. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. BOMBYLIUS. 263 7. Snow-white pile and hairs at tip of abdo- men ; 3rd antennal joint nearly double as long as 1st and 2nd together terminalis, Brim., p. 270. No white hairs on abdomen 8. 8. Wings clear, brown at base, nearly up to anterior cross-vein fulvipes, Big., p. 271. Basal half of wing diagonally brown, the colour dying away gradually propinquus, Brim., p. 272, In comparisons between the length of the proboscis or abdomen relatively to that of the thorax the scutellum is not included. 205. Bombylius orientalis, Macq. Bombylius orientalis, Macquart, Dipt
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. BOMBYLIUS. 263 7. Snow-white pile and hairs at tip of abdo- men ; 3rd antennal joint nearly double as long as 1st and 2nd together terminalis, Brim., p. 270. No white hairs on abdomen 8. 8. Wings clear, brown at base, nearly up to anterior cross-vein fulvipes, Big., p. 271. Basal half of wing diagonally brown, the colour dying away gradually propinquus, Brim., p. 272, In comparisons between the length of the proboscis or abdomen relatively to that of the thorax the scutellum is not included. 205. Bombylius orientalis, Macq. Bombylius orientalis, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. ii, pt. 1, p. 90, pi. vi, fig. 2 (1840) ; Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 456 (1909). Bombylius tricolor, Guerin, Icon. Regne Anim. hi, p. 538, pi. xcv (1829-1838). <S $ • Head : in J, vertex very small, black, with black hairs ; frons and face black, former with long whitish or yellowish- white hairs, similar hairs adorning each side of the face; lower part of head devoid of pubescence ; occiput with brownish-yellow hairs. Antennae black ; 3rd joint twice as long as 1st and 2nd together, tapering; 1st joint with long grey hair above and Fig. 14.—Bombylius orientalis, Macq. Proboscis black, as long as from the frons to hind border of thorax ; palpi brownish black. In $ , frons about one-third the width of the head, slightly narrower above, with greyish pubescence ; in all else as in the S • Thorax and scutellum closely covered with rather short brownish-yellow pubescence. Abdomen black, with thick yellowish-grey hairs towards sides and at base, and with the tip covered with whitish hairs; the remainder of the dorsum covered with fiery-red or orange-red hairs ; the pubescence in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brunetti, Enrico. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc. ,
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