146 MELITTA. {**. c.) 



rufae. Palmo" nigrae. Scopa flavescens. Sco- 

 pul(B fulvae. Digiti rufo-picei. 

 Abdomen ex oblongo subovatum, segmentis 

 tribus intermediis utrinque margine albo cili- 

 atis. Ani Fimbria pallida. Fenter convexus, 

 cinereo-pubescens . 

 In honorem D. Wilks Angli, Entomologi prces- 

 tantis, el Lepidopterorum pictoris eximiiy nomen 

 imposui. 



M. JVilkella is considerably larger than either of 

 the preceding species, its thorax is less hairy, its 

 digiti are rufo-piceous, and its abdomen is of a 

 different form, being proportionably wider at its 

 base; in most other respects it is very similar to 

 them. 



proxima. 85. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens ; thorace gri- 

 sescenti ; abdomine utrinque strigis tribus 

 albis ; scop4 pallida niteiiti. 



MUS. D. Sowerhj, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4|. 

 Hal. Barhamiae, rarior tamen. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum. 



Caput. Fac/e^ infra antennas dense satis pubes- 

 cens. uintennce nigrae, capite longiores. 



Truncus. Thorax pube rariori, subgrised con- 

 situs. Metathorax confertiias villosus. Squa- 

 mulip piccac. ^l^ subhyalinae, apice nervis- 

 que, nigricantibus. Pec^w pallido-pilosi ; tibiis 



posticis 



