84 Mr. F. Moore on new Sijecies 



two pairs of spurs beneath. Antennas slender, setaceous.' 

 Palpi rather long, slightly pilose. 



Soronia cuprealis. 



Fore wing dark cupreous ; hind wing hyaline, slightly 

 speckled with cupreous brown externally. Cilia fuliginous 

 black. Body black ; collar and band across thorax yellow. 

 Abdomen with three yellow segmental bands, the upper near 

 base, the two lower near apex ; tip of abdomen beneath yellow, 

 the two following segmejifts banded with white. Palpi and 

 streak on side of head white. Legs black above, white 

 beneath. Antennae black. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



Ilah. Shanghai. In colL.W. B. Pryer. 



Melittia sangaica. 



Wings yellowish hyaline ; fore wings with the borders, a 

 narrow apical and a discocellular band, and the veins of both 

 wings black ; a short veinlet within the cell ,* marginal border 

 of hind wing narrowly lined with black. Base of fore wing 

 and abdominal border yellow-speckled. Cilia blackish cine- 

 reous. Body purplish black ; collar and thorax behind golden 

 yellow ; abdominal segments with narrow yellow band ; abdo- 

 men beneath yellow. Antennas black above. Palpi yellow, 

 black-fringed ; fore legs yellow beneath, black above ; femora 

 and tibiai of mid legs clothed beneath with yellow hairs, above 

 with black, ochreous, and a few white hairs ; tarsi black ; hind 

 legs densely clothed with long hairs, black beneath, yellow 

 above, and ochreous on outer side of tibise. 



Exp. If inch. 



Hah. Shanghai. In coll. W. B. Pryer and F. Moore. 



Melittia longipes. 



Wings hyaline ; fore wing with purplish black anterior and 

 hind margins, apical band, broad patch at end of the cell, and 

 veins of both wings ; hind wing with slight cupreous brown 

 outer margin and abdominal border. Cilia of both wings 

 cinereous brown. Antennae black above, speckled with lilac- 

 white. Body black ; abdomen ochreous-speckled, segments 

 with narrow lilac-white band. Front of thorax above with 

 ochreous collar. Palpi white, fringed at tip with black. Ab- 

 domen white. Fore and mid legs clothed above with short 

 black and ochreous hairs, largely interspersed with white 

 hairs ; tarsi naked, black ; hind legs very long, femora clothed 

 with longish white hairs, and tibiae with long tufted black 



