MELITTA. (**. b.) 



Abdomen ovale, nigrum, nitidissimum, pube 

 parva pallida, anum versus prsecipue, subin- 

 canum. 



Maris Corpus atro-virens, interdum caeruleo 

 etiam paululiim tinctum. Nasus apice albi- 

 dus. Antenna thoracis longitudine, apicem 

 versus paulo crassiores, subtus fulvae. Anas^ 

 tomosis nigra. Digiti obscure rufescunt. 

 Abdomen lineare, atrum, segmentis duobus 

 intermediis reliquis convexioribus. 



The male of this species agrees so well with 

 Fabricius's description of his Hylceus Mario, that I 

 have little doubt of their identity ; more especially 

 as the figure given by Coquebert in his elegant 

 lllustratio Iconographica Insectorum, which was 

 taken from the authentic specimen of this insect, 

 agrees very well with ours. The aculeate sex ap- 

 proaches very near to M. cerata, but the abdomen 

 is black/ and the metathorax atro-c^rulescent. 



30. M. nigra, nitens; antennis subtus i\AvQscQn~minuta. 

 tibus. 



Apis mimita. Schrank. Eniim. Ins. Aust. n. 829. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 278S, n. 150. 

 Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.45. 



FIG. Reaum. torn. 6. Mem. 4. p.Q5. tal.Q.Jig. 1. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M'^Leay, Haworth, Lathlury, 

 Trimmer, Sowerhy, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin, 2\ — 3. 



Hal, 



