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black-brown glossed -with silvery purple-blue ; abdomen black strongly glossed 

 with silvery blue ; pectus, coxae, and femora black wth patches of white, the 

 fore tibiae with some blue-white at base, the tarsi banded with white, the mid 

 tibiae and 1st joint of tarsi at sides with some blue-white scales, the other joints 

 of tarsi with white points, the hind tibiae with some white hair above and a patch 

 of brown scales and blue-white hair at extremity on outer side, the 1st joint of 

 tarsi with a few rufous hairs and the 1st and 2nd joints with patches of white at 

 sides ; ventral surface of abdomen black glossed with blue, the anal tuft with 

 some white below and at extremity. Forewing black -brown irrorated with some 

 blue-white scales especially on terminal area ; a hyaline streak below the cell 

 from base to near origin of vein 2, short streak in lower part of middle of cell, 

 and four short streaks beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3, very short above, 

 longer below ; some silvery blue scales at base of inner margin ; ciha dull brown. 

 Hindwing hyahne, the veins and margins narrowly black ; the lobed inner 

 margin clothed chiefly with silvery-blue scales ; ciha dull browTi. 



Qneensland, Kuranda (L'odd), 1 $ type, Walsingham Coll. Exp. 40 mill. 



(48) *Melittia formosana. 



Mdittia formosaiia Mats., Tliousand Ins. Jap. Suppl. iii. p. 86. pi. 36. f. 18 (1911). 

 Formosa. 



(49) Melittia pellecta, 



t Mdittia pdlecta Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890. p. 169. pi. vi. f. 2 ; Hmpsn. Moths. Itid i. p. 202. 

 Burma, Rangoon. 



(50) Melittia volatilis. 



t Mdittia volatilis Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890. p. 170. pi. vi. f. 3 ; Hmpsn., 31oths Ind. i. p. 202. 

 Burma, Rangoon. 



(51) * Melittia chmer. 



Melittia khmer Le Ceri, Oberth. El. Lip. Cump. xiv. p. 161. pi. 475. f. 3916 (1917). 

 Cambodia. 



(52) * Melittia usambara. 



Mdittia usambara Le Ceri, Obertb. ^<. Lep. Camp. xiv. p. 231. pi. 471. f. 3965 (1917). 

 " Genu. E. Africa," Usambara. 



(53) t Melittia lentistriata n. sp. 

 Head grey-brown, the frons white, the palpi pale fulvous yellow mixed with 

 some white, almost wholly white towards base, the 2nd and 3rd joints with 

 some black hair in front, the antennae black -brown, rufous below except towards 

 base ; thorax olive-green ; abdomen black -brown, the anal tuft with some pale 

 fulvous at extremity ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; fore 

 femora and tibiae pale fulvous and white, the tarsi white, the mid femora and 

 tibiae pale fulvous above, white below, the tibiae with white band at middle, 

 the tarsi white, the hind femora black above, white below, the tibiae fringed 

 with black hair on inner side and at extremity and white hair on outer side with a 

 patch of fiery-red scales at extremity, the tarsi black with the scales on cuter 

 side of fu'st joint fiery red mixed with some black at base and white at extremity. 



