moths of Burma. IfiO 



with long hairs, which continue to the end of the tarsi, and are 

 deep black, with one small and two large yellow patches ; one set of 

 spurs on middle tibiae, and two sets on hind tibite, each set 

 composed of a long and a short one. Expanse of wings, 1,5 inch. 

 Length of body to tip of anal tuft, /g inch. 



Eangoon, August, 1887. In coll. Swinboe. 



Nearest allied to M. clialciformis, Fab., as identified in 

 the Britisb Museum ; but is a much stouter insect, 

 and is differently coloured in the body. 



31. Melittia pellecta, n. sp. (PL VI., fig. 2). 



Antennte black, stout, slightly clavate, falcate. Palpi brown, 

 covered with white hairs, stout, curved, rising as high as the vertex, 

 last joint short. Eyes and top of head brown, collar and thorax 

 luteous, tinged with reddish. Abdomen black, the segments 

 marked with white ; anal tuft black, short. Fore wings nearly 

 completely clothed, deep black, a thin hyaline line below the cell, 

 from the base nearly to the end of the cell ; a short hyaline streak 

 near the end of the cell, and another beyond it, also a small indis- 

 tinct semi-hyaline streak near the apex, all longitudinal. Hind 

 wings hyaline, veins and marginal lines black ; fi-inge of both 

 wings pale black; under side, wings same as above, but the hind 

 wing in certain lights has a glistening blue tinge. Body and legs 

 black. Face white. Abdomen with a whitish stripe down its 

 centre. Thorax with some white marks. Legs clothed as in 

 M. notabilis; fore legs with white stripes; hind legs with a few 

 of the long hairs with white tips, and with some faint blue marks 

 on the tibiae ; one set of spui's on middle tibiae, and two sets on 

 hind tibiae, each set composed of a long and a short spur. Expanse 

 of wings, li inch. Length of the body to tip of anal tuft, /, inch. 



Eangoon, August, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 

 Differs from M. notabilis in narrow wings and body, 

 and in its blacker coloration. 



32. Melittia congruens, n. sp. (PL VL, fig. 4). 

 Antennae reddish, thin, smooth, clavate, falcate, much like the 

 antennae of a Hesperid. Palpi reddish, first joints thickly clothed 

 with white hairs ; second joint thinly clothed with white hairs with 

 brown tips ; last joint naked, rather long, half the length of the 

 second. Eyes with the frontal half bronzy, and the hinder half 

 deep black, the two colours quite distinct and well defined. Head, 

 collar, and body, bronzy ; some golden hairs at the sides of the 



