90 NonTATEs Zoological XXVI. 1919, 



(3) t * Melanosphecia dohertyi n. sp. 



<J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a slight bluish gloss, the 

 antennae rufous below, the palpi rufous in front ; hind tibiae with a few white 

 hairs at the spurs, the ventral surface of abdomen with white segmental lines. 

 Forewing glossy black-brown, the terminal area Avith a slight purplish gloss. 

 Hindwing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. 



Obi, Laiwui (Doherty) 1 (J type in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 30 mill. 



(4) * Melanosphecia atra. 



Melanosphecia atra Le Cerf, Obertb. £t. Lip. Comp. xii. i. pi. 376. f. 3140 (1916) ; id. I.e. xiv. p. 246. 

 Dntch N. Guinea, Geelvink Bay. 



Gen. Hypomelittia nov. 

 Type, H. hyaloptera. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to rather above vertex of head, 

 moderately scaled, acuminate at tip ; frons smooth ; eyes elhptical ; antennae 

 of female simple, dilated towards tip and ending in a minute tuft of hair ; thorax 

 and abdomen smoothly scaled, the latter tapering to extremity and with small 

 anal tuft ; fore and mid tibiae fringed with long hair and scales, the tarsi with 

 slight tufts of scales at the joints, the hind tibiae fringed on each side with very 

 long hair and scales, the 1st joint of tarsi fringed on each side with long scales, 

 the other joints with slight tufts of scales. Forewing narrow, the apex rounded, 

 the termen obliquely ciu-ved ; veins 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 well separated ; 7, 8 coincident ; 

 9, 10, 11 from cell. Hindwing with vein 3 from before angle of cell but nearer 

 5 than 2, 4 absent ; 6 from middle of discocellular ; 7 from upper angle of cell ; 

 8 concealed in a fold. 



f Hypomelittia hyaloptera n. sp. 

 ?. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the metathorax with some white scales, 

 the abdomen with the terminal segments glossed with blue and the 5th segment 

 edged by some yellowish scales ; palpi with some white scales in front ; pectus 

 with an orange-scarlet streak below the shoulders ; fore tarsi white below, the 

 terminal joints with seme pale red, the mid tibiae with seme white hair, the hind 

 tibiae and tarsi with some scarlet and white scales and hair. Forewing hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black, the costal area lather broadly black to end of cell, 

 then tapering to a point ; a black disccidal bar defined on outer side by rather 

 diffused orange-yellow ; the interspaces of terminal area with fine black streaks. 

 Hindwing hyahne, the veins and margins narrowly black, the veins to beyond 

 end of cell tinged with yellow ; the inner margin with some white hair. 

 Burma, Kawkerait (Mackwood) 1 $ type. Exp. 18 mill. 



Gen. Lenyra. 



Type 

 Lenyra Wlk., viii. 71 (1856) . " aslaroth 



Lenyra astaroth. 



t Trvchilium astaroth Westw., Cab. Or. Ent. p. 14. pi. ti. f. 5 (1848); Hmpsn, Moths Ind. i. 

 p. 205 fig. 

 Pnnjab ; Sikhim ; Assam. 



