160 MELITTA. (**. c.) 



The articulations of the antennae are much more 

 distinct in the present species, than they usually 

 are in this sex. Those hairs of the scopula on the 

 inside of the posterior planta, which are next the 

 tibia, are white; while those of the lower half of it, 

 next the digitus, are black. 



Shawella.lOO. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nitidissimo, 

 subcuneiforrhi, segmentis intermediis utrin- 

 que albo-ciliatis ; scopd versicolori. 



MUS. Kiriy. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4. 

 Hal. Barhamiae, lecta semel Septembre ineuntl 1799. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum. 



Caput pilis pauculis, cinereis respersum. An- 

 tennce nigrae. 



TRUNCtJS. ^^Mflimw/^ nigro-piceae. Alce'm^s- 

 catae, nervis nigris. Pedes nigri, pallido-pilosi. 

 TibicB posticae scop^ supra nigr^, subtus ar- 

 gented, certo situ versicolori. Scopulce ful- 

 vescunt. Digiti picei. 



Abdomen subcuneiforme(r), piceo-nigrum, nl- 

 tidissimum, lateribus quasi crenatis ; segmen- 

 tis tribus intermediis utrinque cilia brevi, baud 

 densa, marginali, alba. Ani Fimbria cineras- 

 Cit. Venter hirtulus. 



In honorem D. G. Shaw, M. D. in Zoologid hand 

 tdli secundi, nomen dedi. 



(r)Tab.4. **. C. fig. 15. 



101, M, 



