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MACROSCELESIA; MELITTIA. By M. Gaede. 
insignis. 
ctialci- 
ptera. 
triscoliop- 
sis. 
longipes. 
rutilipes. 
chr y so g as¬ 
ter. 
batchiana. 
bombifor¬ 
mis. 
marangana. 
distincta. 
Gerf only shows the anterior two yellow spots on the abdomen. The wings are more bluish green. The 
latter form is very similar to a Sumatran wasp, Triscolia procer var (?). 
T. insignis Btlr. is still regarded as a distinct species; it is the opposite extreme of boulleti, exhibiting 
the posterior two yellow spots on the abdomen in the shape of a continuous band. No other differences. 
It copies Triscolia procer. 
T. chalciptera limps. Body bluish-black. Frons white, palpi yellow. Tegulae and metathorax yellow. 
A fine yellow margin on the fourth abdominal segment, anal tuft yellow laterally. Forewing copper-brown, 
somewhat diaphanous. Costal and inner margins black, more broadly so at the base in both cases. Besides 
a short hyaline streak below the base of the cell. Hindwing similarly coloured and with the usual two hyaline 
spots. $ 54 mm. Madras. 
T. triscoliopsis Bothsch. Similar to insignis , but larger. The golden collar and the abdominal bands 
are absent. Antennae and body deep black. A large triangular golden yellow spot on the thorax. Legs 
black with some white patches. Wings metallic green excepting the normal hyaline spots on the hindwing. 
It copies the wasp Triscolia whiteheadi <$. ^76 mm. Mindanao. 
26. Genus: Macroscelesia Hrnps. 
Proboscis well developed. Palpi highly erected, with long basal hair. Antennae of $ strongly tufted, 
thickened at the ends, with a hair-pencil at the apex. Hind tibiae long-haired, hind tarsi very long, with 
hair-tufts. Neuration of forewing as in Melittia. Veins 6 and 7 of hindwing fused. 
M. longipes Mr. Antennae black above, with lilac white spots. Body black, abdomen white (?), 
with ochreous spots, the segments with lilac white margins. The first two pairs of legs with short black and 
brownish ochreous hair. Hind tibiae with long black hair, mixed above with reddish-ochreous and white 
hairs. Black hair on the tarsi. Wings hyaline. Forewing with violettish-black margins and veins. Hindwing 
copper-brown at the distal and inner margins. 25 mm. Shanghai and Central China. It is presumably chiefly 
palaearctic. 
27. Genus: Melittia Hbn. 
All that is necessary has been said about this genus already in Vol. II, p. 379. 
M. rutilipes Wkr. Head rusty red, palpi brownish ochreous, antennae black. Body violettish-black. 
Thorax with a brownish ochreous lateral spot. Abdomen with a few similar scales and fine yellow segmental 
margins, anal end brownish ochreous. Legs with brownish ochreous and white hair. Forewing golden brown, 
violettish-black at the base and costal margin. Hindwing yellowish hyaline, with a blue reflection, veins 
golden brown. Amboina, Bat j an. 
M. chrysogaster Wkr. Head dark brown. Palpi white below, with a white lateral stripe. Prothorax 
brownish ochreous, with a silvery white spot at the base of the wings. Abdomen light brownish ochreous. 
Legs with silvery white scales, tarsi pale reddish-yellow. Wings brownish ochreous at the base, veins black. 
Forewing violettish-black with a hyaline streak as far as the cell-end. Hindwing hyaline. Margin black. Celebes. 
M. batchiana Le Gerf (95 b). Antennae black above, brown below. Collar bluish-black. Thorax black 
and red-brown. Abdomen reddish-yellow with broad black irregular bands, end black. Legs with black 
and reddish-yellow hair, with white spots. Costal margin and cross-vein of forewing broad black, distal half 
of marginal area also black, the rest hyaline. Hindwing hyaline, veins and margin fine black, the inner margin 
somewhat broader black, q 33 mm. Bat j an. 
M. bombiformis Fldr. (95 b). Body greenish black. Metathorax with yellow patches, the abdominal 
segments margined with yellow. Costal margin of forewing not so broad black. The marginal blackening at 
the apex is very broad, decreasing much in width below it, the apical area strewn with yellow scales. Hind¬ 
wing with a narrow black margin. Hind legs with reddish-yellow and yellow hair. 44 mm. Amboina. 
M. marangana Le Gerf (95 c). Antennae black above, brown below. Palpi ochreous with black patches. 
Body olive brown, collar with black hair. Abdominal segments margined with ochre, the end black. Abdo¬ 
men beneath somewhat blackish at the base, otherwise yellowish white. Hind legs olive brown and black¬ 
haired, with white patches below. Forewing somewhat olive brown at the base at the inner margin. Costal 
margin and cross-vein broad black, apical area shaped as in bombiformis. Hindwing normal. $ 30 mm. 
South-West Sumatra. 
M. distirscta Le Gerf (95 c). Antennae black above, reddish below with a yellowish-white longitudinal 
line. Collar bluish-black. Thorax dark red-brown. Abdomen reddish-yellow at the base with bronze brown 
