First to catch the eye are the shining fronto-orbital plate between the eyes and the yellow calypterae/wing bases.
They have hairy eyes, pre-sutural acros and 2 pairs of pre-scutellar acros. Antenna is plumose but not much. t3 has one pd bristle, as expected of a Phaonia.
Thorax has a small central pale patch with quite substantial dark stripes beside (true in both specimens from this date)
Skidmore notes this is an anthophile which eats a lot of pollen. It was univoltine, emerging late May in the north of England and gone by July. Last year I had this in April so this is later, but still way earlier than noted by Skidmore.
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