and Species of ^geriidse. 411 



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 il/. cyaneifera being much browner), 

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

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

 blue scales at the base of secondaries. 



Melittia indica, n. sp. 



Melittia bomhyliformis (part.), Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p.- 69. n. 8 (1856). 



Differs from M. homhylifonnis (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, tibiae varied with 

 white below ; third pair densely clothed with black-brown 

 hair-scales, w^ith 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). Tj])Q, B.M. 



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

 bomhyliformis. 



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 ; antennse black above, with the external 

 half of the club ferruginous, below fen-uginous : palpi, pectus, 

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

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

 brown, tibise 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. 



