MELITTIA. By M. Gaede. 
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spots, the rest bronze brown with reddish-yellow segmental margins. Reddish-yellow beneath. Hind legs 
as in marangana. Distal margin of forewing much narrower black, otherwise quite similar to marangana. 
9 36 mm. Khasia Mts. 
M. bombyliformis Gr. (= chalciformis F., phorcus Ww., arrecta Meyr.). This species which is distri- bombyli- 
buted over the whole of India, South China, Sumatra, and Java, penetrates as far as Japan, for which 
reason it has already been dealt with in Vol. II, p. 379, pi. 51 a). 
M. aniboinensis Fldr. (= nepcha Mr., dorsatiformis Hmps., thaumasia Trnr.). Similar to bombyli- amboinen- 
formis, but the collar is bluish-black. Hind legs with white instead of yellow hair, the tibiae with blue 
scales apicallv. The dark margins of the fore wings are narrow in the type, broader in specimens from Pegu 
and Perak, while in the form congruens Swh. (95 d), from Rangoon, it extends to the bifurcation of veins conyruens. 
7+8. — A number of forms described by Le Cerf are allied to the latter form: celebica (95 c) is recognizable celebica. 
by the pale yellow underside of the abdomen, which is pale reddish-yellow in the other forms. The differ¬ 
ences in these forms are very slight. — rrteeki (95 d) has a more intensely bronze black abdomen, the seg- meeki. 
ments are narrowly margined with reddish-yellow. The black parts on the palpi and legs are more extensive. 
Trobriand I., Fergusson I. — doddi (95 d) is darker than the two preceding forms. Abdomen above as in doddi. 
meeki, beneath orange at the base, greyish-white in the middle. The red places on the hind tibiae are very 
much reduced and more red-brown. Kuranda (Queensland). — asiatica is almost exactly like doddi, but asiatica. 
the hyaline spot in the marginal area of the fore wing is rounder, the abdomen beneath somewhat lighter, 
the hind tibiae are quite black below. Darjeeling. javana (95 d) has the body coloured as in celebica. javana. 
Forewing without the reddish-yellow scales at the base, as in doddi; the inner margin of the hindwing is 
grey. Hind tarsi only black-haired. Java, Sumatra. In the original description many pages of text and 
many figures are used to explain the insignificant differences, which we cannot do here. The type amboi- 
nensis Fldr. from Amboina has not been figured. Hampson places nepcha Mr. (95 c) and doratiformis Hmps. 
(95 c), both from India, as synonyms to it. The differences are certainly slight, but on the other hand 
neither more trifling than in the other forms named. 
M. madureae Le Gerf (95 d). Thorax olive brown. Abdomen bronze black, the second segment madureae. 
margined with white, underside the same, but with a broad white median band. Hind legs black, with 
bluish-white and white hair. Forewing broad black at the costal margin and the cross-vein. The distal 
hyaline area is tripartite, shorter than the black distal margin is broad. Hindwing hyaline with a slight 
blue reflection, the margin finely bronze black. $ 36 mm Trichinopoli. 
M. binghami De Nic. (= burmana Le Gerf) (95 e). Head and thorax dark olive brown. Abdomen binghami. 
blackish-browh with 3 fine white rings, the last segment yellowish. Underside pale ochreous. Hind legs 
with black and yellow hair. Fore wing hyaline, cross-vein and margins black, apex somewhat broader black 
with some white scales. Hindwing normal. 34 mm. Sikkim, Burma. 
M. siamica Wlcr. (= sumatrana Le Gerf) (95 e). Thorax olive brown; abdomen bronze black, each siamica. 
segment margined with light, brownish-white beneath. Hind legs with black and red-brown hair, with white 
spots beneath. Fore wing hyaline, broad black at the costal margin and the cross-vein. The hyaline area 
behind it relatively small, obliquely cut off outside, the apical area very broad black. 32 mm. Siam, 
Sumatra. Le Cerf declared later on his sumatrana to be identical with indica (p. 790). 
M. tabarms Le Gerf (95 e). Remarkably distinguished by the narrow shape of the wings, the short tabanus. 
hair on the legs, and the slender abdomen. Body blackish-brown. Two yellow spots on the thorax, abdomen 
with 2 whitish-yellow transverse lines. Abdomen beneath almost just as dark. Hind tibiae with hair-tufts 
spotted black and yellow. Forewing brownish hyaline, black at the costal margin, at the cross-vein, and 
a little broader at the distal margin. 36 mm. Burma. 
M. moluccaensis Hmps. Body blackish-brown, metathorax somewhat reddish-yellow'. Hind tibiae moluccaen- 
with dark orange hair. Forewing dark red-brown with a few orange scales. Hyaline in and below' the cell, 
the marginal spot small. Hindwing yellowish hyaline. 34 mm. Batjan, Burn. 
M. kuluana Mr., which has been dealt with in Vol. II, p. 379 and pi. 51 a, belongs also to the Indian kuluana. 
fauna, as it occurs also in the Indian Cashmir and in the Punjab. 
M. elaea Hmps. Thorax blackish-brown. Palpi white. Abdomen bluish-black with red-brown seg- claea. 
mental margins. Abdomen red-brown beneath. Hind legs with blackish-brown hair mixed with red-brown and 
white. Wings hyaline, veins and margins narrow black, broader black at the apex of the f ore wing. 22 mm. 
Assam. 
M. hampsoni Beutenm. (= grandis Hmps.). Thorax olive green, abdomen dark green with yellow 1 seg- hampsoni. 
mental margins. Hind legs with black hair, inside with a few yellow hairs, the tibiae outside and the tarsi 
with fiery orange hair. The hyaline apical area of the forewing is very large and comprises yet the fork of 
veins 7 + 8. Hindwing with a few bluish scales at the inner margin. <$ 50 mm. Sikkim. 
M. notabilis Swh. (95 e). The thorax and the 3 first abdominal segments reddish-yellow, the others notabilis. 
black with yellow margins, abdomen yellow beneath. Hind legs black with yellow hair. Fore wing wdth 
brown scales, the hyaline areas as in eurytion (95 f). 9 40 mm. Rangoon. 
