452 E. Brunetti : Oriental Bombylidce. [Vol. II, 



5 absalon, Wied., 1828, Auss, Zwei., i, 317. 



lyOC. — Wiedemann gave "Ostindien," which Van der Wulp 

 reduces to " Java," Types in Wiedemann collection and Copen- 

 hagen Museum. 



6. referens, Wlk., 1852, Ins. Saund.^ pt. iii, 189, $ . 

 Loc. — East India. 



7. congrua, Wlk., i860, Pr. Ivinn. So. Lond., iv, 112, $ . 

 lyOC. — Macassar, 



8. duvaucelii, Macq., 1840, Dip. Ex., ii, i, 63(341), cf , pi, 



XX, 7 (wing). 



I^OC. — Bengal [t. Macq.'\] Purneah Dist. (India) {Ind. Mus. 

 Coll. t. m.]. Type ( a?' ) in Paris Museum. 



N.B. — I took one 2 at Cawnpore, 14- ix- 1905, and there are 

 two cf (f in the Pusa collection taken at Chapra (Bengal). 



9. troglodyta, F., 1775, Syst. Ent., 759 (Bibio). 



Wied., Auss. Zwei., i, 306. 

 Anthrax hyalina, Wied., Dip. Ex., i, 141 ; Id., Auss. Zwei., 

 i, 297; Id. id., Wulp, Tijd. Ent., xxiii, 

 165. 

 Anthrax lucens, Wlk., Ins. Saund., pt. iii, 180. 

 IvOC. — Java, East Indies [t. Wied.] ; Java, Papua [t. Wulp] ; 

 East India [t. Wlk.] ; Semarang (Java), one cf in November [t. 

 Meijere]. Type in Fabricius's collection, 



10. hottentotta, I^., var. nov. claripennis, mihi. 



N.B. — A $ specimen of this common Paleearctic species, 

 taken at Bhura, which is situated in the plains although in the 

 Naini Tal (Western Himalayas) district, 14 — i7-iv-i907, cannot, 

 I think, be separated specifically from this species. 



The minor differences, I perceive, are : the wings are quite 

 clear, except the narrow mediastinal cell ; the frons bears only 

 black hairs, except immediately above the antennae, and the hair 

 on the lower part of the face is yellowish white ; the 2nd abdo- 

 minal segment has a small reddish (ground-coloured) spot at the 

 sides ; and the legs are covered more distinctly with yellowish 

 scales, which are nearly whitish on the basal half of the femora. 



11. paniscus, Rossi, 1790, Faun. Etrus., ii, 276 (Bibio). 

 IvOC. — Eower Himalayas. Naini Tal [Ind. Mus., taken by 



Capt. Lloyd] ; Mussoorie and Simla (both October 1906, taken by 

 Mr. lycfroy) [Pusa Coll.] ; Mussoorie, 4-V-05 [Coll. mihi, taken by 

 me]. All the specimens are identified by me. 



12. clara, Wlk., 1852, Ins. Saund., pt. iii, 179, 9. . 

 lyOC. — East India. 



N.B. — Three specimens (I believe cf cf ) undoubtedly of this 

 species are in the Indian Museum collection, one from Dehra 

 Dun (foot of the Mussoorie hills) and two from the Garhwal Dis- 

 trict, Western Himalayas (6,000 feet). Two other very interesting 



