■i(j|8 E. Brunetti : Oriental Bombylidce. [Voi,. II, 



Abdomen. — Linear with conical tip, of same width as; thorax. 

 Dull black {denuded), probably when in good condition the whole 

 abdomen is covered with whitish grey hairs. The present specimen 

 has bunches of such hair at the sides of the abdomen towards the 

 base^ also at the tip. The dorsum shows little traces of hair, and 

 on it the hair is probably always sparser. At the sides of the abdo- 

 men towards the base are patches of all black hairs. Belly-black, 

 ctearly bare. ::: ■ v 



- ;: Legs.- — Blackish, the inner sides of the anterior tibiae with a 

 -brown tint. Femora below with some soft moderately long black- 

 ish hairs ; fore tibiae with a single row of small black bristles, 

 middle pair with a similar row on both outer and inner sides, and 

 hind pair rather thickly clothed with them. 



" . Wings.— Clear ; anal cell closed immediately before the border ; 

 discal cross-vein placed just beyond one- third of the discal cell ; 

 first posterior cell widely open ; fork of the third vein showing a 

 tendency to form an appendix. Halteres cream-white : tegulae 

 small, dirty white, transparent, with fringe of short grey hairs. 



Described from a unique (f in the Indian Museum collection 

 from Moulmein (Lower Burma), taken by Dr. Annandale early in 

 March, 1908. 



NM. — Although belonging to the genus Anthrax, which, in 

 _spite of my best efforts, I must leave still in an unsatisfactory 

 state for the present, I do not hesitate to describe this species as 

 new, on account of the difference in venation from the usual form. 

 ISIone of the species described from the Hast are recorded as having 

 the anal cell closed. • - 



Bombylius fulvipes, Bigot. 



9 . Head. — Frons at the level of the antennae occupying one- 

 third the width of the head, narrowing at vertex to one-fourth ; 

 clothed with short, golden yellow pubescence and some longer 

 brownish yellow hairs. Under side of face with rather close, golden 

 yellow hairs of moderate length ; mouth-border bright lemon-yellow, 

 with moderately long yellow hairs. Antennae black : first joint 

 rather long, sub-cylindrical, widening gradually to the tip, with 

 some long yellow hairs on outer side; second joint sub-cylmdrical, 

 barely half as long as the first, with short black hairs ; third joint 

 twice as long as first, bare, partly flattened vertically, and 

 " pinched " just before the middle, terminating in a very short, 

 whitish blunt style. Ocelli on small prominence on the absolute 

 vertex, equidistant. Eyes black, bare; facets small, uniform. Back 

 of head covered with rather long bright yellow hair. 



Thorax. — Covered with rather long yellowish grey hair, ex- 

 tending entirely over the Sides and scutellum. Ground colour 

 of both dorsum and scutellum black. 



Abdomen. — Densely covered with pale ^^ellowish grey hair, 

 which becomes whitish on the tip. Ground colour blackish. Belly 

 with close pale yellowish grey hair. ;.; .. . ^i:. 



