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A NEW AEGERIID. 



BY THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



Melittia superba sper. nov. 

 rpHlS very baiidsome sjiecies is nearest to M. magnifica Beutfuiuiillcr. 

 -L Hend lilarkisli brown, (jal|)i lirown, collar glittering ])ale blue, thorax 

 metallic oiialesceut silvery with bnfif tinge, centre glossed with jiale metallic blue, 

 antennae black. 



First two segments of abdomen metallic i)ale blue, rest of abdomen deeper 

 steel blue ; last two segments metallic bronzy greeu. 



Underside of thorax oj^alescent silvery white, of abdomen whitish opalescent 

 yellow. 



Forelegs black, tarsi yellowish ; middle legs metallic blue, tarsi somewhat 

 silvery ; hiodlegs clothed with dense and long hairs ; tibiae above and inside 

 bright yellow, below and outside black glossed with metallic blue and mixed 

 with metallic o])alesceiit tufts ; tarsi black mixed with grey hairs. 



Forewings above and below brilliant metallic blue, costa and broad outer 

 margin dull black. 



Hindwings sharply divided obliijuely from base to outer margin, npper 

 three-fifths brilliant metallic blue, lower two-fifths transparent, fringe blackish, 

 except at abdominal margin, where it is blue. 



Length of fore wing, 10 mm. 



One c?, Marcapate, E. Peru, :35uu ft. (Garlepp). 



SYNONYMICAL NOTE ON XENOFSYLLA PACHYUEO- 



MYIDIS Glink. 



By THE HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S. 



"TTRAU ANNA GLINKEWIC'Z recently described (Sitzbe/: Altad. Wis». IlVew, 

 -1- cxvi. 1. p. 3<S1. t. ]., lUUT) a flea from Egypt under the above name. 

 Through the kindness of Professor L. Ganglbauer and Professor K. Grobben uf 

 Vienna I have been able to examine a pair of cotyi)es of this species. The 

 insect in question is undoubtedly identical with Locmopaijlla clteojiis Rothsch. 

 (1903). The genus Xeiiopsijlla was published before Loemopsijlla, the name 

 jiroposed by Dr. K. Jordan and myself in 1008 for :he group oi' fleas to which 

 cheopis belongs, and must therefore be retained. 



