MELITTA. (**. c.) 85 



§ antennis subtus rufo-piceis ; maxillis basi 

 inermibus ; abdomine segmento primo mar- 

 gine late rufo, sectindo rufo fascia nigri- 

 canti ; alls ut in praecedente ; ventre seg- 

 mento primo margine rufo, reliquis nigris. 

 £ minor, antennis subtus rufo-piceis ; rnax- 

 iilis basi inermibus ; abdomine segmentis 

 margine, secundique lateribus, rufis; ano 

 fimbria fusca. Obs. In hdc varietate color 

 rufus marginum segmentorum ahdominalium 

 inter dum valde ohscurus et tantum non eva- 

 nidus. 

 Maris Corpus densiiis villosum. Caput trunco 

 majus. ^wiewn^ capite longiores. Maxillce 

 forcipatae, apice acutse. Pedes cinereo-hirti. 

 Abdomen piceo-nigrum, ex lanceolato ovatum, 

 pilosulum, segmento primo margine rufo, se- 

 cundo rufo fascia picea. Fenter basi rufus. 



Variety a of tbis species, somewhat resembles 

 M. Lathamana, but it is nevertheless very distinct. 

 Not to mention the difference of their size, v,'hich 

 is very considerable, M.Roscp wants the ferruginous 

 scopa and fimbria of the former. In the present 

 family, the colour of the scopa affords an excellent 

 character for the definition of species, as it is not 

 subject to variation. I have defined it, upon the 

 present occasion, and in several other instances, by 

 the term versicolor j because, although the hairs of 

 its upper side are of a different colour from those of 

 G 2 the 



