284 LIST OF DIPTERA. 





L. The little cross-vein somewhat beyond one-third of the length of 

 the discoidal areolet. 



Bombylius ardens, n. s. Niger, pilis fulvis vestitus, capitis fronte 

 pilis fuscis hirto, rostro corporis dimidio longiore, antennis 

 nigris, pedibus ferrugineis, tarsis piceis, alis limpidis basi nigro- 

 fuscis et ad costam pallidi fuscis. 



Body black, clothed with long bright tawny hairs: head 

 clothed with brown hairs in front and about the base of the feelers, 

 which, like the mouth, are black; the latter is more than half the 

 length of the body : eyes piceous : legs ferruginous, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles ; thighs darker than the shanks ; feet pi- 

 ceous : wings colourless, dark brown at the base, and slightly so 

 along the fore borders ; the border of this brown is very oblique, and 

 it slants towards the hinder base of the wing ; its outskirts are con- 

 fined to the sides of the cross-veins ; wing-ribs and veins piceous ; 

 poisers tawny. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Bombylius sericeus, Meig. Dipt. ii. 203, 23. Macq. Hist. Nat. 

 Dipt. i. 382, 20. B. canescens ? Mikan, Monogr. 54, 12, pi. 3, 

 /. 12. B. nubilus, Meig. Klass. Zweif. i. 181, 6. 



a. South of France. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Bombylius minor, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1920. Gmel.Ed. Syst. Nat. 

 v. 2903, 4. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 473, 5. Ent. Syst. iv. 409, 9. 

 Syst. Antl. 132, 18. Fall. Dipt. Suec. Bomb. 10, 3. Latr. 

 Gen. Crust, iv. 314. Lam. Anim. sans Verteb. iii. 407, 3. 

 Schceff. Icon. pi. 112, /. 6. Herbst, Gem. viii. pi. 347, /. 3. 

 Schrank. Ins. Austr. 1004. Meig. Dipt. ii. 201, 20. Macq. 

 Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 380, 13. Zett. Dipt. Scand. i. 191, 5. 

 Gim. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1847, 1, 221, 12. B. veno- 

 sus, Mikan, Monogr. 42. Klass. Zweif. i. 180, 5. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



c. South of France. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Bombylius cinereus, Meig. Dipt. ii. 212, 40. 

 a. France. 



Bombylius pumilus, Hoffimansegg, Meig. Dipt. ii. 209, 33. B. sul- 



phureus, Mikan, Monogr, 52, 11, pi. 3, /. 11. 

 a. France. 



