go NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXVI. 1919. 



(32) Melittia gigantea. 



t Melittia gigantea Moore, P.Z.S. 1879. p. 413 ; Waterhouse, Aid. U. pi. 131. f. 4 ; Hmpsn. Moths 



Ind. i. p. 204. 

 t Melittia hiimerosa Swinh., Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. i. p. 38 (1892). 



Japan ; Corea ; C. China ; Punjab. 



(33) Melittia nevara. 



Melittia newara Moore, L(p. Atk. p. 10 (1879) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 203. 

 Sikhim ; Assam, Kha-^is. 



(34) t * Melittia leucogaster n. sp. 



?. Head and thorax olive-brown, the antennae black -brown, pale red- 

 brown below towards tips, the frons pale yellow at sides, the palpi pale yellow 

 with some black scales in front ; abdomen with the two basal segments rufous, 

 the others black -brown with fine white segmental hues ; pectus pale yellow ; 

 fore legs pale yellow streaked with black, the mid legs with the femora white 

 above, yellow and black below, the tibiae rufous with white band at middle 

 and some yellow at tips, the tarsi black, with silvery blue-white bands at base 

 of three first joints, the hind legs with the femora white, the tibiae rufous, with 

 some white above at middle, some silvery blue-white on outer side on basal 

 half and at extremity and some black and yellow at extremity, the spurs black, 

 the tarsi black with some yellow on 1st joint below ; ventral surface of abdomen 

 pure white. Forewing deep rufous, the terminal area irrorated with wiiite 

 scales ; an hyaline fascia in the cell, forldng at middle, a fascia below the cell, 

 and fasciae beyond the cell below veins 7 to 4, very short above, longer below. 

 Hindwing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black ; the lobed inner area 

 yellowish at base, then rufous ; cilia reddish brown. 



Java, Salatiga, 1 $ type in Coll. Rothschild. Exf. 36 mill. 



(35) Melittia sangaica. 

 t Melittia sangaica Moore, A.M.N.H. (4) xx. p. 84 (1877). 



C. China. 



(36) Melittia notabilis. 



t Mdittia notabilis Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890. p. 168. pi. vi. f. 1. 

 Burma. 



(37) Melittia chalconota. 



t Melittia chalconnta Hmpsn., A.M.N.H. (8) vL p. 149 (1910). 



Melittia congoana Le Cerf, Oberth. £(. Lep. Camp. xii. i. pi. 373. f. 3112 (1916) ; id. I.e. xiv. p. 172. 

 Gold Coast; S. Nigeria,- Congo; "Germ. E. Africa," Usambara, in Coll. 

 Rothschild. 



(38) t Melittia dichroipus n. sp. 

 ,J. Head black mixed with some yellow, the neck with fulvous ring, the 

 frons brown, yellowish white at sides, the antennae black with lateral white 

 points, rufous below, the palpi pale yellow, the 2nd and 3rd joints with 

 some black in front and behind ; thorax fulvous yellow mixed with brown ; 

 abdomen black with golden yellow segmental lines, and some fulvous yellow 



