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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus 10. MELITTIA. 
Corpus robustum. Proboscis elongata. Palpi mediocriter 
•ongi, subpilosi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. 
Antenna clavat® aut subclavatae, thorace paullo longiores. Abdo- 
men oblanceolatum, thorace multo longius. Pedes validi, postici 
pilis longis densissime hirti. Alae hyalinae, sat angustse ; antic® 
non nun qu a m opacae. 
Melittia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 128. 
Trochilium, p., Westw. 
iEgeria, p., Harris 
Sphinx, p., Cram. ; Fabr. ; Gmel. 
Body rather stout. Proboscis elongated. Palpi moderately 
long, slightly pilose ; third joint lanceolate, hardly half the length 
of the second. Antennae subclavate or clavate, rather longer than 
the thorax. Abdomen oblanceolate, much longer than the thorax. 
Legs stout; hind legs most densely pilose, with long hairs, which 
extend nearly to the tips of the tarsi. Wings hyaline, rather nar- 
row. Fore wings occasionally opaque; fourth inferior vein not very 
remote from the third, which is near to the first and to the second. 
North America. 
1. Melittia Ceto. 
Aurato-viridis ; caput antice et apud oculos album ; palpi lutei, 
basi albi ; abdomen rufum maculis dorsalibus nigris , subtus 
luteum ; pedes rufi^nigro alboque varii ; alee anticce aurato- 
virides , posticce limpidee . 
Trochilium Ceto, Westw . Cab . Orient. Ent . 62, pi. 30, f. 6. 
«, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
c. United States. Presented bv Dr. Schaum. 
d. ? 
Var. ? Olivacea ; palpi pallide jlavi , fasciculo subapicali nigro ; 
antennee viridi-nigree ; abdomen ochraceum , fascia basali ma - 
culisque dorsalibus nigris ; pedes postici pilis extus ochraceis 
intus nigris dense hirti ; alee anticce olivaceofuscce opacce , 
posticce limpidee fusco marginatce . 
iEgeria Cucurbitae, Harris , New England Farmer , viii. 33 ; Amer. 
Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 
Massachusetts. 
