230 bombyliidjE. 



is covered ; moreover, the other difi'erences are sufficient to warrant 

 regarding m3 r species as distinct. 



178. Argyramceba nigrofemorata, Brun. 



Argyramceba nigrofemorata, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. iii, p. 219 

 (1909). 



<S . Head: frons very narrow, about one-twelfth of the width 

 at vertex, enlarging to nearly one-third at level of antenna?, dark 

 grey in colour, becoming gradually ash-grey on the face below the 

 antenna?, with moderately thick black hair ; face with thick soft 

 white hair ; antenna? black, normal, bisection of style distinct, 

 pencil of hairs very short ; proboscis brown ; back of head ash- 

 grey, with minute pubescence and some rather short thick 

 yellowish hairs towards lower part. Thorax blackish grey, with 

 short yellow hairs intermixed with stiff short black bristly hairs ; 

 anterior margin with rather long bristly yellow hairs ; a longer 

 and a shorter yellow spiny bristle in front of each wing-base ; 

 sides of thorax light grey, with pale yellowish or whitish hairs ; 

 scutellum concolorous with thoracic dorsum, and with some longer 

 bristles towards posterior margin. Abdomen subconical, blackish 

 grey, with soft short yellow hairs; venter mainly yellow, with longer 

 yellow hairs ; genitalia apparently large and complicated, but with- 

 drawn. Legs: coxa? blackish, with reddish-yellow tips and whitish 

 hairs ; femora black, with bases and tips reddish yellow, whitish- 

 grey scales, and a little soft whitish hair below ; tibia? reddish 

 yellow, with small black bristles, and with thicker shorter black 

 bristles on hinder side, all the bristles on tbe hinder pair being 

 stronger than on the other pairs ; tarsi brown, closely pubescent, 

 black towards tips, pulvilli yellow. Wings quite clear; subcostal 

 cell yellowish brown ; 2nd vein originating in a knee just beyond 

 half-way between base of discal cell and anterior cross- vein: appendi- 

 culation distinct ; upper branch of 2nd vein forming a very distinct 

 downward loop towards its end ; halteres rather deep yellow. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Described from a perfect <5 in the Indian Museum taken at Hathi- 

 kund, G-arhwal District, base of Western Himalayas, 3. v. 1909. 



A second specimen in the Indian Museum is probably this 

 species, but the black on the anterior femora only extends to a 

 little beyond the middle, and the sides of the abdomen are 

 distinctly orange ; from Helvak, Koyna Yallev, Satara Distr., 

 Bombay, 4. v. 1913. 



179. Argyramceba gentilis, Brun. (PI. Ill, fig. 15.) 



Argyramoeba gentilis, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 470 (1909). 



S $. Head: frons and face dull black, with black hans ; 

 antenna? black, third joint much flattened, forming an irregularly 

 oval disk; style distinct, black, no apparent bisection, with small 

 pencil of short hairs at tip ; proboscis short, thick ; back of head 

 blackish grey, bare. Thorax black, with a collar of stiff black 



