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Abdomen dull brownish black, similarly clothed to the thorax ; 1st segment 
with two small patches of grey scales near the middle of the apical margin, its 
sides with tufts of long white silky hairs ; sides of remaining segments clothed 
chiefly with black hairs, intermixed with a few grey ones ; apical 2 or 3 segments 
rather denuded, but showing traces of white scales ; genitalia red. 
Legs black, tibim, and tarsi more or less rufesceiit ; coxae with rather long 
grey pubescence, femora with white scales ; tibiae with numerous short black 
bristles ; pulvilli nearly as long as claws. 
Wings sub-hyaline ; the base as far as the humeral cross-vein, costal and sub- 
costal cells, dark brovTi ; on the clear portion are dark brown spots in the follow- 
ing positions : one, connected with the dark costal margin, and carried across 
base of discal cell as far as the anal cell ; one across anterior cross-vein and point 
of origin of 2nd longitudinal vein, not quite connected with the dark costal 
margin ; one at the pomt when 3rd longitudinal vein forks ; a smaller one at apex 
of discal cell, and one stiU smaller at its posterior angle ; the 2nd longitudinal 
vein forks just before the anterior cross- vein, but there is no appendiculation ; 
the upper branch of the 3rd longitudinal vein has an mdication of appendicula- 
tion ; first posterior cell open for nearly the distance of anterior cross-vein ; 
anal cell only narrowly open ; base of costa with black bristles ; halteres entirely 
black. 
L. 8mm. 
Described from a single specimen from Matheran. 
This is quite distinct from A. inslituta Walk., with the type of which I have 
compared it. It would run into Brunotti’s key with distigma and obscurifrons. 
Anthrax argentiapicalis, Brun. 
I have a male from Matheran. It is like the 9 described by Brunetti, except 
that the frons at level of antennae is fuUy f the width of head ; the femora are 
more or less rufuscent, there are a few white scales on apical border of the 3rd 
abdominal segment near the sides, and only the knob of the halteres in black, 
the other being pale. 
Anthrax duvancelii, Macq. 
I have 3 specimens of this species from Deesa, one of which was bred from 
the nest of a wasp. They agree absolutely with Brunotti’s description except 
as regards the abdomen, which I should describe as follows : — Black ; 1st seg- 
ment with an apical band of long white scaly hairs, which are longest at the sides ; 
remaining segments with apical bands of white or yeUowish-white scales, reach- 
ing over the side margins, those on the 3rd and 4th segments being very narrow 
and sometimes interrupted ; bases of segments with rather stiS black hairs. 
Anthrax Candida, Sack. 
(Die palaearktischen Spongostilien, p. 583.) 
This species was described from Persia, and Becker records it from Persian 
Baluchistan. I have two specimens from Quetta which correspond fairly well 
with Sack’s description, except that they are rather smaller than the measure- 
ments he gives. 
The following abbreviated description should enable the species to be recognis- 
ed : Frons black-haired ; face with grey scales ; upper mouth edge with long 
grey scaly hairs, and a pair of black bristles, the latter not always visible ; ant- 
ennae black, 3rd joint with a grey shimmer, onion-shaped, with a rather long black 
pencil of hairs. 
Thorax blackish, with white scales and black bristles near wing base and on 
post-alar calli ; sides and below with white scaly hairs. Legs black, with browai 
tibiae and tarsi ; coxae, especially the middle ones, with rather long black bristly 
