and Species of iEgeriidaj. 41 [ 



Expanse of wings 40 millimetres ; length of body 20 milli- 

 metres. 



Rio Janeiro (Stevens). Type, B.M. 



The above differs from M. cyaneifera in its greater size, 

 clay-coloured body (that of M. cyaneifera being much browner), 

 the entirely different colouring of the legs, the broader trans- 

 verse band and outer border of primaries, and the absence of 

 blue scales at the base of secondaries. 



Melittia indica, n. sp. 



Melittia bombyliformis (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 09. n. 8 (1S56). 



Differs from M. bombyliformis (which we have from Moul- 

 mein and Java) as follows : — Primaries with the margins 

 black-brown, not varied with ferruginous ; fringe darker ; 

 secondaries with abdominal area dark brown, speckled with 

 pale greenish-blue scales ; fringe darker : thorax more uni- 

 formly fulvous, palpi darker ; front legs black-brown, testa- 

 ceous internally ; second pair black-brown, tibia varied Avith 

 white below; third pair densely clothed with black-brown 

 hair-scales, with two testaceous tufts below (slightly opaline 

 at their extremities) and a few radiating testaceous and whitish 

 hairs externally above ; pectus and centre of venter testaceous. 



Expanse of wings 33 millimetres ; length of body 17 milli- 

 metres. 



N. India (James). Type, B.M. 



M. phorcus of Westwood is also clearly distinct from M. 

 bombyliformis. 



Melittia natalensis, n. sp. 



Primaries above and below dark chocolate-brown ; seconda- 

 ries hyaline, the veins black ; costa, outer margin, and fringe 

 dark chocolate-brown ; head and thorax above greenish testa- 

 ceous ; abdomen slaty brown, the segments margined with 

 greenish-white scales ; antennas black above, with the external 

 half of the club ferruginous, below ferruginous : palpi, pectus, 

 front legs, and femora of second pair bright ochreous ; tibiae 

 of second pair ferruginous, tarsi black ; hind pair chocolate- 

 brown, tibia? clothed with long remiform scales, brown above, 

 ferruginous on the external side and below, a few white scales 

 below ; tarsi fringed with white scales. 



Expanse of wings 35 millimetres ; length of body 17 milli- 

 metres. 



Port Natal (Higgins). Two specimens, B.M. 



Allied to, but very distinct from, M. tibialis, Fabr. 



