126 MELITTA. (**, ci) 



suMcn- 65. M. nigra, cinerasccnte-villosa ; facie anticfe 



barb^ albd; maxillis longitudine capitis, basi 



obtusangulis. 



MUS. D. Soweriy, Kirly. 



Long. Coi-p. Lin. 4. 

 Hal. Barhamiae rarissima. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum. 



Caput trunco majiis. Fades antice barb^ long4 

 et densd argente^ ornata. MaxilLv minaces, 

 capite vix breviores, forcipatae, subflexuosae, 

 apice bidentatae dente exteriori longiore, sulco 

 longitudinali exaratae, basi dente obsoleto ar- 

 matae. Gence postic<^ rectangulae. Antennae 

 thoracis fere longitudine. 



Truncus supra rufescente-villosus. Sqiiamuhe 

 piceas. Alee hyalinae, apice obscuriores, splen- 

 dide iricolores; nervis, costali interiore fusco 

 excepto, testaceis. Pedes grisescente-hirti, 

 scopulis flavescentibus. 



Abdomen lanceolatum, pilosnlum, basi cinereo- 

 villosum, anorufescente. Venter albido-hirtus. 



Var. 8 maxillis basi absque dente obsoleto ; tho- 

 race, abdominisque basi,hirsuto-ferrugineis. 



M. suhdentata is so similar to the preceding 

 species, that it is not without some hesitation that 

 I venture to separate them : but since they are both 

 of the same sex, the absence of the strong tooth at 

 the base of the maxillaEj and the long silver beard 



which 



