50 MELITTA. (**. a.) 



cantibus. Pedes nigri, pallido-pilosuli ; tarsis 

 omnibus, tibiisque anticis, rufescentibus. 

 Abdomen breve, subovale, nitidissimum, ni- 

 grum; segmentis duobus intermediis, primi- 

 que margine, ferrugineis. 

 f^ar, /3 abdomine segmentis intermediis nebula 

 nigricanti. 



y abdomine piceo, segmentis intermediis 

 margine et utrinque ferrugineis. 

 § tertia fere parte minor, alarum nervis, ex- 

 cepto costali interiori nigro, testaceis ; ab- 

 domine segmentis intermediis fascia nigri- 

 canti. An eadem ? 



£ tertid parte minor, abdomine nigro, cin- 

 gulo angusto rufo. 



its black antennae not so long as the thorax, and 

 its short abdomen nearly oval, sufficiently distin- 

 guish this Melitta from the one just described, 

 •which it somewhat resembles. Its head and tho- 

 rax likewise arc not shining, which occasions a 

 striking contrast between tliem and its lucid abdo- 

 men, on which account I have named it divisa. 

 I am not clear that variety y is not a distinct spe- 

 cies, but as the only specimen I ever possessed of 

 it was accidentally destroyed, unless I could have 

 given it a more thorough examination, I thought 

 it most adviscable to consider it as a variety. Vari- 

 eties I and i, which arc little more than half as big 

 as a, may also be distinct, and arc perhaps males of 

 M, Geoffrella. 



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