11(5 MELITTA. (**. c.) 



Truxcus pube sordid^ rufescenti, /. subgrlse^^ 

 traiiblucente nigredine corporis, supra obsitus. 

 Squdmidcv nigrae. ^l(je subhyalinae, apice ob- 

 scuriores ; nerv'is flavis, costali interiore nigro. 

 Pedes hirti. Scapulae fulvae. 

 Abdomen ovato-lanceolatum, hirtiim. Venter 



basi utrinque maculd magna, rufd. 

 The red spot on each side of the base of the 

 underside of the abdomen, and the black tarsi, are 

 the principal characters which separate this species 

 from M. atriceps, which, in other respects, it a 

 good deal resembles. Indeed, the males of the 

 different species in this genus are often so similar, 

 that, where we are unacquainted with the other 

 sex, it is not always easy to say which is a species 

 and which a variety. 



Trimmer- 5'/. M. nigra, grisescente-pubescens ; abdomine 

 hirsutulo ; tibiis posticis scopa versicolori. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirhy. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 7- 

 Hah. Barhamiee in floribus Augusto medio I799 semel 

 lecta, i9 bis in floribus horti mense Maio. Capta 

 etiam a D. Jacobo Trimmer (entomologo cordato, et 

 horum insectorum historise et oeconoraiae acerrimo 

 indagatore) prope Hanwell Middlesexiae. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS nigrum, grisescente-pubescens. 

 Caput, i^acfe^ postice pilis nigricantibus. Vertex 

 calvus. Maxillc^ basi obsolete bidentatae. An- 

 ■ tennce capite longiores^ nigras. 



Truncus 



