45 MELITTA. (**. a.) 



pallido-pilosi; tarsis omnibus, tibiisqne antlcis 

 antrorsum, rufis. 

 Abdomen ovatum, nitidum, rufum, segmentis 

 duobns ultimis nigro-piceis. Anus pallido- 

 pilosus. 

 GeofFroy supposes this insect to be merely a 

 variety of the preceding species, but the difference 

 of size so far exceeds the limits which separate the 

 sexes in this genus, thnt I cannot help regarding it 

 as distinct. It differs likewise in the colour of its 

 maxillae, lip, antennae, legs, and abdomen. 



Sphecoi- Q. M. aterrima ; abdomine ferrugineo, basi apice- 

 que nigro ; alis nigricantibus. 



Sphex gilba nigra ; abdomine ferrugineo apice fusco ; 



alis pnmoribus apice nigricantibus. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. & Gmcl. p. 2/32. n.33. Fn. 



Suec. 1(558. 

 VilL Eiit. Eur. 3. ri. 40. 

 Fah. Ent. Syst. Em. ri. 5Q. 



FIG. Jpis rufa. Chiistii Hymcnopt. p. 201. tab. IJ.fg. 12. 



MUS. D. Smith Linncan. Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4. 

 Hah. Barhamiae cum proeccdentibus, sed rarior. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS aterrimum, punctulatumj cinereo ra- 



riiis pilosulum. 

 Caput. / eriejc pilositate parvA, atra. Labium 



triangulare. Maxilla: fascii fuscA. uinlennce 



nigrae. 



Tr UNCUS 



