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387. Melittia eurytion, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 62, pi. 30, fix 5 ; 



C. $ S. no. 197. 

 Melittia strigipennis, Walk. Cat. xxxi, p. 17. 



Differs from volatilis in the thorax being olive-green; the 

 abdomen with more distinct silvery segmental bands. Fore wing 

 with the hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond the cell considerably 



Fig. 131. Melittia eurytion, <J . }. 



more extensive, those beyond being either three or four in number ; 

 some grey scales on the apical area. Hind legs clothed with 

 black and chocolate-brown hairs, with a few grey hairs above and 

 tufts below. 



Hob. Japan ; throughout N.E. India and Burma ; Poona ; 

 Java ; Gilolo. Exp. 24-30 millim. 



388. Melittia indica, Butl A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, p. 41 1 ; C. $ S. no. 199. 

 Melittia staudingeri, Boisd. Lep. Net. i, p. 478 ; C. $ S. no. 203. 



S Antennaa, head, thorax, and fore legs red-brown, darkest in 

 Sikhim specimens ; pectus yellow. Hind legs black, with a tuft of 

 pale yellow hairs on the outside of the tibia. Abdomen black- 

 brown, with narrow yellowish segmental bands ; white below. 

 Fore wing with five hyaline streaks between the nervules. Hind 

 wing with pale greenish blue on inner margin. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Tenasserim. Exp. 32 millim. 



389. Melittia grandis, n. sp. 



3 . Thorax olive-green. Abdomen dark green, with yellow 

 rings ; pectus yellow, with lateral purplish patches ; fore legs 

 black, yellow, and orange. Hind legs with the femur and tibia 

 clothed with black hairs, some yellow hairs on the inner side of the 

 femur ; the hairs on the outside of the tibia and all those clothing 

 the tarsus fiery orange. Fore wing with no recurrent streak 

 in the cell ; the apical hyaline area large and embracing the fork 

 of the subcostals. Hind wing with a few bluish scales on the 

 inner margin ; cilia of both wings brown. 



Hob. Sikhim (Holler'). Exp. 50 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



390. Melittia newara, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 10; C. $ S. no. 201. 



cJ . Differs from indica in the thorax being bright golden 

 yellow, the vertex slightly black. Fore wing with the apical 



