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CATALOGUE OF 
Var. [3. Anterior legs black, with pale bands. Hind legs with 
very few pale hairs. 
Var. y. Thorax purple. Prothorax with silvery white borders. 
Abdomen with two broad tawny bands ; the first interrupted ; under 
side white. Anterior legs black, with silvery white and blue stripes 
and bands ; hind legs with more reddish and white than black 
hairs. 
a . East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. 
b. North India. From Mr. James’ collection. 
c. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
d. North India. From Capt. Parry’s collection. 
9. Melittia Eurytion. 
Nigra ; caput et thorax viridescente fulvo pilosa ; caput apud 
oculos et antice albidum ; palpi albidi , nigrovittati ; antennee 
apice ferrugineee ; pectus album ; abdominis segmenla argenteo 
marginata ; pedes albo vittati et fas ciati ; postici densissime 
vestiti ; alee limpidee , anticce marginibus fascia apieeque 
cupreo-nigris albo conspersis. 
Trochilium Eurytion, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 62, pi. 30, f. 5 
Black. Head and thorax with greenish tawny hairs. Head 
Whitish about the eyes and in front. Palpi whitish, with black 
stripes. Antennae with ferruginous tips. Pectus white. Abdomen 
with a silvery white band on the hind border of each segment. 
Legs with white stripes and bands. Hind legs most thickly 
clothed. Wings limpid, with cupreous-black cilia. Fore wings 
with the borders, the band, and the tips cupreous-black, the latter 
with a few white speckles. Length of the body 5 — 7 lines ; of the 
wings 11 — 15 lines. 
a. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
b. Silhet. From Mr. Argent’s collection. 
c. North India. From Mr. James’ collection. 
10. Melittia Astarte. 
Nigro-cenea ; caput necnon abdomen basi apieeque ochracea ; pedes 
ochracei , postici pilosissimi ; alee ochraceo ciliatee , anticce 
nigro-eeneee, posticee limpidee. 
Trochilium Astarte, Westw. Cab . Orient . Ent. 61, pi. 30, f. 4. 
Central India. 
