462 E. Brunetti : Oriental BombylidcE. [Vol, II, 



Hypcralonia suffusipennis, mihi, sp. nQY> 

 (Plate xii, fig. 15, wing.) 



9 . India. I/ong. 15 mm. 



Head. — Frons orange, paling to yellow below antennae ; ver- 

 tex black ; orbit of eyes black above, red at sides and below ; 

 antennae orange-red, 3rd joint black, ist and 2nd joints with yellow 

 hair above and below ; short golden yellow pubescence over the 

 face ; eyes bare with slight crimson reflections in certain lights. 



Thorax. — Black, with rather thick yellowish hair, which is 

 thicker, longer and deeper in colour on the shoulders, and thick 

 and whitish below the wings. Scutellum tawny brown, with 

 short yellow hair, and a row of stiff long black hairs on posterior 

 border. 



Abdomen. — Blackish ; dark reddish towards the sides of the 

 2nd and 3rd segments. Dorsum covered with moderately thick 

 yellowish hair at sides, and posterior borders of segments also. 

 Belly with whitish hair. 



Legs. — Brownish tawny, coxae with whitish hair, tarsi nearly 

 black. 



Wings. — -Pale grey ; darker and more yellowish on anterior 

 and basal parts ; a slight but distinct suffusion at nearly all the 

 junctures of the veins and cross-veins. Halteres pale yellowish 

 white ; tegulae similar with a fringe of thick yellow hair. 



Described from two ? ? (in good condition) in the Indian Mu- 

 seum from the Purneah District, India. A very distinct species. 



Hypcralonia devecta, Wlk. 



'■ '- ■■--■■ Redescription. 



9 (?). Long. 17 mm. Expanse between wing-tips 42 mm. 



This species resembles doryca, Boisd., in so many characters 

 that it will be sufficient to denote the differences. The ist anten- 

 nal joint is dark ferruginous, the remainder black, 3rd joint elonga- 

 ted, bare, with a long cyHndrical style; ist and 2nd joints with 

 thick black bristles. The reddish colour of the frons extends almost 

 to the vertex. The mouth has a few short, soft, yellow hairs only, 

 no bristles whatever. In the thorax, the colour of the tuft of soft 

 hair on the sides behind and below the humeral calli is nearly as 

 deep orange as the bunch of scaly bristles in front, whilst the hair 

 on the sides of the thorax below this part is bright yellow, the 

 bunch of white hairs towards the under side being present. 



In the abdomen (considerably denuded) the sides of the 2nd 

 segment are dull red, there is no trace of a white band on the 3rd, 

 although it may have been present, and the white spots at the tip 

 are indistinct (owing to the condition of the specimen) but appa- 

 rently are the same as in doryca, the upper pair of spots being 

 possibly smaller. All the legs are blackish. 



