68 CATALOGUE OF 



tips purplish black. Length of the body 6—8 lines ; of the wings 

 14—16 lines. 



a. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



South Africa. 



5. Melittia tibialis. 



Obscure cinerea ; pedes postici extus coccineo intus nigro densissime 

 ciliati ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Sphinx tibialis, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii. 49, pi. 28, f. 2. App. 

 Zygaena tibialis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 404, 62. 

 JEgeria tibialis, Westw. Ed. Drury, ii. 53, pi. 28, f. 2. 



Sierra Leone. 



6. Melittia Ursipes. 



Fulva ; caput antice et apud oculos albidum ; palpi supra basique 

 albidi ; antenna testacea ; prothorax albido marginatus ; tho- 

 rax albido bilineatus ; abdomen purpureo-nigrum, segmento- 

 rum marginibus posticis ventreque albidis ; pedes anteriores 

 testacei, postici pilis testaceis nigrisque dense hirti ; alee lim- 

 pida, antics marginibus fascia apiceque nigricantibus fulvo 

 rnarginaiis. 



Tawny. Head whitish about the eyes and in front. Palpi 

 whitish above and at the base. Antennae somewhat testaceous, with 

 black stripes. Prothorax with whitish borders. Thorax with two 

 whitish lines. Abdomen purplish black ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments whitish ; under side mostly whitish. Anterior legs mostly 

 testaceous. Hind legs thickly clothed with testaceous and with 

 black hairs, the former chiefly on the femora. Wings limpid, with 

 dark cilia?, which have tawny borders ; veins tawny. Fore wings 

 with the borders, the band and the tips blackish with tawny mar- 

 gins ; the band connected in front wifh the dark part of the tip. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



