254 BOMBYLIIDiE. 



bristles, middle pair with a similar row on both outer and inner 

 sides, and hind pair rather thickly clothed with them. Wings 

 clear; anal cell closed immediately before the border; discal 

 cross- vein placed just beyond one-third of the discal cell ; first 

 posterior cell widely open ; fork of the third vein showing a ten- 

 dency to form an appendix; halteres cream-white; tegulse small, 

 dirty white, transparent, with a fringe of short grey hairs. 



Length, 8| mm. 



Described from a unique <3 in the Indian Museum from Moul- 

 niein, Lower Burma, hi. 1908 (Annandale). 



The only species described from the East with the anal cell 

 closed. 



The following species have been recorded from " East India," 

 but may be regarded as requiring further confirmation. They are 

 therefore not included in the table of species : — 



199. Anthrax troglodyta, F. 



Bibio troglodyta, Fabilcius, Syst. Ent. p. 759 (1775). 



Anthrax troglodyta, Wiedemann, Auss. Zweifl. i, p. 306 (1828) ; 



Wulp, Notes Levd. Mus. vii, p. 83 (1885); de Meijere, Tijd. v. 



Ent. 1, p. 240 (1907). 

 Anthrax hyalina, Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot. i, p. 141 (1821) ; id., 



Auss. Zweifl. i, p. 297 (1828) ; Wulp, Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii, p. 165 



(1889). 

 Anthrax lucens, Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt. pt. 3, p. 180 (1852). 



"Black, head tawny beneath: chest and breast clothed with 

 tawny hairs ; a tuft of white hairs on each side above the base of 

 the wing; abdomen obconical, a little shorter than the chest, 

 clothed on each side with alternate patches of black and white 

 hairs : legs clothed with very short black hairs. Wings colourless, 

 dark brown at the base, adorned on each shoulder with a patch of 

 silvery-white hairs ; wing-ribs and veins black. Length 4| lines, 

 wings 12 lines. East India." (Walker.) 



Type in Fabricius's collection. 



The above is Walker's description of lucens, which is said to be 

 identical with troglodyta. 



200. Anthrax lucida, Walk. 



Anthrax lucida, Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt. pt. 3, p. 179 (1852). 



" 2 . Black ; thickly clothed with bright tawny hairs ; head 

 clothed above with black hairs; abdomen nearly linear, truncated 

 at the tip, hardly shorter than the chest ; tip clothed with black 

 hairs and adorned on each side with a tuft of yellowish-white 

 hairs ; wings colourless, brown along the fore border for two- 

 thirds of the length ; wing-ribs and veins black, the latter pitchy 

 beneath the fore border ; poisers yellow. The brown on the wing 

 of this species is much narrower than that of A. manifesto,. 

 Length 6 lines, wings 14 lines. East India." (Walker.) 



Type in the British Museum. 



