MELITTA. (**, c) !}: 



only of the first, and the whole of the second seg- 

 ment, are red, the latter havhig an intermediate 

 blackish spot. This figure represents our variety y. 



Variety ^ appears to be the insect which Christius 

 has figured as the Nomada cingulata of Fabricius. 



I have never met with any of the numerous va- 

 rieties of this insect in my own neighbourhood, 

 but it seems common enough, cc and 13 excepted, 

 in the vicinity of London. 



40. M. atra, cinereo -villosa ; abdomine nigro, cm-zvudis. 

 gulo rufo ; pedibus posticis piceis. 



]MUS. D. Trimmer, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4\. 

 Hub. In Anglia, a D. H. Trimmer prope Londi-.v.un 

 bis capta. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum. 



Caput. Antennae nigrcX, thoracis longitudine 



articulis subarcuatis. MaxilL^ basi dentc ob- 



soleto. 

 Truncus. SquaTmdcs pweoe. ^^p subtestace.T, 



apice obscuriores, nervo costali interiore nigro. 



Pedes nigri, cinereo-hirti, posticis piceis. />/- 



giti ferruginei. 

 Abdomen lanceolatum, pilosulnm, nigro-pice- 



um ; segmento secundo apice, tertio ba.^i et 



apice obscure, rufis ; segrnenta postica cilia 



marginali, anoque, albidis. Fente?- cinorco- 



hirtus, segmentis anticis rufo ful vis, 



o3 Thh^ 



