TROCHILIUM. . 335 



MELITTIA Walker, 



Body rather stont. Proboscis elongated. Palpi moderately 

 long, slightly pilose ; third joint lanceolate, hardly half the length 

 of the second. Antennae subclavate or clavate, rather longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen oblanceolate, much longer than the thorax. 

 Legs stout ; hind legs most densely pilose, with long hairs, which 

 extend nearly to the tips of the tarsi. Wings hyaline, rather nar- 

 row. Fore wings occasionally opaque ; fourth inferior vein not 

 very remote from the third, which is near to the first and to the 

 second. 



North America. 



1. M. ceto Walker. C. B. M. VIII. 6G. 



Aurato-viridis; caput antice et apud oculos album; palpi lutei, 



basi albi ; abdomen rufura maculis dorsalibus nigris, subtus lu- 



teum ; pedes rufi, nigro albo que varii; alte anticte aurato-virides; 



posticiB limpidse. 



United States. 



Walker. 



Var.? Olivacea; palpi pallide flavi, fasiculo subapicali nigro; 

 antennoe viridi-nigra?; abdomen ochraceum, fascia basali maculis 

 que dorsalibus nigris ; pedes postici pilis extus ochraceis intus 

 nigris dense herti ; ala? anticse olivaceo-fuscfB opacce, postica) lira- 

 pidse fusco marginatse. 



Massachusetts. 



Walker. 



2. M? flavitibia TFflW-er. C. B. M. VIII. TrochiliumtihiaJe Eavris. Am. 

 Jouni. Sci. XXXVI. 



Fusesceus ; caput apud oculos flavum ; antennte nigral ; thorax 



flavo bivittatus; abdominis segmenta flavo marginata; tibiae flavte, 



posticae pilis flavis dense vestita?; alae limpidae, anticre marginibus 



fascia que abbreviata pallide fuscis. 



New Hampshire. *. 



Walker. 



