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BOMBYLID.E. 



Wings pale grey ; a brown stripe along the fore border extending from 

 the base to fall two-thirds of the length, where it occupies half the breadth 

 of the wing ; veins black, mostly ferruginous towards the base. Hal- 

 teres ferruginous, with yellow tips. Abdomen clothed with pale yellow 

 hairs; a tawny interrupted band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Male. Sides of the thorax and of the abdomen clothed with black 

 hairs. Fern. Face clothed with white hairs. A tuft of tawny hairs on 

 each side of the base of the abdomen. 



Yery rare ; has been found near Bristol ? (E.) 



2. lateralis, Mg. zw. ii. 140. 3 (1820); Ct. ; Mq. ; Z1L; Ztt.; 

 Gmtl. Belzebul, Pz. Nigra, alis subcinereis, cost(B plus bistriente 

 fusca, abdomine basi luteo-bimaculato, segmentis mx interrupte fulvo- 

 fasciatis. Long. 3^ ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black. Head clothed above with black, in front with pale yellow 

 hairs. Thorax clothed with tawny hairs ; a tuft of white hairs on 

 each side in front and another behind the base of each wing. Wings 

 pale grey; a brown stripe extending and widening from the base along 

 the fore border of the wing ; veins black, ferruginous towards the base. 

 Halteres tawny. Abdomen thinly clothed with black hairs ; a luteous 

 spot on each side of the second segment, and on tJie hind border of each 

 segment a half-interrupted band. Male. Stripe of the wings less than 

 three-fourths of the length and than half of the breadth. Spots on the 

 abdomen small ; hind borders of the segments yellow. Fern. Stripes 

 of the wings more than three-fourths of the length and than half of the 

 breadth. Spots on the abdomen large ; hind borders of the segments 

 luteous. 



Very rare in Britain ; has been found near Bristol ? In the 

 British Museum. 



Genus IV. BOMBYLIUS. 



BOMBYLIUS, L. fn. (1761); Dg.; Eb. ; Shr. ; Gm.; LI.; Mk. 

 Mq.; Ztt.; Ct. 



Corpus majoris aut mediae magnitudinis, breviter ovatum, tomento 

 denso tectum. Color corporis niger. Oculi aenei, unicolores. Pro- 

 boscis long a. Antennarum articulus primus longus. Alee long a. 

 Pedes longi, graciles. 



Mas. Oculi connexi. 



Foem. Oculi contigui. 



Body broad, thick, compact, clothed with long woolly hairs. Head 



rounded ; front flat, narrow, projecting ; epistoma bearded, prominent ; 



peristoma very large. Eyes elliptical, dark green or aeneous ; all the 



facets very small. Ocelli 3, on the crown. Proboscis long, porrect, 



slender, horizontal. Labrum very long, lanceolate, acute, channelled 



