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CATALOGUE OF 
tips purplish black. Length of the body 6—8 lines ; of the wings 
14 — 16 lines. 6 
a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
b. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
South Africa. 
5. Melittia tibialis. 
Obscure cinerea ; pedes postici extus coccineo intus nigro densissime 
ciliati ; alee posticce limpidee. 
Sphinx tibialis, Drury > Exot. Ins . ii. 49, pi. 28, f. 2. App. 
Zygaena tibialis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 404, 62. 
Algeria tibialis, Westiv. Ed. Drury , ii. 53, pi. 28, f. 2. 
Sierra Leone. 
6. Melittia Ursipes. 
Fulva ; caput antice et apud oculos albidum ; palpi supra basique 
albidi ; antenna testacece ; prothorax albido marginatus ; tho- 
rax albido biline atus ; abdomen purpureo-nigrum , segmento- 
rum marginibus posticis ventreque albidis ,* pedes anteriores 
testaceiy postici pilis testaceis nigrisque dense hirti ; alee lim- 
pida, antica marginibus fascia apieeque nigricantibus fulvo 
marginatis. 
Tawny. Head whitish about the eyes and in front. Palpi 
whitish above and at the base. Antennae somewhat testaceous, with 
black stiipes. Prothorax with whitish borders. Thorax with two 
whitish lines. Abdomen purplish black ; hind borders of the seg- 
ments whitish ; under side mostly whitish. Anterior legs mostly 
testaceous. Hind legs thickly clothed with testaceous and with 
black hairs, the former chiefly on the femora. Wings limpid, with 
dark ciliae, which have tawny borders ; veins tawny. Fore wings 
with the borders, the band and the tips blackish with tawny mar- 
gins ; the band connected in front with the dark part of the tip. 
Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 
a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
