MELITTA. (**. c.) 135 



ienriie nigrae, capitis longitudine. Vertex 

 calvus, occipitis pilis fulvescentibus. 



Truncus. Thorax hirsutie, densa admodum, 

 rufo-flava tectus. Metathorax villis pallide 

 flavis. Sqiiamuhe ferruginae. Alee hyalinse, 

 apice paulo obscuriores, nervis fuscescentibus. 

 Pedes atrij pilosi. Femorum barba sordid^ 

 pallida. Digiti picei. 



Abdomen ovale, subdepressum ; basi, segmen- 

 tisque tribiis intermediis fascia, villoso-riifes- 

 centibus. Ani Fimbria atra. Fenter con'vexus. 



Maris Corpus grisescente-hirtum. Caput atro- 

 hirsutum. ^7? ^ewn^thorace breviores. TAoraa? ^ 

 subgriseus, /. pube sordide rufa translucente 

 nigredine corporis. Alee nervis flavescentibus. 

 Abdomen lanceolatnm, pilosulum, segmentis 

 margine densiiis villosis. 



Obs. Mas nimis affinis M. bimaculatep, sed desunt 

 maculce ventrales rufce. An htc referendus f 



The insect, which I have given as the male of 

 this species, very much resembles it ; yet not suf- 

 ficiently to take away all doubt of their identity. 

 If distinct, it ought to precede or follow M. bima- 

 culata, of which, after all, it may be only a variety. 



74. M. nigra, cinerascente-villosa; thorace f[aye-rujitarsi<!. 

 scenti ; abdomine segmentis margine albidis ; 

 an tennis subtus, digitisque, rufxs. .^ 



MUS. Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin, 5. 

 Hal. Barhamiae rarissima. 



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