lepidoptera heterocera. 
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7. Melittia Andrjsnipennis. 
Testacea ; antenna nigra annulis albis , apice rufescentes ; thorax 
nigro conspersus ; abdomen nigrum , segmentorum marginibus 
posticis albidis ; pedes postici pilis rufescentibus ; ala aniica 
testacea , nigro conspersa , fascia apiceque nigris ; postica 
limpida. 
Sesia Andraenipennis, Boisduval , MSS. 
Testaceous. Antennae black, with slender white wings, not 
longer than the thorax ; tips reddish. Thorax with black flecks. 
Abdomen black, with a whitish band on the hind border of each 
segment. Hind legs partly clothed with pale reddish hairs. Wings 
with cupreous ciliae. Fore wings testaceous, flecked with black; 
band and tips black. Hind wings limpid. Length of the body 4\ 
lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
8. Melittia Bombyliformis. 
Purpureo-nigra ; caput apud oculos albidum ; palpi albidi , nigro 
vittati ; antenna suhtus apices versus fulva, thorax fulvus aut 
purpureus ; pectus album ; abdomen f asciis albis, sub tus fla- 
vescens ; pedes anterior es flavi, postici pilis nigris fulvis et 
flavescentibus densissime hirti fasciculoque argenteo ; ala lim- 
pida, antica marginibus apice fasciaque nigro-purpureis . 
Var. Abdomen fulvo bifasciatum , subtus album ; pedes anteriores 
nigri, vittis fasciisque albis et caruleis ; postici pilis rufescen- 
tibus et albis prasertim vestiti . 
Sphinx Bombyliformis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 241, pi. 400, f. C. 
Melittia Anthedoniformis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 128, 1374. 
Trochilium Phorcus, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 62, pi. 30, f. 7. 
Purplish black. Head whitish about the eyes. Palpi whitish, 
striped with black. Antennas tawny beneath towards the tips. 
Thorax tawny. Pectus white. Abdomen with a white band on the 
hind border of each segment; under side pale yellowish. Anterior 
legs pale yellow. Hind legs most thickly clothed to the tips with 
black hairs; hairs towards the base tawny and yellowish ; a tuft of 
silvery white hairs beneath. Wings limpid, with purplish cilia ; 
fore wings with the borders, the tips and the usual band blackish 
purple. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
