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yellow bristles and a bunch of them on each posterior corner ; 

 scutellum with depressed small yellowish-grey scales and a row 

 of strong deflexed yellow spines on hind margin. Abdomen black, 

 each segment closely covered (in good specimens) with very small 

 greyish depressed scales, which occupy about the basal half or 

 rather more of the first two or three segments, covering more and 

 more of each successive segment till the last ones are nearly 

 wholly covered, the remainder of the dorsal surface bearing small 

 black closely-impressed scales ; before the hind margin on each 

 segment is a row of strong black bristles ; the moderately long 

 pubescence sometimes yellowish (in the type $ it is wholly bright 

 yellow on head, thorax, and abdomen) ; venter black, covered with 

 depressed greyish scales and rather long concolorous fine hairs. 

 Legs black ; coxa? with pale yellowish -grey depressed scales and 

 long concolorous hairs ; femora and tibiae with a close covering of 

 small overlapping yellowish-grey scales ; both femora and tibiae 

 with rows of black bristles ; tarsi with a little short rich brown 

 pubescence on underside. Wings practically clear ; costal cell 

 yellowish, the colour basally extending a little further hind ward ; 

 another cross-vein just before middle of discal cell ; a small bunch 

 of short silvery- white scales at extreme base of costa and posterior 

 to the strong black scales on the adjacent costal margin ; halteres 

 pale brownish cream-colour, hidden in the pubescence. 



Length, 13 mm. 



Described from several specimens, mostly in inferior condition, 

 except the type d and $, in the Indian Museum, from Balu- 

 chistau (Cleghom), and several others in good condition from 

 Kashmir, 1915 (H. T. Pease) : Bahisht Khal, 6 and 8. ix. 1908 

 {Nadir Khan) ; Bhittani, on camel. 



196. Anthrax albofulva, Walk. 



Anthrax albofulva, Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt. pt. 3, p. 182 (1852) ; 

 Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 454 (1909). 



<$ $ . Head : frons in both sexes at level of antennae barely one- 

 third width of head, less than one-fourth of that width at vertex in 

 <$ , and half that width in $ , dark grey, with long, rather dense 

 pale yellow scaly, almost bristly pubescence, and a space in the 

 middle with long black similar pubescence ; face with similar 

 pubescence, which is sometimes yellowish on upper part and 

 white on lower part, or wholly snow-white throughout ; antennas 

 black, first two joints with bristly yellow pubescence, 3rd joint 

 elongate onion-shaped, with a minute pale style-like thick bristle 

 at tip ; mouth-opening very large, proboscis obscure, withdrawn ; 

 occiput dark grey, with more or less minute scaly pubescence 

 round hind border of eyes. Thorax blackish, with minute yellow 

 depressed scales on dorsum ; anterior and side margins with pale 

 yellowish-grey elongate scaly pubescence, which (apparently) is 

 not dense ; two or three long yellow spines on posterior corners ; 

 sides of thorax bluish grey, with nearly whitish pubescence. 



