278 BOMBTLlIDyE. 



221. Systceclms eupogonatus, Big. 



Systcechus eupogonatus, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Ixi, p. 365 

 (1892). 



" d 1 . Antennae black, 1st joint covered above with long blackish 

 hair, and below grey ; face dull vellow, with grey hairs above, hairs 

 on lower part long, black, and thick. Frons black, with long black 

 hairs. All the body covered with thick pale yellow pubescence. 

 Scutellurn black, reddish at tip; halteres tawny, knobs whitish. 

 Legs reddish, femora brownish, with grey tomenturu. Wings 

 nearly clear. 



". Frons grey, with grev pubescence; proboscis a little 

 longer than head and thorax together. India." (Bigot.) 



Length, 10 mm. 



Types in the Bigot collection. 



Genus ANASTOECHUS, O.-S. 

 Anastccchtis, Osten-Sacken, 'Western Diptera,' p. 251 (1877). 



GENOTYPE, Bombylius nitidulus, F. (as barbattts, O.-S.) (Europe); 

 by original designation. 



This genus differs from Bomlylius by both basal cells being of 

 equal length. The dense furry pubescence of the underside of the 

 head distinguishes it from SystoKclms (which also has the basal 

 cells subequal in length), but not from Bombylius. 



llanye. Europe, Asia, North Africa, North America, and India. 



Only one Oriental species has been recorded. 



222. Anastcechus longirostris, 



Anasta-chus longirostris, Wulp, Notes Levd. Mus. vii,p. 85 (1885). 



$ . " Small, black ; pubescence of head and body white, of frons 

 brown ; abdomen with several black bristles ; proboscis longer 

 than head and thorax ; legs pale yellow ; wings grey, base and 

 costa yellowish ; 5| mm. 



" Near the American A. barbalus, O.-S. The thorax and 

 abdomen more slender; head broader than thorax, with dense 

 long white hairs on face and dark brown or blackish on frons. 

 Antennas black ; terminal stvle of latter as long as the pyriform 

 3rd joint ; end of style a little thickened. Proboscis black, as 

 long as two-thirds of body. Thorax and abdomen thickly clothed 

 with long yellowish hairs, with u. white reflection, amidst which 

 are some long black bristles on the sides of the abdomen. Legs 

 and halteres pale rufous. Wings greyish, yellowish at base 

 and costa; at the beginning of the ccsta is "a comb of black- 

 tipped yellowish hairs. Venation as in A. barbatus. One $ 

 from the Himalayas (Felder)" (van der Wulp.} 



This species is unknown to me. 



