1909.] Records of the Indian Museum. 457 



3. major, ly., 1761, F, Suec, 1918. 



Sch. F. Aust., ij 60, et. auct. 

 sinuatus, Mik. Mon., Bomb. Bohem., 35, 4, 



pi. ii, 4. 

 variegatus, D.G., Ins. ed. Gotze, vi, 107, 



pi. XV, 10. 

 var. australis, hw., Neue Beitr., iii, 14. 

 lyOC. — Simla hills (8,000 to 8,400 ft.). Taken by Dr. Annandale, 

 28-iv-07 ^^d 4-V-07 [Ind. Mus. Coll. t. m.]. 



N.B. — The specimens do not vary from the common European 

 form, which also extends to North America. 



4. fulvipes, Big,, 1892, Ann. So. Ent. Fr., 362, d* . 



IvOC. — Pondicherry [Big.] , Punjab [Pusa Coll. t. m.]. Type 

 cf in the Bigot collection. 



N.B. — Bigot described only the o* of this species. A speci- 

 men in excellent condition from Allahabad, taken by Mr. Howlett, 

 19-X-05, is in the Pusa collection, and as it is a 5 (which I think 

 has not been described), I add a description at the end of the cata- 

 logue, having practically no doubt of its identity with Bigot's 

 species. 



5. albosparsus, Big., 1892, loc. cit., 362, a* $ . 

 lyOC. — Pondicherry. Type cf $ in Bigot's collection. 



6. terminalis, mihi, sp. nov., &. 



L,oc. — Punjab. Type in the Pusa collection. 



7. vicinus, mihi, sp. nov., 9 . 



Loc. — Punjab. Type in the Pusa collection, 



N.B. — Possibl^^ the ? of terminalis, but I think distinct, 



8. erectus, mihi, sp. nov., cf 9 . 

 Plate xii, 27 (abdominal spines). 



Type cf 9 in Indian Museum. Co-types in British Museum 

 and my collection. 



Loc. — South India. 



N.B. — A very conspicuous species by the strong erect spines 

 on the abdomen. 



9. wulpii, mihi, nom. nov. 



Bomhylius pulchellus, Wulp, 1880, Tijd. v. Ent., 



xxiii, 164, pi. X, 8 (full insect 9 , coloured). 

 Comastes pulchellus, Wulp, Cat. Dip, S. Asia, 74. 

 Eucharimyia dives, Big., Ann. So. Ent. Fr,, Bull , 

 p, cxl. 

 Loc— Java [t. Widp] ; Ceylon [t. Bigof] ; Tenmalai (S. India), 

 22-xi-o8 [Annandale]. 



N.B. — As this species is not a Comastes but a Bomhylius, the 

 name requires altering, pulchellus being preoccupied by Loew in 

 1863 for a North American species. 



Comastes is not Oriental, and moreover, the name should be 

 discarded for Heterostylum, Macq. {vide my future notes). 



