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2. Melittia? FLAVITIBIA. 



Fuscescens ; caput apud oculos flavum ; antennce nigra ; thorax 

 fiavo bivittatus ; abdominis segmenta fiavo marginata ; tibiae 

 fiavce, posticce pilis fiavis dense vestitce ; alee limpidce, anticce 

 marginibus fasciaque abbreviata pallide fuscis. 



Trochilium tibiale, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 



New Hampshire. 



South America. 



3. Melittia pulchripes. 



Aurato-viridis ; caput postice et apud oculos album ; palpi albi ; 

 thorax pilis lateralibus posticis albidis ; abdomen vittis dua- 

 bus rufescentibus, ventre luteo ; pedes nigri, albo fasciati ; 

 tibia extus rufo hirtcs ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Golden green. Head white behind and about the eyes. Palpi 

 mostly white. Thorax with whitish hairs behind on each side. 

 Abdomen with a reddish stripe on each side ; under side luteous. 

 Legs black, with white bands ; tibiae with red hairs along the outer 

 side. Fore wings golden green. Hind wings limpid. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



4. Melittia cyaneieera. 



Nigra ; caput apud oculos testaceum ; palpi testacei, apice nigri ; 

 antenna apice ferruginece ; thorax et abdomen fusco fulves- 

 cente tomentosa ; abdomen subtus testaceum ; pedes anteriores 

 testaceo tomentosi, postici nigro dense hirti, pilis intus rufes- 

 centibus, tarsis apice albo pilosis ; alee limpidce, marginibus 

 fascia apiceque purpureo-nigris. 



Black. Head testaceous about the eyes. Palpi testaceous, 

 with black stripes. Antennae ferruginous at the tips. Thorax and 

 abdomen with slight brownish tawny tomentum. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous beneath. Anterior legs partly covered with testaceous to- 

 mentum. Hind legs thickly clothed with black hairs; hairs on the 

 inner side reddish ; tips of the tarsi with white hairs. Wings lim- 

 pid ; cilia purplish. Fore wings with the borders, the band and the 



