. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 152 SYBPHID^. 122. Volucella ruficauda, Brun. Volucella ruficauda, Briinetti, Rec, Ind. Mus. ii, p. 61 (1908); i, pi. xi, fig. 13, wing (1907). (S 2 â Sead black; epistome well produced, shining black ; eyes densely hairy in S, distinctly hairy, but to a much less extent, in $ ; vertex crowned by a tuft of long bright yellow liairs; eyes in $ separated by the narrow shining black Irons. Antennae ferru- ginous ; first two joints nearly black. Thorax black with black hair, dorsum covered with dense long bright ferruginous-red hair which also covers the bright fe
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 152 SYBPHID^. 122. Volucella ruficauda, Brun. Volucella ruficauda, Briinetti, Rec, Ind. Mus. ii, p. 61 (1908); i, pi. xi, fig. 13, wing (1907). (S 2 â Sead black; epistome well produced, shining black ; eyes densely hairy in S, distinctly hairy, but to a much less extent, in $ ; vertex crowned by a tuft of long bright yellow liairs; eyes in $ separated by the narrow shining black Irons. Antennae ferru- ginous ; first two joints nearly black. Thorax black with black hair, dorsum covered with dense long bright ferruginous-red hair which also covers the bright ferruginous-red scutelluiu. Abdomen black with rather thick black hair ; posterior border of 3rd seg- ment and the whole of the 4th and 5th segments covered with yellowish-red hair. Venter entirely black with black hair. Legs slender, wholly black with short black hair. Wings pale yellowish- grey, a rather large brown irregular spot in the centre of the fore border, and reaching half-way across the wing; a brown suffusion along the recurrent portions of the subapical and postical (4th arid 5th longitudinal) veins and extending to the costa about the termination of the marginal cell. Between this suffusion and the outer margin the wing is darker grey; base of wing slightly yellowish ; halteres black. Length, 14-15 mm. Described from eight S 6 and eight $ $ in the Indian Museum collection from 8ikkira. 123, Volucella lividiventris, Brun. Volucella lividiventris, Bruuetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 62 (1908).. Fig. 33.â Volucella lividiventris, Brun., head iu profile. S $. Very near ruficauda, but distinct. The hair on the thoracic dorsum is distinctly grev, the tuft of hair on the vertex is greyish-white, while the venter has the 2nd and 3rd segments livid grey with unicolorous hair. A bunch of grey hair is found on each of the two basal abdominal segments at the sides, and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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