1909.] " Records of the Indian Museum. 479 



~;i :. L^gs.— Coxae closely clothed with yellowish grey hair. Femora, 

 tibiae and base of tarsi pale tawny : extreme base of femora and 

 apical half of tarsi black. Anterior femora with only a very little 

 soft hair below, hind pair with a row of six or seven moderately 

 strong black spines below. All the tibiae irregularly beset with 

 short black bristles which become spinose on the hind pair ; and 

 all the tibiae have a circlet of very short black spines at the tip. 



Wings. — Hyaline. Upper basal cell only a little, but dis- 

 tinctly longer than the lower one. Costal cell and base of wing 

 as far as the origin of the basal cells tawny yellowish ; the colour 

 then, gaining an admixture of blackish, extends to three-fourths 

 of the upper and the whole of the lower basal cell, leaving the 

 whole discal cell quite clear'; thence extending to the posterior 

 margin of the wing, filling the basal halves of the anal and axil- 

 lary cells, and the whole of the alulae. The discal cross-vein is 

 almost imperceptibly suffused. The first posterior cell is closed just 

 before the border. ■ >_ 



\r: Described from a perfect single specimen in the Pusa collec- 

 tion, captured by Mr. F. M. Howlett at Allahabad, 19-X-05. 

 As far as I am aware the 9 has not previously been described, 

 and though I cannot be absolutely sure of the identity, I think 

 the present specimen can hardly fail to be Bigot's species. 



; ~L r:. Bombylius terminalis, mihi, sp. nov. - — 



d' . N.-W. India. Ivong. 5 mm. 



Head. — Vertex of moderate size, dark grey. Eyes contigu- 

 ous for two-thirds of the distance from the vertex to the antennae ; 

 reddish brown. Antennae wholly black ; first joint longer than 

 second, third nearly double the first and second together, bear- 

 ing a short, minute bristle; first and second joints with pale hairs. 

 Frons and face with yellowish hair, and snow-white pile around 

 the antennae, lower part of head white with white hair. Pro- 

 boscis black, 3 mm. long. Back of head with short yellowish hair 

 above and white hair below. 



Thorax. — Thickly clothed with yellowish grey hair. Scutel- 

 lum similar, the dark body colour being visible through the hair 

 ocn both thorax and scutellum. Sides of thorax with similar hair, 

 which becomes whitish on the under side. 



Abdomen with thick yellowish grey hair, which is thinnest 

 on the dorsum and thickest at the sides, becoming whitish towards 

 the tip of the abdomen, the last two segments of which are covered 

 with brilliant snow-white silvery pile and some whitish hairs. 

 Belly with yellowish grey hairs, white towards tip 



Legs. — Pale yellow, the femora and tibiae showing a slight 

 whitish reflection in certain lights. Tips of all the tarsi 

 black ; the hind tarsi are mainly brownish, with black tips. A 

 few soft hairs below the femora and a row of about six well-separa- 

 ted spines on under side of hind pair ; tibiae with minute spines,, 

 which are longest on hind pair. - - - 



