HYMENOPTERA. 



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4. Melecta aterrima. 



Melecta aterrima, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 44/. 9. 



Hab. France (Island of Noirmoutier). (Coll. F. Smith.) 



5. Melecta nigra. ' 



Melecta nigra, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 446. 6. 

 Brulle, Hist. Nat. Isl. Canar. 89. 39. 



Hab. Italy ; Canary Islands ; Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



This species might possibly be considered an extreme variety 

 oi punctata,hnt the antennae are longer than in that species; the 

 specimen examined is from Sicily. 



6. Melecta bipunctata. 



Melecta bipunctata, -S^. Farg. Hym. ii. 446. 7- 

 Hab. Italy; Tuscany. 



7. Melecta fasciculata. 



Melecta fasciculata. Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. 1. p. 45. 17- t. 1. f. 15. 

 Brulle, Ex'ped. Sc. Moree, iii. 342. 759. t. 48. f. 11. 



Hab. Italy; The Morea. 



8. Melecta plurinotata. B.M. 

 Melecta plurinotata, Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, Zool. p. 343. 760. 



St. Farg. Hytn. ii. 442. 2. 



Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 211. 146. 



Aab. The Morea; Bagdad; Sicily; Spain; Algeria. 



9. Melecta funeraria. 



Female. Length 6 lines.— Intensely black ; the face, a broad 

 band on the collar, a tuft behind the wings, a large rounded 

 patch on the sides of the basal segment of the abdomen, a large 

 subquadrate one on the second, and a quadrate one on the thu-d 

 and fom-th segments on each side, snow-white ; the legs entirely 

 black, the wings fusco-hyaline. 

 Hab. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



10. Melecta grandis. B.M. 



Melecta grandis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 443. 3. 



Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 211. 147. t. 9. f. 11. 



Hab. Algeria (Oran). 



