MELITTA. (**. b.) 77 



Caput. Antennce nigrse. Lingua apice acu- 

 minata. 



Trltncus subglobosLis. Thorax punctulatus. 

 Metathorax postice truncatus. Squamul,^ ciirse. 

 ^/ii? hyalinae, subiricolores ; nervis, costali in- 

 teriore anastomosique nigris exceptis, ferrugi- 

 neis. Pedes nigri, cinereo-hirti. Scopulce ful- 

 vescunt. Digiti articiilis extimis ferruglneis. 



Abdomen^ subovale, aterrimum, nitidiusculum, 

 pnnctulis levissime impressis perseminatumj 

 basi cinereo-subpubescens, segmentis mar- 

 giiie crassiuscLilis, intermediis tribus basi to- 

 mentoso-niveis. Anus et Venter cinereo-hirti. 



Maris Corpus albescenti-incannm. Antennce 

 thorace breviores. Fades infra antennas to- 

 mentoso-argentea. Nasus apice albidus. Alie 

 valde diaphanae, iricolores. Plant a- quatuor 

 posticag albag. Digitorum articulus extimus 

 rufus, reliqui nigri. Abdomen sublineare, 

 convexum, pilosulum. 



This species a good deal resembles M. hrvigata, 

 but it is of a black still deeper. The pubescence 

 of its whole body is cinereous. Its abdomen is 

 punctulated, and the base of the intermediate seg- 

 ments are covered with decumbent hairs as white 

 as snow. The wings of the male are beautifully 

 transparent, not having their brightness obscured 

 by the least shade of colour; at the same time, when 

 the light falls upon them in a certain direction, 

 they exhibit the hues of the rainbow. I think the 



aculeate 



