MELITTA. (**. b.) ^5 



is, I think, evidently the j^pis hicincta of Schrank, 

 but as his name harmonizes well with this variety 

 only, I have not adopted it. Whether the Hylceus 

 similis of Fabricius (o) may not belong to a variety 

 of this insect, I am not certain ; but as I have 

 as yet found none that will quite agree "with his 

 definition, I have not referred to it. Twice in the 

 year 1799,|in the month of August, in the evening, 

 I found the males of this species, in considerable 

 quantities, taking their repose upon the heads of 

 the Ribwort Plantain. 



2g. M. atra, albido-subvillosa ; abdomine segmen-a^%w. 

 tis intermediis rufis, fascia, pmictisque late- 

 ral ibus, nigris ; labio fiavo. 



H^heus allipes fuscus ,• abJoraine medio rufo ; tibiis 

 albis. 



Fah. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 13 ? 



Lin. Syst, Nat. ed. Gniel. p. Ijyg. Apis^ n. QS. 



Fill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.G5. 



Ross. Fn. Etrusc. Mantiss. n. 320, 

 FIG. Harris. Ftp. tab. 3g. Jig. IQ. 



Panxer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init, n. 7. tab. 15, 

 MUS. D. Marsharn, Soiverhy, Kirby. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4. 



Hah. Barhamijc in floiibus passim sed rarius. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, pube albescenti subincanum. 

 Caput obscurum. Nasus \)on'&ci\\s apice e fulvo 

 flavescenti. Labium flavum. Maxillce basi 

 (o) Fab. Ent. Syst. Era. n, 14. 



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