92 NOVTTATEa ZOOLOGICVE XXVI. 1919. 



(43) Melittia cbalybescens. 



MdiUia chalybeacens Miskin, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. viii. p. 59 (1892). 



Qneensland. The two specimens in Brit. Mus. from part of the original 

 material, the type was given to Mr. Lower (F. R. Turner). 



(44) t Melittia callosoma n. sp. 



(J. Head black -brown with some wliitish and fulvous hairs, the frons white 

 at sides and above, the antennae black with series of ochreous white points above 

 towards base, the palpi white mixed with black ; thorax fulvous brown ; 

 abdomen deep indigo-blue with bands of golden fulvous scales on each joint ; 

 pectus white ; fore legs black mixed with white and some fulvous, the mid 

 tibiae and tarsi black \\-ith patches of white scales above, the hind tibiae and 

 tarsi black with a few white scales above ; ventral surface of abdomen white 

 tinged with yellow. Forewing hyaline, the veins and margins black -bro\\Ti ; 

 a strong black -brown discoidal bar, emitting a streak in the cell ; the terminal 

 band expanding on apical area and slightlj' indenting the hyaline area in the 

 fork between veins 7 and 8. Hindwing hyahne, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black-brown, the lobed inner area with some fulvous brown and yellowish scales. 



Sumatra, Padang Bovenlanden, in Coll. Rothschild ; Borneo, Sarawak, 

 Ulu La was (Shelford) 1 J type, Kuching, Pontianak, in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. 32 mill. 



(45) t Melittia flaviventris n. sp. 



cJ. Head and thorax black-brown, the back of head and thorax tinged 

 with olive-brown, the antennae black, rufous below, the palpi yellow with a 

 black line at sides, some black hair in front of 2nd joint towards extremity 

 and the 3rd joint mostly black ; abdomen black glossed with purple and wth 

 yellowish-white segmental lines ; coxae and femora chrome yellow, the fore 

 tibiae and tarsi rufous and black, the mid tibiae and tarsi black, the former 

 with some yellow scales below and white scales at sides, the 1st joint of tarsi 

 with a tuft of wliite scales above (hind legs wanting) ; ventral surface of abdomen 

 chrome yellow. Forewing hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown ; the 

 discal bar strong, not emitting a streak in the cell ; the terminal band expanding 

 widely on apical area, the outer edge of the hyaline area obhque with the streak 

 above veins 7 and 8 very short. Hindwing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 narrowly black-brown, the lobed inner margin with some silvery blue above 

 and whitish scales towards the margin. 



Ce7lon, 1 3 type. Exp. 36 mill. 



(46) Melittia eurytion. 



t MdiUia eurytion Westw., Cab. Or. Ent. p. 62. pi. 30. f. 5 (1848) ; Hmpsn. Moltis Ind. I p. 203. 



fig. ; Le Cerf, Oberth. ^t. Lep. Comp. xii. i. pi. 373. ff. 3114-5 ; id. i.e. xiv. p. 176. f. 4. 

 t MdiUia atrigipennis Wlk., xxxi. 17 (1864). 



W. China ; Sildiim ; Assam ; Bombay ; Burma ; Java ; Gilolo. 



(47) t Melittia proserpina n. sp. 

 $. Head black with some white hairs, the antennae with a few white scales 

 above, rufous below, the frons white at sides, the palpi black and white ; thorax 



