\i>J SiXToMlDK. 



ol' luiul, jiattht's behind eyes, uiul .stiipos on le^s crimson. Foro 

 wing witli triin.-on jK.int at base ol' costa ; tlie end of cell and the 

 inter>j>ace.s llel^\l•en veins 2 and N seiuihyaline. 



/A/A. W. Ariiirv, ()<;ove K., iiule Country, 'J J • ^''-^7'. ^U niillini. 

 T)prt in Coll. Holland. 



Skci. hi, lliiul wing wiili \rin .'» fruin iniildlo of iILsco.n lluhirs. 



•i'lt!». Pseiidapiconoma cleb^1lls. 



lialucra eUijans, Auriv. Knt, Tulskr. \ni. p. IMHI (l.V.L*). 

 liaUwra duinitlt», Hullunt), I'pvthi', vi. j>. M", t^\S\K\). 



<S . Head red; antenniu fuscous, uliite above; tegulie whito, 

 narrowly edged with crimson ; thorax pale l)ro\vn : pectus and legs 



white with patches of crimson ; 



ulKlomen ]»liiish grey-brown, 



^^^^ >vith segmental black bands 



^ *^^ .' Homewliat incomplete dorsally ; 



5) ^^--^^^^' y/ Hubdorsal crimson patches on 



' fc Pel /^ ^ basal segments ; lateral orange 



aK^Xj '\C faflciie; the ventral surface 



^"^ 7^ white, with paired crimson 



Pi- (y] semicircular j)atches except 



V»eudap'uvnonHi eUgam, ^ . \. towards extremity. Foro 



wing pale fawn-colour, with 

 crimson ])oint at base ; a liyaline Hj>ot in end of cell, and four spots 

 beyniul the et 11 bitween veins li and <». Jlind wing orange- 

 yellow. 



//<//'. Camluoons. /iry*. Iii millim. Type + in M us. Stockholm ; 

 typet (fanuili.s in Coll. Htdland. 



(lenus MELISA. 



Tvpo. 

 Meliski, Wlk. i. L'i;4 {l^:^i) dijjffra. 



rroboRoia v>v]\ dovcl«)jKHl ; palpi short, |K»rro<'t. hairy, ntul not reaching 

 beyond tbo frons, wbicli it* hairy ; antenna- <»f male ciIiato<l ; tibiu? with minute 

 Icnninnl pairs* of spurs ; abcUtnicn of nialc w itjj long ptiintixl tuft, of fmiule with 

 the anal ^e^nunt nuu-h enlarged. Fore wing very ample ; vein .'J from well 

 before angle »if cell ; 4, o from angle ; <» from up|Hr angle ; 7, H, 1). 10 stalked ; 1 1 

 fri>m cell ; male with the middle of inner margin much dihtorted ; vein '2 bent 

 straight down to it, .'{ also nearly straiglil down, the tornus lobed. turned over 

 ou underside and conc»'iding a jvitch of androconia. Hind wing small ; vein 3 

 from well before angle of cell ; 4, o from angle ; »», 7 from upj>er angle : of male 

 extremely snuill ; the costal area folded <»vir arid enclosing a tuft of scales. 



300. Melisa diptera. 



Kuchromia diptfra.Wlk. i. 2tx> (18,'^4) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. \\\ pi. 'J. f. lu ; 



Kirby. Cat. Het. p. IIO. 

 BaLicra croceipe,^, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. xiii. p. 200 (1802). 

 Melisa grand L^, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 304 (1893). 



(S . Black ; legs orange-red ; abdomen with lateral series of 

 ochreous spots except on basal segments ; ventral bands on first 



