5S MELITTA. (**. b.) 



Trlkcts. TAoror.r virescens levissime punctu- 

 latus, lineolis tribus longitudinalibus exaratus. 

 Metathorax postice truncatiis. Squamidce pi- 

 ceae. uiliv hyaliiiaB, iricolorcs ; nenus, costali 

 interiore excepto, rufescentibus. Pedes nigri, 

 pilis kitescentibus hirti. Scopulce flavescunt. 

 Abdomen breve, subovale, tergo pube subin- 

 cano; segmentis margine, anoque, tomen- 

 toso-pallidis. Venter nigricat. 

 Far. /3 minor, maxillis basi riifis, antennis sub- 

 tus, tarsisque, rufescentibus. AnSex.ncut.? 

 y antennis subtus fuscis, abdomine seg- 

 mentis margine utrinque albicantibus. 



With the male of this insect I am not acquaint- 

 ed, vyithout it be M.Jlavipes. Panzer has given a 

 tolerable figure of it, but it has more green than 

 our English specimens. 



cerata. 1 7 • M. viridi-scnea, nitida ; abdomine nigro- xneo. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Hmvorth, Trimmer, K'lrly. 

 Long. Corp. Lin. 2\ — 3. 

 Jiah. Barhamiae et prope Londinum rara adrnodum. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS punctulis levissime impressis irrora- 



tum ; parvd pubc pallida subincanum. 

 CKpuT viridi-aeneum. Aniennce nigrae basi 



valde approximata:;. 

 Tru n c u s viridi-aencus. Thorax glabriusculus. 



^Ictathorax viridis postice truncatus, SqiULr 



