458 E. Brunetti : Oriental Bomhylidce. [Voi,. II, 



Notes on the genus BOMBYLIUS. 



Of this genus Van der Wulp gave seven species as Oriental. 

 Of these, two [ardens and socius) belong to Systoechus, whilst another, 

 tricolor, Guerin, I am convinced, is only a synonym oi orientalis , 

 Macq. To the remainder I add the common Palsearctic species 

 major, h., and three new ones. 



SYSTCECHUS, I.w., 1855. 

 Neue Beits., iii, 34. 



1. ardens, Wlk., 1849, lyist. Dip. Brit. Mus., ii, 284. 

 lyOC. — East Indies. Type in British Museum. 



2. socius, Wlk., 1852, Ins. Saund., pt. 3, 201, $ . 

 IvOC. — East Indies. 



N.B. — Van der Wulp in his catalogue quotes " East India" 

 for both species, but, although it has since been taken in East India 

 and in the Western Himalayas, he probably only intended to copy 

 Walker's localit5^ As Walker, in describing the latter species, 

 says that it belongs to his " group 1,., of the List Dip. Brit. Mus.," 

 to which his ardens also belongs, I place them both under Systce- 

 chus, to which genus Mr. Austen informs me socius belongs. More- 

 over I have a & Systcechus taken by me at Mussoorie 20 — 26-v- 

 05, agreeing exactly with Walker's description ; and a specimen 

 inthePusa collection, taken in April 1906 at Mohanpur (Bengal), 

 is also in all probability this species. 



3. eupogonatus, Big., 1892, Ann. So. Ent. Fr., 365, cf 9 . 

 IvOC. — India. Type a' $ in Bigot's collection. 



ANASTCECHUS, Os. Sack., 1877. 



West., Dipt., 251. 



I. longirostris, Wulp, 1885, Notes lycyd. Mus., vii, 85, ? . 

 Loc. — Himalayas. 



DISCHISTUS, Ivw., 1855. 



Neue Beit., iii, 45. 



I. resplendens, mihi, sp. nov., cf 9 . 

 IvOC. — India and Assam. 



TOXOPHORA, Mo., 1803. 



lUig. Mag., ii, 270. 



I. javana, Wied., 1821, Dip. Ex., i, 179. 

 Wied., Auss. Zwei., i, 363. 

 lyOC. — Java. Type in Westermann's collection. 



