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



Wings. — Clear, veins towards base yellowish. Discal trans- 

 verse vein placed at one-third of the discal cell. First posterior 

 cell closed half-way between border and origin of fork of fourth 

 longitudinal vein. Halteres yellowish white. 



Described from a unique d' in perfect condition in the Pusa 

 collection, captured by Mr. F. W. Howlett at Allahabad, 3-iv-o6. 



N.B. — So far as his brief description goes, my species agrees 

 fairly well with Bigot's albosparsus, but he distinctly says "legs 

 and halteres black," which makes it appear as a different species, 



Bombylius vicinus, mihi, sp. nov. 

 2 . N.-W. India. Long. 4 mm. 



This species is so closely allied to terminalis that I had almost 

 decided to regard it as the 9 of that species. 



The differences, however, appear sufficient to be specific. The 

 hair on the front is more whitish, that on the back of the head 

 uniformly greyish yellow, very dense, the posterior orbit of the 

 eyes is snow-white with minute white hairs. First antennal joint 

 pale yellow, second somewhat lighter than in terminalis. Base 

 of proboscis yellow. The hair on the thorax appears whiter, that 

 on the sides and under side being quite white. 



The scutellum, posterior portion of the thorax and the abdo- 

 men are covered with rather short brownish yellow hairs. Some 

 white hairs at the base of the abdomen at the sides, and a few white 

 hairs at the tip, but no snow-white pile at the tip of the abdomen. 



Legs as in terminalis. 



Described from a unique $ in the Pusa collection taken by 

 Mr. Howlett at Allahabad, 3-iv-o6. 



N .B. — Possibly the $ of terminalis. 



Bombylius ercctus, mihi, sp. nov. 

 "' (Plate xii, fig. 27, abdominal spines.) 



cf 2 . South India. Long. 8-12 mm. 



Head. — Frons covered with short bright yellow hair, with 

 two arched rows of stiff black bristles, one just above, the other 

 just below, the antennae and reaching from eye to eye. Sides of 

 face with rather long, silky, cream-coloured hair. Lower part of 

 face light grey, with long, snow-white hair. Mouth-border reddish. 

 Antennae black. Back of head with yellow hair. Eyes bare, dis- 

 tinctly excavated behind in the middle. 



Thorax. — Cinereous black, with (in semi-denuded condition) 

 traces of a thick yellow pile, an elongated bunch of strong black 

 bristles at the side, in front of the wings. Sides of thorax with 

 long, greyish white hair, yellowish hair immediately below the 

 wings. Scutellum ferruginous, black at base, with a row of strong 

 black bristles round the posterior edge, with yellow hair below it : 

 dorsum with yellow hair. 



