1908,] Records of the Indian Musemii. " 87 



pubescence on under side and long black hair, bushy and straggh^, 

 on the outer side. 



Wi>igs pale yellowish, anterior border to the subcostal (ist longi- 

 tudinal) vein, a little deeper yellow. Halteres^ ^^ellowish brown ; 

 tegulge yellow, both with a fringe of thick yellow hair. 



Described from one -^ in perfect condition in the Indian 

 Museum collection. 



I am not certain of the position of this species here^ but the only 

 difference it show\s from BracJiy palpus is its insufficiently thickened 

 posterior femora. It is a magnificent species. 



CRIORHINA, Mg. 



(?) C. dentata, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf . vSimla district. Long. 11 mm. 



Head : antennal protuberance rather prominent, face much ex- 

 cavated below antennae, and bearing a central knob. Eyes black, 

 sub-contiguous for only a very short space, facets smaller round the 

 outer parts. Vertex moderately narrow, raised, black, with long 



Criorhina devtata -, mihi. sp. nov., $■ 



black hair in front, and tawny brown hair behind, on posterior edge. 

 Face dull yellowish, with, seen from above, a silvery white dusted 

 reflection ; upper side of antennal prominence shining black. 

 Antennae red-brown ; a few hairs on upper side of basal joints ; 

 arista, orange, bare. Whole side of the produced snout, from the 

 eyes to the tip, shining black, bare ; a central wide bare shining 

 brown stripe from base of antenmc to tip of snout, mouth black, 

 proboscis dark brown, rather long. Back of head grey ; posterior 

 orbit of eyes with a fringe of grey hair which is shortest behind the 

 vertex and longest on under side. 



Thorax aenous, with a slight reddish coppery tinge, closely 

 covered with thick long light brown hair, which extends over the 

 concolorous scutellum, but is almost absent at the base of the latter, 

 and longest of all and erect on the posterior border of the same. 

 Sides of thorax blackish grey, shining, with thick long brownish 

 grey hair. A small yellow callus a little below the shoulder, 1)earing 

 apparently microscopic cream-coloured jwllinosity. A small oval 



