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29. Sciapteron gracilis, n. sp. 



^ $. Antennae ochveons, smooth, slightly falcate. Palpi ochreous, 

 clothed, curved, rising as high as top of the head ; third joint 

 short. Eyes brown ; two yellow bands behind the eyes. Thorax 

 bronzy, with an ochreous curved band behind. Abdomen greenish 

 black, with two ochreous bands, one on first and one on third seg- 

 ment ; anal tuft light ochreous red. Fore wings clothed, and of a 

 pale reddish yellow colour. Hind wings hyaline, with veins, mar- 

 ginal line and band closing end of the cell, pale reddish yellow ; 

 fringe on both wings blackish brown. Below, wings same as 

 above, but with a golden tinge. Body gi-eenish black ; collar and 

 spots down the centre of the thorax and abdomen, reddish 

 ochreous. Fore legs greenish black, streaked with reddish ochreous, 

 and with the tarsi entirely of that colour ; middle and hind 

 femora greenish black, with the remaining portion of the legs 

 reddish ochreous ; spurs on the middle and hind legs as in 

 S. jucunda, but also reddish ochreous. Expanse of wings, 1-^ inch. 

 Length of body to tip of anal tuft, l-f'j inch. 



Eangoon, July, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 

 Differs from S. jucunda in its general reddish colora- 

 tion, and in its yellow bands on abdomen. 



30. Melittia notabilis, n. sp. (PI. VL, fig. 1). 

 Antennae black, reddish brown at the tips, stout, slightly 

 clavate, falcate. Palpi brown, covered with white hairs, stout, 

 curved, rising as high as the vertex, last joint very short. Eyes 

 reddish brown. Head, collar, thorax, and first two segments 

 of abdomen (which is very stout), brownish, luteous ; remainder of 

 the abdomen dark greenish black, with pale yellowish white thin 

 bands on each segment ; anal tuft short, composed of black and 

 white hairs. AVings hyaline, with the veins and fringe reddish 

 brown, and all the bands of that colour. Fore wings with a broad 

 band on the costa, a thinner one on the hinder margin, a band 

 across the wing at the end of the cell, and a broad outer band 

 leaving the hyaline space between attenuated at the upper end ; 

 median vein prominent, and thickly covered with scales. Hind 

 wings with only the marginal lines, otherwise it is unmarked. 

 Under side, pectus and face and half the abdomen, a pale chrome 

 yellow ; remainder of the body black, with a broad chrome yellow 

 band down the centre to the anal tuft, which is also covered with 

 this colour. Fore and middle legs with yellow and black stripes ; 

 a tuft of yellow hairs at the base of the middle femora ; the 

 middle tibiic covered with long hairs ; hind legs densely clothed 



