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CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 10. MELITTIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis elongata. Palpi mediocriter 

 longi, subpilosi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. 

 Antenna clavatae aut subclavatae, tborace paullo longiores. Abdo- 

 men oblaneeolatum, tborace multo longius. Pedes validi, postici 

 pilis longis densissime birti. Alae hyalinae, sat angustae ; anticse 

 nonnunquara opacae. 



Melittia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 128. 



Trochilium, p., Westw. 



iE<?eria, p., Harris 



Sphinx, p., Cram. ; Fabr. ; Gmel. 



Body ratber stout. Proboscis elongated. Palpi moderately 

 long, slightly pilose ; third joint lanceolate, hardly half the length 

 of the second. Antennae subclavate or clavate, rather longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen oblanceolate, much longer than the thorax. 

 Legs stout ; hind legs most densely pilose, with long hairs, which 

 extend nearly to the tips of the tarsi. Wings hyaline, rather nar- 

 row. Fore wings occasionally opaque ; fourth inferior vein not very 

 remote from the third, which is near to the first and to the second. 



North America. 



1. Melittia Ceto. 



Aurato-viridis ; caput antice et apud oculos album ; palpi lutei, 

 basi albi ; abdomen rufum maculis dorsalibus nigris, subtus 

 luteum ; pedes ruji, nigro alboque varii ; alee anticce aurato- 

 virides, posticce limpidce. 



Trochilium Ceto, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 62, pi. 30, f. 6. 



a, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 c. United States. Presented bv Dr. Schaum. 



Var. ? Olivacea ; palpi pallide flavi, fasciculo subapicali nigro ; 

 antenna viridi-nigrce ; abdomen ochraceum, fascia basali ma- 

 culisque dorsalibus nigris ; pedes postici pilis extus ochraceis 

 intus nigris dense hirti ; alee anticce olivaceo-fnscoe opacce, 

 posticce limpidce f us co marginatce. 



iEgeria Cucurbitse, Harris, New England Farmer, viii. 33 ; Amer. 

 Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 



Massachusetts. 



