1^4 MELITTA. (**. c.) 



tinguishes it from the other two. And M.parvula 

 may always be known by its short abdomen, and 

 the cinereous hairs which cover its head and trunk. 

 The hair upon the face of its male is black. 



pilosiila. 104. M. nigra, cinereo-subpilosa ; capite atro; ab- 

 domine subovali, scgmentis margine mem- 

 branaceis ; digitis ferrugineis. 



MUS. Kirhj. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 3|. 



Hal', in Anglic, ubi lecta baud bene memini. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS nigrum, pilositate cinerascenti. 



Caput. Fades atfo-villosa. Antennce thoracis 

 fere longitudine, nigrae. 



Truncus. Squamuhe picea;. AliE subhyalinae, 

 nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore nigrd. Pedes 

 cinereo-hirti, digitis omnibus, plantisque pos- 

 ticis, obscure ferrugineis. Scopulce flavescunt. 



Abdomen ex lincari ovale, cinereo-pilosulum, 

 segmentis margine rufescente-membranaceis. 



This insect is considerably larger than the male 

 of the preceding species, which it somewhat re- 

 sembles; its abdomen is longer and more oval, and 

 its digiti are ferruginous. 



xanthura.\05.y[. atra, cinereo-subpubescens ; ano, tibiis 

 plantisque posticis, rufescentibus ; abdomine 

 fasciis subinterruptis, albidis. 



MUS. D. Mnrsham, Lalhlurij, Sowerhj, Haworth Mas 13, 

 Kirby. 



Long. 



