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MELITTIA. By B. Zukowsky. 
ulphurco- 
pyga. 
powelli. 
funest a. 
nhimana. 
josepha. 
louisa. 
oberthuri. 
Hindwing transparent, veins and margins black, anal angle blackish with a blue reflection; fringes of all the 
wings blackish brown. 34—44 mm. Peru. Vilcanota, 3000 m. Bolivia. La Paz. 
M. sulphureopyga Le Cerf (179 e). Head black, face brown, eyes margined with white. The 1st joint 
of the palpi white, the 2nd yellowish white, black in front, the 3rd black. Antennae long, black, brown beneath 
in the last third. Collar and thorax olive brown. Abdomen likewise olive brown, the 7th segment sulphur- 
coloured. anal tuft again olive brown. Ventrum sulphur-coloured, slightly covered with brownish bronze scales 
at the base, turning more and more yellow towards the apex. Legs black and brownish, the hind tibiae densely 
covered with long sulphur-coloured hair, just as densely blackish brown at the end with a bluish reflection, 
tarsi on the two first joints densely covered with blackish brown hair, the three last slightly black, lighter above. 
Fore wing transparent, costa, margins, disc and veins dull black, distal margin blackish brown, not very broad, 
somewhat oblique, powdered with a few light scales; hindwing transparent, veins and margins black, anal 
region with a few blackish brown scales. 37 —41 mm. Panama, on the Volcano of Chiriqui (Costa Rica), in 
May until July. 
M. powelli Le Cerf (179 f) is one of the largest species; at first sight it is somewhat similar to xanthopus 
or sulphureopyga. Antennae black, brown beneath, slightly bent before the tips. Collar and thorax olive grey, 
with some yellow hair behind. Abdomen black, each segment finely margined with yellow, the last quite light 
yellow, anal tuft olive, laterally yellow. Abdomen, thorax and coxae quite light yellow beneath. Forelegs and 
middle legs chiefly yellowish with little black, hind tibiae and tarsi long and densely black-haired, somewhat 
yellow outside. Fore wing transparent, the margins and disc more intensely than in xanthopus , the distal margin 
broader, all bronze black; hindwing transparent with a blue reflection, veins and margins blackish brown, 
anal angle with a few steel-blue scales. Fringes of all the wings long and blackish bronze. 51 mm. Peru. 
Chanchamayo. 1 $. 
M. funesta Le Cerf (179 f). Head blackish blue, white before the eyes, palpi black, white outside and 
in front. Collar purple black. Thorax quite blackish blue, abdomen, sides of the 1st and 3rd segments yellowish 
white. Ventrum blackish blue, dusted light. Legs blackish blue and yellowish white, hind tibiae blackish blue, 
with a bronze reflection, with dingy light yellow hair in front and behind, the tarsi again black-haired. Fore¬ 
wing purple black, with a bronze reflection, and three hyaline spots: a longer basal streak, a very small one 
behind it, then a short one before the anal angle, which is usually divided by a vein. Hindwing transparent 
with a blue reflection, veins and margins purple black. 31 mm. Brazil. 
M. chi man a Le Cerf (179 f). Head blackish blue, white before the eyes. Palpi blackish brown, mixed 
with whitish on their whole surface. Antennae black. Collar and metathorax white. Abdomen black, the whole 
1st segment and the sides of the 2nd white, single white scales covering yet the two last segments. Ventrum 
yellowish white, anal tuft small. Legs black and white, the hind tibiae with black projecting hair, interrupted 
by white outside and above at the ends, tarsi likewise black-haired, though less intensely, somewhat white at 
the base. Forewing brownish black strewn with pale blue scales, a short hyaline streak at the base; hindwing 
transparent, veins and margins black. Fringes of all the wings greyish bronze. 32 mm. Ecuador, La Chima. 
M. josepha Le Cerf (179 f). Head greyish bronze, extensively white before the eyes. Palpi yellowish 
white, black outside at the apices. Antennae black, the apex below brownish red. Collar blackish blue. Thorax 
blackish blue, yellow at the base of the tegulae, metathorax with black and yellow hair. Abdomen blackish 
bronze, bearing two yellow spots on each segment above, the last segment with a yellow central spot, ventrum 
whitish. A short dark anal brush. Legs black and yellow, the tarsi of the hindlegs just as long as the tibiae, 
both covered with long black hair with two white intermixtures at the base of the tibiae, with especially bril¬ 
liant white spurs beneath. Forewing transparent, margins, the broad costa and the distal margin blackish 
brown, warming into yellowish inwardly. Hindwing transparent, veins and margins blackish. Fringes of all 
the wings greyish bronze. 36 mm. Ecuador, Zaruma. Described according to 1 $. 
M. louisa Le Cerf (179 g). Head black, face brown, white before the eyes. Palpi yellow warming into 
reddish. Antennae black above, brown beneath. Collar pale orange, black behind it. Thorax black, shoulder- 
spots 4 and metathorax pale orange, thorax beneath lighter yellow. Abdomen black, the 3rd segment completely 
ochreous orange, the centre of the 4th, the sides of the 5th, 6th and 7th ochreous orange. Anal tuft short, orange. 
Ventrum yellowish grey. Legs yellow and black, hair-tufts of the hindlegs inwardly mostly black, two broad 
ochreous orange tufts projecting on the tibiae, whitish grey inside. Forewing transparent, costal margin, the 
very broad oblique distal margin and the veins black, distal area crossed by three veins; hindwing transparent, 
veins and margins black, the narrow anal angle half black, half ochreous. Fringes of all the wings greyish bronze. 
34.5 mm. Mexico. 
M. oberthuri Le Cerf (179 g). Head broad, reddish yellow. Palpi short, not reaching the base of the 
antennae, pale yellow. Antennae rusty brown, lighter beneath, basal joint white. Collar and thorax reddish 
yellow. Abdomen somewhat lighter on segments 1, 3 and 5; 2, 4 and 6, however, darker, almost rusty brown, 
