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at base ; pectus brown and white ; forelegs black and yellow ; mid legs black 

 with some yellow on femora and base of tibiae, a blue-white spot at middle 

 of tibiae on outer side and blue-white points on the tarsal joints above ; hind- 

 legs black, the tibiae clothed with yellow hair above to middle where there is a 

 yellow patch on outer side followed by a minute silvery blue spot, and seme 

 yellow hair at extremity ; ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white. Fore- 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black -brown ; some fulvous at base and a 

 few scales on each side of upper part of the discoidal bar, which emits a streak 

 in the cell ; the black -brown terminal band expanding on apical area and 

 irrorated with a few white scales ; cilia grey-brown. Hindwing hyahne, the 

 veins and margins narrowly black ; the lobed inner margin brown with some 

 fulvous on basal half ; cilia grey-brown. Underside with the veins and margins 

 wholly black -bro\\Ti. 



Burma, Bhamo 1 (J, Thoungho 1 <J, type, Tenasserim (Mackwood), 1 <J. 

 Exp. 36 mill. 



(39) * Melittia staudingeri. 



Melittia staudingeri Boisd., Lip. Het. i. p. 478 (1874) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 203 ; Le Cerf, 

 Oberth. Et. Lip. Comp. xii. i. pi. 374. f. 3123 ; id. I.e. xiv. p. 173. 

 Sikhim, in Coll. Kothschild. 



(40) Melittia indica. 



t Mdittia indica But!., A.M.N.H. (4) xiv. p. 411 (1874) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 203 ; Le Cerf, 

 Oberth. M. Lep. Comp. xiv. p. 182. pi. 476. ff. 3921-2. 



Sikhim ; Assam, Kliasis ; SCalay States ; Sumatra ; Anuam. 

 (41) Melittia proxima. 



Mdittia proxima Le Cerf, Oberth. St. Lep. Comp. xiv. p. 186. pi. 476. f. 3923 (1917). 

 Sikhim ; Assam, Khasis. 



(42) t Melittia japona n. n. 



Melittia eurytion Bartel, Seitz, Gr. Schm. pal. ii. p. 371. pi. 51. c; Mats. Thousand Ins, Jap, Suppl, 

 iii. pi. 36. f. 20 {nee Westw.). 



Head and thorax dark red-brown, the latter with some whitish hair at 

 sides ; antennae black with paired series of white points to near tips ; rufous 

 below ; frons grey-brown, white at sides ; palpi white mixed with rufous, the 

 2nd joint with some black hair in front and the 3rd with some black towards 

 tip ; abdomen black with some red-brovvTi and whitish scales and fine white 

 segmental lines ; pectus white and rufous ; fore legs black and white with some 

 rufous, the hind tibiae black with alternating tufts of rufous and white hair 

 above and tufts of white hair at extremity, the hind tibiae and tarsi black mixed 

 with rufous and white hair ; ventral surface of abdomen white. Forewing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown, the latter irrorated with blue-white 

 scales, some pure white on basal inner area ; the discoidal patch large and 

 emitting a streak in the cell ; the terminal band expanding widely on apical 

 area. Hindwing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black-brown ; the 

 lobed inner margin with some white scales tinged with silvery blue at the 

 margin ; cilia_ reddish brown. 



Japan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer) 5 ?, <J in Coll. Rothschild, Tsuruga 

 (Leech) 2 ? type. Exp. 32 mill. 



