Antennae wholly black ; 1st joint 

 longer than 2nd ; 3rd nearly double the 1st and 2nd together, 

 bearing a short, minute bristle; 1st and 2nd joints with pale 

 hairs. Frons and face with yellowish hairs, and snow-white pile 

 around the antennae, lower part of head white, with white hairs ; 



