324 Melissa — Mesocheira. 



MELISSA * 



* Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. II. 1854 p. 279 n. 3; T. 10 F. 9-12. 



[a,£Xl<jocc, apis. 



%wow.:«'Hopliphora Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen. IL 1841 p. 458. 

 onXov, arma; cp&Qo), porto. 

 Crocisa Perty. 



Mesocheira Lepeletier, Spinola. 

 Mesoplia Lepeletier. 



azurea (Lep.) D. T. — Q $ — Am. : Guiana, Cuba. 



Mesocheira azurea Lepeletier, Encycl. method. Insect. X. 1825 p. 106 n. 1, Q $. 



Crocisa rufipes Perty, Delect. anim. artic. Brasil. 1833 p. 149; T. 28 F. 10. 



Mesoplia azurea Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen. II. 1841 p. 457 n. 1, Q $. 



Melissa rufipes Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. II; 1854 p. 280 n. 1. 



Melissa rufipes Cresson, Proc. Entom. Soc. Philadelphia IV. 1865 p. 188. 



Melissa azurea m. 

 charruana Holmbg. — $ — Am.: Argentinia. 



Melissa Charruana Holmberg, Anal. soc. ci. Argentina XVIII. 1884 p. 205 n. 6, $. 



Melissa Charruana Holmberg, Anal. soc. ci. Argentina XXIII. 1887 p. 18 n. 18, #. 

 decorata Smith — Q. — Am.: Brasilia. 



Melissa decorata Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. IL 1854 p. 280 n. 2, Q. 

 insignis Smith — Q $ — Am.: Mexico. 



Melissa insignis Smith, Descr. New Spec. Hymen. 1879 p. 108 n. 1, Q <$. 



Melissa insignis Radoszkowski, Bull. soc. natural. Moscou 1893 p. 186; T. 7 F. 45. 

 ornata (Spin.) Smith — Q — Am.: Cayenne. 



Mesocheira ornata Spinola, Ann. soc. entom. France X. 1841 p. 145 n. 96, Q. 



Melissa ornata Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. IL 1854 p. 281 n. 4. 

 regalis Smith — Q 3 — Am. : Brasilia. 



Melissa regalis Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mujs. IL 1854 p. 280 n. 3, Q $. 

 velutina (Lep.) D. T. — Q — Am. : Brasilia. 



Mesocheria velutina Lepeletier, Encycl. method. Insect. X. 1825 p. 106 n. 2, Q. 



Hopliphora velutina Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen. H. 1841 p. 458 n. 1, Q. 



Hopliphora velutina Holmberg, Anal. soc. ci. Argentina XXIII. 1887 p. 17 n. 16. 



Melissa velutina m. 



MESOCHEIRA 



Lepeletier, Encycl. method. Insect. X. 1825 p. 106. 

 [äsgoc, medius; je<^>, manus. 



Synon.: Crocisa Jurine, Latreille. 

 Melecta Fabricius, Illiger. 



asteria Smith — Q — Am.: Brasilia. 



Mesocheira asteria Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. IL 1854 p. 282 n. 3, Q. 

 bicolor (Fabr.) Lep. — Q $ — Am. mer. 



Melecta bicolor Fabricius, Syst. Piez. 1804 p. 386 n. 3. 



Melecta bicolor Illiger, Magaz. f. Insectenk. V. 1806 p. 100 n. 13. 



Crocisa bicolor Jurine, Nouv. meth. class. Hymen. 1807 p. 241, Q $. 



Crocisa bicolor Latreille, Gen. Crust. & Insect. IV. 1809 p. 172. 



Mesocheira bicolor Lepeletier, Encycl. method. Insect. X. 1825 p. 106 n. 1, Q. 



Mesocheira bicolor Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen. IL 1841 p.456 n.l, Q; T. 15 F.4 (Q). 



