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TAB. XXXVIII. 
MELITTA nigro-senea. 
Gen. Char. Proboscis subcylindrical, extended. 
Tongue short, smooth, exerted. Antennce of a 
middling length ; of the females subclavate with 
13 joints; of the males, filiform, of 14 joints. 
Eyes lateral, suboval, entire. Wings plane. 
Sting pungent, hidden. — Kirby. 
Spec. Char. Black, with fulvous pubescence. Head 
and anus black. Abdomen subhirsute, nigro- 
seneous. 
Syn. Melitta nigro-Eenea. Kirby's Monographia 
Apum Anglia ’, v. 2. 109. 
Body black, covered with dense fulvous down. Face 
black-hirsute, beard of the Gente fulvous. Vertex bald. 
Space between the eyes broad. Thorax with red down. 
Squamulae pitch-coloured. Wings subhyaline, nerves testa- 
ceous. Costal nerve black. Anastomosis ferruginous. 
Feet black, above with fuscous down; beneath also the down 
is ratlier fulvous. Thighs with pale dow r n. Hind thighs 
with a dense fulvous scopa. Scopulse ferruginous. Ab- 
domen oval, above nigro-aeneous, hairy, with fulvous hairs. 
Anus black. 
Generally found flying about sunny banks. 
