16 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus MELITTIA. 



Melittia amboinensis. 



amboinensis, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. 1861, xliii. 28. 



Amboina. 



a, b. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Melittia fasciata. 

 fasciata, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vi. 83. 

 Borneo. 



Melittia rutilipes. 



Foem. Purpureo -nigra ; caput ferrugineum ; palpi ochracei, nigro 

 conspersi ; antenna nigra, subtus ferrugineo-rufce ; thorax 

 plagis duabus lateralibus ochraceis ; abdominis segmenta fiavo 

 marginata ; pedes ochracco varii ; postici densissime fascicu- 

 lar ; alee anticce aurato-ochracete, basi costaque purpureo- 

 nigris ; posticce Jlavescente-vitrea. 



Female. Purplish black. Head ferruginous. Palpi ochra- 

 ceous, speckled with black. Antennae black, ferruginous-red 

 beneath. Thorax with an ochraceous patch on each side in front 

 of the fore wing. Abdomen with some ochraceous scales, and with 

 a slender yellow band on the hind border of each segment; tip 

 ochraceous. Legs varied with many ochraceous and with a few 

 iridescent white plumes ; hind legs most densely tufted to the tips 

 of the tarsi. Wings with a purplish fringe. Fore wings gilded 

 ochraceous, purplish black towards the base and along the costa. 

 Hind wings yellowish hyaline, with blue reflections ; veins gilded 

 ochraceous. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



The colour of the fore wings sufficiently distinguishes this 

 species from M. amboinensis. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Melittia chrysooaster. 



Fcem. Purpureo-nigra ; palpi albo bivittati ; antennae subtus 

 apices versus f err ugineo-ruf& ; thorax antice ochraceus, plagis 

 duabus lateralibus pectoreque argenteis ; abdomen ochraceum, 



