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oribus subtus longe, posticis brevissime pilosis, his 

 iiiia basi fovea dense pubescenti, trochanteribus po- 

 sticis subtus flocculo tomentoso. Long. 10 — 14 mill. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 55. 21. Nyl. Ap. bor. 175. 1. 

 Smith 1. c. 142. 24. Thoms. Op. 97. 18. 



Melitta Goodeniana Kirby 1. c. 180. 4. 







Var. b. 8 $. Metathorace utrinque et pleuris macula 

 flava, abdomine segmento l:o fascia integra. 



Var. c. 2. Ut in b, sed pleuris immaculatis, clypeo me- 

 dio macula flava. segmento l:o dorsali fascia inter- 

 rupta, 2:o ventrali nigro immaculato. 



Var. c. 9. Ut in c, sed clypeo macula nulla flava, la- 

 bro fusco. 



Species abdomine segmentis omnibus dorsalibus fascia- 

 tis, femina macula orbitali infra antennas flava, mas trochan- 

 teribus posticis fasciculo dense tomentoso ab omnibus mox 

 distincta. Caput cinereo-hirtum, macula elongato-trian- 

 gulari orbitam interiorem infra antennas occupante flavo- 

 citrina; clypeo nigro, vel limbo apicali rufo, vel macula 

 media flavo-citrina ; labro tuberculo parvo infra medium 

 munito, rufo, vel medio fusco, vel toto nigro-fusco; man- 

 di bulis rufis, apice fusco minus acuto. Antennse totse rufo- 

 ferrugineae. Thorax opacus, cinereo-hirtus, niger, pronoti 

 eollari et tuberculis humeralibus, tegulis, scutelli punctis 2 

 magnis, postscutelli punctulo medio citrinis; metathorace 

 interdum macula laterali concolore, area media opaca, 

 lateribus griseo-hirto. Alse flavescenti-hyalinaB, nervis et 

 stigmate testaceis. Abdomen breviter ovatum, haud hir- 

 sutulum, nigrum, segmentis dorsalibus omnibus fascia ci- 

 trina ornatis, l:i integra vel interrupta, 2:i medio atte- 

 nuata, 2 — 3 depressione postica tota subtilissime crebre 

 punctulata; ventre segmento 2:o fascia citrina vel imma- 



