MELITTA. (»*. c.) 115 



Truncus supra rufo-pubescens. Squamzdte 

 piceae. j4lcu subhyaliiice, apice obscuriores ; 

 nervis, costali interiore nigro excepto, testa- 

 ceis. Pedes rufescente-hirti, tarsis omnibus, 

 tibiisque posticis, rufis. 

 Abdomen ovato-lanceolaturiij hirtum* 

 Far. ,i major, maxillis basi dente obsoleto ; tho- 

 racis hirsutie fulva ; plantis quatuor anteriori- 

 bus nigris ; tibiis posticis apice tantiam rufis. 



This species resembles the male of the two pre- 

 ceding ones ; from M. Mouffetella, however, it 

 seems sufficiently distinguished by its black head ; 

 and from M. nigro-cenea by the colour of its tarsi, 

 and the want of the black anus. I am not certain 

 that variety /3 is not a distinct species, although of 

 the same sex, it is much larger than «, and only the 

 digiti of the four anterior legs are red. The posterior 

 tibice also are red only at their tips. 



56. M. nigra, rufescente-villosa ; capita atro ; Yen^bimacula^ 

 tre basi utrinque macula ruf^. ^^' 



MUS. Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 5|, 

 Hab. Barhamias bis capta, 



DESCR. Mas„ 



CORPUS nigrum, pube pallid^ rufescenti. 



Caput atrum, hirsutum. Maxillarum barba 

 tamen, et Occipiiis pili sordescunt, Antennce 

 nigrae, thoracis vix longitudine^ articulis ar- 

 cuatis. 



YOL. 11.^ I Truncus 



