MELITTA. (xv. c.) 167 



The abciomen of this species is more convex, 

 both above and below, than is usual in the present 

 family; a circumstance which sufficiently distin- 

 guishes it from any other. 



107. M. nigra, grisescente-subpubescens ; thovacefuscata. 

 fusco ; abdomine ovato, convexiusculo, seg- 

 mentis margine pallidis. 



MUS. Kirby. 



Long. Corp. Lin. -It'-. 

 Hab. Barhamiae, Malo medio ISOO, in floribus lecta, 



DESCR. Acul, 



CORPUS nigrum, pube grisescenti. 



Caput. Fades antice fulvescente-villosa. Oc- 

 cipitis pili fusci. Antenna.' subtus piceo-nigrtr. 



Truncus. Thorax nitidus, pube^haud dens4 

 fusco-nigricanti. Squamults nigne. Al^ hy- 

 alina?, apice paulo obscuriores; nervis, cras- 

 sioribus nigris exceptis, anastompsique, fer- 

 rugineis. Pedes nigri, pallido pilosi. Titi.e 

 posticae scopa fulva. 



Abdomex ex cordato subovatum, convexiuspu- 

 lum, glabrum ; segmentis margine pallido ci- 

 liatis, anticis interrupte. Ani Fimbria rn- 

 fescens. 



M.fuscaia, at first sight, might be mistaken for 

 M. convexiuscula ; but the down of the thorax is 

 of a much darker hue, the posterior tibiae nnd tarsi 

 are black, the scopae are tawny, and the abdomen 

 is not so convex either above or below. Upon this 

 M 3 insect 



