40 MELITTA. (*. b.) 



MUS. D. Smith Linncan. Kirly. 



Long. Corp, Lin, 3. 

 Hal. Earhami'je, raiisbirna. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum. 



Capiat triangulare. 7V/<^r///^ albse, apice fuscae. 

 Antennce nigrae, subtus apiceque fulvae; scapo 

 dilatato, subquadrato, concavo-convexo/. pa- 

 telliformi, diinidiato-luteo(e). Fades infra 

 antennas alba. 



TfiUNC'js obsciirus, punctulatissimus, cinera- 

 scenti-pilosulus ; tuberculorum vertice, punc- 

 toque squamularum, flavis. Alee subhyalinac, 

 nervis nigris. Pedes flavi, femoribus, tibiarum 

 posticarum annulo, anteriorumque quatuor 

 macula, nigris. 



Abdomen parva pube, vix conspicua, je~ 

 spersum. 



The extraordinary size and shape of the scapus 

 of the antennae, which much resembles a Patella, 

 will, I think, sufficiently justify me for considering 

 this insect as a distinct species. Were this cir- 

 cumstance a sexual distinction only, the other 

 males of the family would have it as well as this, 

 which is not the case. I observed a variety of this 

 insect in the Linnean cabinet with the dilated joint 

 entirely black. 



(e) Tab. 1. *. b. fig. 8. 



6.M. 



