192 HETEROCERA. . 
Beutenmiiller agree in citing satyriniformis Hb. as the Type of Melitta, but this 
monotypical genus was founded on Sbombyliformis Crmr., which Hampson (Fu. 
Br-Ind. Moths 1 204 sp. 394) identifies as chalciformis F.—this identification renders 
unnecessary Hiibner’s neonym anthedoniformis. 
1. Melittia satyriniformis Hb. 
—cucurbitae Harris.°; =ceto Wstwd.’; =pulchripes Wkr.°; =amoena H. Edw.”. : 
Melittia satyriniformis Hb. Ztr. Smlg. Exot. Schm. 3 no. 227 p. 17 Pf. [78] ° 453-4 (1825) °. 
Aegeria cucurbitae Harris New Engl. Farmer 7 33 (1828) °. Trochilium ceto Wstwd. Cab. Or. 
Ent. 62 Pl. 30°6 (1848)*.  Melittia pulchripes Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. 8 67 sp. 3 (1856) *. 
Melittia amoena H.Edw. Pap. 2 53-4 (1882)°. Melittia satyriniformis Druce Biol. C-Am. 
Ins. Lp-Het. 1 32 sp. 1 (1882) °. Melittia ceto Druce Biol. C-Am. Ins. Lp-Het. 1 32 sp. 2 
(1883)’; H.Edw. Pap. 3 157 (1884) ®,  Melittia satyrinifurmis Druce Biol. C-Am. Ins. Lp- 
Het. 2 324 (1896)°; Btmlr. Jr. N-Y. Ent. Soc. 5 34-5 (1897); Mem. Am. Mus. NH. 1 229, 
230, 232-4 tf. 232°8 Pf. 29:1 ¢ (1901)"; Dyar Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52 364 sp. 4162 
(1902). 
Types: 0 ceto Wstwd.; pulchripes Wkr. BM. 
Hab. AMERICA, N-C-S. Canada —United States 1-3, 5-1, 10-12. @ Cucurbitus spp. 
© IV-VIII". Central America’ "—Mexico***”": puranao”: Durango City (Becker)’: 
VERA cRUzZ°: Atoyac (Schumann)*; Coatepec (Brooks)®; Jalapa (W. Schaus) * ; 
Jalisco (Schumann)*: GUERRERO®: Acapulco (H. H. Smith)*®; Amula (H. H. Smith)? ; 
Chilpancingo (H. H. Smith)*: yucATAN®: Valladolid (Gaumer)°—GUATEMALA Sa: 
BAJA VERA Paz®-?: San Gerénimo (G. C. Champion)": Panama’”: cHiriqui’: Volcan 
de Chiriqui, 2000-3000 ft. (G. C. Champion)". South America ” ® ® "“—- VENEZUELA 
(D. Dyson) **—Braziu®®":  AMAZONS 460: Para (H. W. Bates) ‘__Arguntina®”: 
Buenos Ayres (C. Berg) *. | 
2. Melittia butleri Druce. 
Melittia butleri Druce Biol. C-Am. Ins. Lp-Het. 1 32 sp. 3 Pf. 5°15 (1888)': 2 324 (1896) ’*. 
Type 3 2 (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Mextco!~?: oaxaca’?: Oaxaca (Sallé)': aurrrero’: Omilteme, 8000 ft. 
(H. H. Smith)’. 
3. Melittia smithi Druce. 
Melittia smithi Druce Ann-Mag. NH. (6 s.) 4 81 (1889)’: Biol. C-Am. Ins. Lp-Het. 2 324 sp. 4 
Pf. 69°17 (1896-7) ’. . 
Type 2 (Godm-Salv. Coll.) BM. 
Hab. Mexico’: querrero’?: Rio Papagaio, 1200 ft. (H. H. Smith)*’; Dos 
Arroyos, 1000 ft. (H. H. Smith) 12 [X-X. 1888° 7, 
