246 BOMBYLIIDiE. 



of whitish scales (which, after those on the 2nd segment, are the 

 most conspicuous of these transverse scale-bands) ; on 5th and 

 6th segments with elongate dark brown scales and hairs ; and on 

 the 7th segment with white scales. This vestiture of the sides 

 of the abdomen is quite distinct from the dorsal, and of much finer 

 pubescence. Genitalia dark brown or blackish, with some fine 

 black hairs. Venter black, with flat-lying dull black scales and 

 sparse black hairs ; hind margins of segments with a more or less 

 broad border of whitish or yellowish scales. Legs black ; coxae 

 with long yellowish-grey hairs ; femora with closely-placed very 

 dark brown scales and a further clothing on underside of yellowish- 

 white scales, also with some long fine hairs ; tibiae with very short 

 bristles, hind pair with short but distinct very dark brown scales. 

 Wings quite clear ; base of costa with thick dark brown scales, 

 over which lies a covering of elongate silvery snow-white scales: 

 costal cell dark brown up to humeral cross-vein ; subcostal cell 

 wholly brown, the brown colour also extending very narrowly 

 across the wing at the extreme base ; halteres dull pale yellow. 



Length, 8-14 mm. 



Bedescribed from several specimens from both Mussoorie, 

 ix. 1906, and Simla, 16. v. 1909 (Annandale) ; Simla, x. 1911 ; 

 Dehra Dun, xi. 1907 (Lt.-Col Wyville Thomson); Sukli, Dawna 

 Hills, 2100 ft., 22-29. xi. 1911 (Gravely); Khasi Hills. Bound 

 on Sednm and the common marguerite. 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species is fully redescribed here from four tf S and five 

 5 5 , mostly in tolerably good condition, and this must super- 

 sede my former description, drawn up from a single specimen. 



191. Anthrax fuscolimbata, Brim. 



Anthrax fuscolimbata, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. xiii, p. 75 (1917). 



§ . Head: frons one-third width of head at level of antennae, 

 less than half this width at vertex, covered with yellowish 

 impressed scales and black pubescence, the scales near the antenna? 

 sometimes becoming gradually whitish : on face all snow-white in 

 type, and yellowish white and yellowish respectively in the other 

 two specimens ; antennae black, 1st joint with long black bristles, 

 2nd with a ring of shorter bristles, 3rd elongate conical, tapering 

 to a rather long style; proboscis dull yellowish or obscure; 

 occiput with a border of snow-white minute scaly pubescence 

 behind eyes, and some yellow scales on upper part. Thorax black, 

 more or less covered with small impressed yellow scales : anterior 

 and side margins, shoulders, and pleurae covered with dense elon- 

 gate brownish-yellow scales, which are paler on the mesopleura 

 and sternopleura or sometimes altogether paler; a rather short 

 fine sparse black pubescence on dorsum, sometimes remaining after 

 nearly all the yellow scales have been worn off". Scutellum black, 

 with small yellow impressed scales ; a few fine yellow hairs and a 



