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4. Costa pale-scaled on anterior edge, at least on basal half 

 scales of mesonotum unicolorous; abdominal scales mainly 

 or all yellow 5. 



— . Costa at most with scattered pale scales; scales of me- 

 sonotum not unicolorous; abdomen largely dark 6. 



5. Very yellow species; proboscis yellow with a black tip 



lute scens 7. 

 — . Darker species, especially on proboscis and wings 



\freyi Edw. MS.] 



6. Abdomen dark, tergites with well defined basal white 

 bands narrowed in the middle seniicantans Martini. 



— . Abdomen paler, with ill-defined yellowish bands and 

 scattered yellowish scales 7. 



7. Mesonotum with a distinct broad median band of dark 

 brown scales; sides yellowish annulipes Mg. 



— . Mesonotum without distinct median dark band 



excriiciens Wlk. 



8. Scales of mesonotum fawn-coloured, with two narrow 

 white longitudinal stripes, wing scales evenly mixed, 

 dark and light [caspius Pall.] 



— . Scales of mesonotum darker brown in the middle and at 

 the edges in front, with two broad creamy stripes; costa 

 and veins Rj and R4 + 5 with the scales mainly black, 

 rest of wing paler dorsalis Mg. 



9. Abdomen and legs mainly bluish-black; the abdomen 

 without complete white bands dorsally; outer side of hind 

 femora blue-black on the apical third; knees conspicu- 

 ously silvery-white geniciilatus Ol. 



— . Abdomen and legs dull black or lighter; the abdomen 

 with complete white bands dorsally, except sometimes in 

 O. diantaeus and 0. sticiicus; outer side of hind femora 

 pale nearly to the tip .- 10. 



10. Abdomen of female with a median longitudinal line of 

 yellow scales, at least on the terminal segments; in the 

 male this line is indicated on the second segment only 



[ntstictts Rossi]. 

 — . Abdomen without median yellow line 11. 



11. Front and middle femora conspicuously mottled in front 

 with dark and lisfht scales 12. 



