MELITTA. (**. c.) 15 X 



Abdomen fusco-nigrum, pallido-subvillosum ; 

 segmentis anticis margine membranaceis, in- 

 termediis tribus albido-ciliatis, ultimis piloso- 

 nigricantibus. 



This insect, in the form of its abdomen, some- 

 what resembles M. ovatula ; its head, however, is 

 extremely hairy, the margin of the anterior dorsal 

 segments of the abdomen is membranaceous. The 

 only specimen that I have ever seen of it is in the 

 rich cabinet of Sir J. Banks. 



91. M. atra, hirsuto-canescens ; abdomine \3dv\,harlUa' 

 lanceolato; facie antice barba densa argentea. '^^' 



MUS. D. Marsham, Sowerhij, Kirly, 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4^. 

 Hah. Barhamiae in floribus mense Maio, e rarioribus 

 una. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, hirsuto-incanum. 



Capltt. Fades antice barba densa, longa, ar- 



genteo-nitida ornata. MaxilLp forcipatse. 



AntenrKe thorace breviores, nigrcC. 

 Truncus. Thorax hirsutie cinerascenti. Squa- 



mulce nigrae. Ahe hyalinae, apice paulo ob- 



scuriores; nervis piceis, anastomosi majuscula. 



Pedes albido-hirti. .Scopw/^ff pallidae. Digiti 



ferruginei. 

 '""Abdomen lanceolatum, acutum, piloso-subin- 



can m, laeve. Fenter pilosulus, segmentis 



fimbria breVf; derisi, argent^a, Ciliatis. 

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