84 NOVTTATES ZOOLOGICAE XXVI. IfllO. 



band at base of 4th segment, the anal tuft yellow at sides ; mid tibiae with 

 a few yellow hairs at middle, the hind tibiae with some white hairs at middle and 

 extremity, the tarsi yellow towards extremities. Forewing semihyaline cupreous 

 broA\Ti, the costal area black, narrowing to a point before apex, the inner margin 

 black, broadly at base ; a short hyaline streak below the cell near base. Hind- 

 ■wing semihyaline cupreous brown, the inner margin and cilia black -brown ; a 

 wedge-shaped hyaline patch below base of cell and the inner area from vein 1 to 

 near the margin hyaline. Underside of forewing with the base of costa chrome- 

 yellow. 



Uadras, Palni Hills (Campbell), 1 o type. Exp. 54 mill. 



Gen. Macroscelesia nov. 

 Type, if, longipea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, extending to above vertex of 

 head and clothed with scales and some spinous hair, the 1st and 2nd joints 

 with rather long hair in front, the third acuminate ; frons smooth, with ridge of 

 hair above ; eyes large, elliptical ; antennae of male wth strong fascicles of 

 cilia, dilated towards extremity and ending in a small tuft of bristles ; abdomen 

 without crests ; fore and mid tibiae clothed with scales and spinous hair, the 

 mid tarsi with small tufts of hair above on the joints, the hind tibiae very strongly 

 tufted with hair and elongate scales, the tarsi very long with small tufts of 

 hair-like scales at the joints, stronger towards extremity, the 1st joint strongly 

 tufted with hair and scales. Forewing very narrow, the apex rounded, the 

 termen evenly curved ; veins 2 to 6 separate ; 7, 8 stalked ; 9 to 11 separate. 

 Hindwng with vein 3 from well before end of cell and nearer 2 than 5, 4 absent ; 

 6 from middle of discocellulars ; 7 from upper angle of cell ; 8 concealed in a fold . 



Macroscelesia longipes. 



t Mdittia longipes Moore, A.M.N.H. (4) xx. p. 84 (18771. 

 C. China. 



Gen. Melittia. 



ileliUia HUbn., Verz. p. 128 (1827) 



Eumallopoda Wllgm.. Oe/v. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Fork. 1858. p. 84 . 

 Parana Wllgm., Wien. Enl. Mon. vii. p. 137 (1863) nee Moore, Lep. 1859 

 Pansa Wllgm., Kongl. Svensk.'Akad. Handl. v. 4. p. 9 (1865) 

 Desmopoda Feld., Heis. Nov. p. 4 (1874) non descr. .... 

 Eublepharis Feld., Reis. Nov. p. 4 (1874) non descr. .... 



Type. 



bomhylijormia 



laniremis 



aure^jsqua-mnta 



a ureosquamala 



bombyjonnis 



ruficincta 



Sect. I. Vertex of head clothed with long hair projecting forward between 

 the. antennae. 



(1) * Melittia haematopis. 



t Melittia haematopis Fawcett, P.Z.S. 1916. p. 736. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Br. E. Africa. 



(2) t Melittia pyropis n. sp. 



$. Head black -brown mixed with white, the frons white, the antennae black 

 with a bluish gloss, the palpi white, the 3rd joint with some black hairs in front ; 

 thorax and two basal segments of abdomen olive-fulvous, the rest of abdomen 

 black -brown with creamy white segmental lines, the 3rd and 4th segments 



