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152. Melittia humerosa. n. sp. 



Antennae black, stout, slightly clavate, falcate reddish beneath, 

 palpi brown above, covered with yellow hairs beneath, stout, curved, 

 rising nearly as high as the vertex, last joint short, head and eyes 

 dark brown, collar, thorax and first two segments of abdomen bright 

 chesnut, remainder of abdomen black with a thin white line in each 

 segment, wings hyaline with the veins, cilia, and bands blackish 

 brown ; fore-wings with a uniform costal and hinder marginal band, 

 a band across the wing at the end of the cell, and a broad marginal 

 band leaving a limpid space divided by the veins and narrowing 

 above, median vein prominent ; hind-wings unmarked except for the 

 vein and marginal lines ; base of both wings covered with bright 

 chesnut red hairs, this colour in the fore-wings suffusing the hinder 

 border and median vein. 



Underside, face, pectus, and fore-legs yellow, thorax and abdomen 

 white ; middle legs with the femora black above, yellow below, the 

 tibiae covered with long red hairs and tarsi black with white marks ; 

 hind-legs covered with long hairs, bright red above with pale ends 

 and black below, with white marks. 



Expanse of wings I ^ inches. 

 a. North China (type). 



Allied to M. notabilis. (Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc., 1890, p. 168, pi. 6, 

 f. i), is stouter, somewhat similar in the general appearance of the 

 body and wings, but quite different in the colouration and markings 

 of the legs. 



153. Melittia chrysogaster. 



Melittia chrysogaster. Walker: xxxi. 16 (1864). 

 a. Celebes (type). (Wallace). 



154. Melittia fasciata. 



Melittia fasciata. Walker: Journ. Linn. Soc., Lend., vi. p. 83 (1862). 



xxxi. 1 6 (1864). 



a. Sarawak (type). (Wallace). 



155. Melittia siamica. 



Melittia siamica. Walker: xxxi. 18 (1864). 

 a. Siam (type). (Mouhot). 



156. Melittia mysolica. 



Melittia mysolica. Walker : xxxi. 18 (1864). 

 a. My sol (type). (Wallace). 



157. Melittia productalis. 



Melittia productalis. Walker: xxxi. 19 (1864). 

 a. Celebes (type). (Wallace). 



