456 E. Brujtetti : Oriental Bombylidcs. [Voiv. II, 



therefore repeat that my grouping is only made as a temporary 

 guide to the general appearance of the various species. 



It will be seen that I have followed Baron Osten Sacken in 

 retaining Anthrax as feminine, although^ as he states, the Greek 

 word is masculine ; and the latter gender is adopted by Prof. Bezzi 

 in the Palsearctic Catalogue. 



COMPTOSIA, Macq., 1840. 



Dip. Ex., ii, I, 80. 



I. brunnipcnnis, Wulp, 1868, Tijd. Ent., xi, no, pi. iv, 3 



(wing). 

 lyOC. — Timor. 



NEURIA, Newman, 1841. 



Entomol., i, 220. 



. I. indecora, Wulp, 1885, Notes Leyd. Mus., vii, 85, cf . 

 Loc. — Poeloe Gamoe. 



Sub-Family BOMBYLIIN.E. 



BOMBYLIUS, L., 1761. 

 Faun. Suec, 1918. 



1. orientalis, Macq., 1840, Dip. Ex., ii, pi. i, 90 (368), cf , pi. 



vi, 2 (full insect and head). 



tricolor, Guerin, 1829 — 1838, Icon, du regne anim., iii, 538, 

 pi. xcv (full insect). 



Loc. — Java [t. Macq.] : Bengal and South India [t. m.]. 



Type (cf ) in Paris Museum. 



N.B. — In the Indian Museum collection are four specimens 

 from Bangalore (South India) and Ranchi (North Bengal) of this 

 handsome and unmistakeable species ; and in the Pusa collec- 

 tion are two others taken at Palamou and Chapra (both Bengal). 



I have no hesitation in considering Guerin 's tricolor as a syno- 

 nym of Macquart's species, of which Guerin himself said it might 

 be a variety. Both his description and his coloured figure agree 

 with the specimens I have seen from India. Guerin described 

 his species from Java. 



2. maculatus, F., 1775, Syst. Ent., 803. 



Wied., Auss. Zwei., i, 342, & . 



lyOC. — Tranquebar [t. Wied.]. Type in the Fabricius collec- 

 tion. 



N.B. — A specimen in the Indian Museum collection from 

 Chatrapur (Ganjam Dist., Madras Presid., on the borders of Bengal 

 Presidency) appears to be this species, but is too damaged for 

 definite- identification. 



