6o E. Brunetti : Notes on Oriental S3^rphid8e [Vol. ll, 



catalogue. The following table is made up partl}^ from descrip- 

 tions, as, beyond m}^ own species, the only one before me is a 

 headless specimen of what I have identified as nubeculosa, Big. (see 

 pi. xi, figs. 9, 10). 



Table of Oriental species of Volucella. 



Quite small species .. Long. 7 mm. opalina, Wied. 



Larger species. Long. 13 to 16 mm. 



Non-pubescent (not Bombus-like) species. 

 Thorax and abdomen only slightly 

 and shortly hairy. 



Abdomen yellow, with two spots and 



tip black .. Long. 13 mm. irifasciata, Wied. 



Abdomen black ; marked or not. 

 Thorax bright tawny. 



Abdomen with two narrow- 

 pale cross-bands; wing 

 suffused in centre and at 

 tip Long. 16 mm. nubeculosa , Big. 



Abdomen entirely black ; 

 wings pale brown, un- 

 marked.. Long. 16 mm. discolor, mihi, sp. 



nov. 

 Thorax black. 



Abdomen with only one 

 transverse narrow basal 



pale spot. Long. 16 mm. basalts, mihi, sp. nov. 

 Abdomen with more than a 

 •... single spot. 



Abdomen marks in the 

 form of spots. 

 ■; . Long. 13 mm. pelcterii, Macq. 



Abdominal marks in the 

 form of three 3^ellow 

 bands. Long. 14 mm. dccorata, Wlk. 

 Pubescent {Bombiis-Vike) species. Thorax 

 and abdomen with long thick hair. 

 Tip of abdomen black haired. 



Long. 17 mm. ursina, Meij. 

 Tip of abdomen yellow or red. 

 Belly uniformly black. 



Long. 14-15 mm. ruficauda, mihi, sp. 

 nov. 

 Belly with 2nd and 3rd 

 segments livid. 



Long. 15-16 mm. lividiventris, mihi, sp. 

 nov. 

 The above species all appear quite well separated. 



