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TAB. XXXVIII. 



MELITTA nigro-jBiiea. 



Gen. Char. Proboscis subcylindrical, extended, 

 Tongue short, smooth, exerted. j4ntennce of a 

 middling length ; of the females subclavate with 

 ] 3 joints; of the males, filiform, of 14 joints. 

 Eyes lateral, suboval, entire. Wings plane. 

 Sting pungent, hidden. — Kirhy. 



Spec. Char. Black, with fulvous pubescence. Head 

 and anus black. Abdomen subhirsute, nigro- 

 seneous. 



Syn. Melitta nigro-asnea. Kirby^s Monographia 

 jipum AngUce, v. 2. 109. 



Ijody black, covered with dense fulvous down. Face 

 black-hirsute, beard of the Gense fulvous. Vertex bald. 

 Space between the eyes broad. Thorax with red down. 

 Squamulae pitch- coloured. Wings subhyallne, nerves testa- 

 ceous. Costal nerve black. Anastomosis ferruginous. 

 Feet black, above with fuscous down 3 beneath also the down 

 is rather fulvous. Thighs with pale down. Hind thighs 

 with a dense fulvous scopa. Scopulae ferruginous. Ab- 

 domen oval, above nigro-seneous, hairy, with fulvous hairs. 

 Anus black. 



Generally found flying about sunny banks. 



