236 BOMBYLIIDJE. 



5. Hind margin of wing-band nearly 



straight 6. 



Hind margin of wing-band with deep 

 indentations Mmalayanus, Brun., p. 238. 



6. Wing-band filling less than £ of the 



wing ; hind margin clear cut afra, F., p. 240. 



Wing-band filling fully half the wing ; 



hind margin indistinct semifuscata, sp. n., p. 241. 



7. Legs mainly yellow 8. 



Legs all black 9. 



8. Femora with a considerable part black ; 



wings practically clear albofulva, Walk., p. 251. 



Femora all yellowish ; basal half of 

 wings brownish aureohirta, Brun.. p. 252. 



9. Abdomen uniformly densely pubescent, 



without obvious transverse bands of 



scales 10. 



Abdomen with transverse bands of 

 yellowish, grey, or white scales ; 

 pubescence sparser II. 



10. Wing with deep brownish-black costa ; 



larger species, 14-16 mm manifesto,, Walk., p. 242. 



Wing less extensively brown ; smaller 

 species, 10^-11 mm. . , clara, Walk., p. 243. 



11. Pubescence on sides of abdomen 



wholly snow-wbite, except for few 

 bunches of scales on each side near 



tip aperta, Walk., p. 245. 



Pubescence on sides of abdomen never 

 as wholly white as in aperta, 

 generally yellowish grey or black 

 and wbite, and not arranged as in 

 aperta 12. 



12. Ground-colour of abdomen or tomen- 



tum (apparently) reddish brown. . . . dia, AYied., p. 250. 

 Ground-colour of abdomen black .... 13. 



13. Costal cell yellowish balucManus, sp. n., p. 250. 



fhottentotta var. clampennis, 

 | [Brum, p. 247. 



Costal cell lighter or darker brown*. . ■{ paniscus, Rossi, p. 248. 



| fuscolimhata, Brun., p. 246. 

 [ approximata, Brun., p. 244. 



Four species that appear to require confirmation as Indian 

 are not included in this table, but descriptions are appended 

 (pp. 254, 255). 



182. Anthrax fletcheri, sp. nov. 



S . Head black ; irons at level of antennae between one-third 

 and one-fourth width of head, less than half this width at vertex ; 

 frons and face (apparently) covered with bright chrome-yellow 



* These species are too closely allied to be satisfactorily differentiated in 

 tabular form. 



