MELITTA. (**. b.) 03 



kUS. Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 2\. 



Hal. Unde habui non bene memini. Hanc unicarrt 



tantura vidi. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, albido-villosulum. 



Caput. Fades ante antennas tomentoso-alba. 



Nasus immaculatus. Antennce thorace brevi- 



ores, nigrae, subttis rufo-fulvae. 

 Truncl^s laevis, villosus. Metathorax postice 



rotundatus. Squamulce piceae. Alee hyalinas, 



iricolores, nervis nigricantibus, anastomosi 



striga pallida. Pedes piceij subhirti ; tarsis 



rufescentibus. 

 Abdomen ex lineari subovatum^ convexum;, 



pilosulum. 



This insect is not unlike the male of M. minuta, 

 but its antennae are shorter, the abdomen approach- 

 es nearer to the ovate form, and its intermediate 

 segments are not depressed at their base. 



22. M. atra, glabriuscula ; abdomine nitidissimo. minutissi- 



ma. 

 MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Trimvier, Lathhury, Kirly, 

 Long. Corp. Lin. 2 — 2|-, 

 Hal. Barhamiae in floribus et aggeribus viarum, baud 

 tamen frequens. 



DESCR. Acul. 

 CORPUS atrum, subglabrum. 

 Caput. Antennce nigrae. 

 Truncus. Thorax punctulis creberrimis leyis- 



simd 



