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MELITTA. By M. Gaede. 
gigantea. 
newara. 
leucogaster. 
sangaica. 
dichroipus. 
indica. 
staudingeri. 
proximo,. 
chalybes- 
cens. 
callosoma. 
flaviventris. 
eurytion. 
microfene- 
strata. 
proserpina. 
M. gigantea Mr. (95 f) differs from notabilis in its longer hyaline streaks. The apical area is strewn 
with grey scales, the costal margin brownish ochreous. Hair-tufts on the hind tibiae reddish-yellow outside, 
yellow inside, black on the tarsi. 44 mm. Punjab, Central China to Japan and Corea. 
M. newara Mr. (95 e) differs from indica Btlr. following below in its bright golden yellow thorax. 
The hyaline apical area of the forewing is larger and excepts only a narrow dark margin. Hindwing not 
blue at the inner margin. Hind legs with few red hair. Abdomen yellow beneath. $ 35 mm. Assam, Sikkim. 
M. leucogaster limps. Antennae blackish-brown. Thorax olive brown. The first two abdominal seg¬ 
ments are red-brown, the others blackish-brown with white segmental margins, abdomen purely white beneath. 
Hind tibiae with red-brown hair with a few bluish-white, black and yellow places. Forewing dark red-brown, 
with white scales at the margin, the hyaline areas very small. Hindwing hyaline, the margin fine black, only 
the inner margin yellow and reddish-yellow. $ 36 mm. Java. 
M. sangaica Mr. Body violettish-black. Metathorax golden yellow, the abdominal segments margined 
with yellow. Hind legs with yellow hair above, with black hair below, outside brownish ochreous. Wings 
yellowish hyaline, the margins narrowly black. The base at the costal margin, and the inner margin spotted 
yellow. 36 mm. Shanghai. 
M. dichroipus Hmps. Head black with yellow. Antennae black with white lateral dots. Thorax red¬ 
dish-yellow with a little brown. Abdomen black with golden yellow segmental margins, reddish-yellow at 
the base, yellowish white beneath. Hind legs black, the tibiae with yellow hair, with a small silvery blue 
spot. Forewing hyaline, veins and margins blackish-brown. Somewhat reddish-yellow at the base and at 
the upper part of the cross-vein. The marginal band in the apical area broader and strewn with white scales. 
Hindwing hyaline with black veins. The inner margin brown and somewhat reddish-yellow. B 34 mm. 
Burma. 
M. indica Btlr. (95 e). Thorax dark olive green like the base of the abdomen. The rest bronze 
black with fine yellowish segmental margins. Abdomen beneath greenish yellow, greyer at the base. Hind 
legs with black, reddish-yellow and olive green hair. Wings hyaline. The apical area of the forewing broad 
black. 34 mm. Assam, Sikkim, Annam, Sumatra. 
M. staudingeri Bds. Body above and wings as in indica. Abdomen beneath darker. Hind legs only 
with black and olive green hair. 38 mm. Sikkim. 
M. proxima Le Cerf (95 f). Body above and wings almost as in indica. The dark distal margin of the 
forewing is somewhat more oblique, whereby the hyaline area becomes almost triangular. Hind tibiae only 
with olive green and black hair, small white spots on the underside. No reddish yellow hair. 34 mm. Assam, 
Sikkim. 
M. chalybescens Misk. Body black, with a steel-blue gloss, abdomen white beneath. Legs black. 
The hair of the hind tibiae black, interrupted by white and blue, blue especially at the base above. The 
cross-vein and the margins of the forewing broad black. The cell narrowly hyaline, the hyaline spot behind 
it small, composed of three areas. The margin dusted blue. The dark margins of the hindwing are also 
relatively intense, $ 30 mm. Queensland. 
M. callosoma Hmps. Antennae black with whitish ochreous dots near the base. Thorax red-brown. 
Abdomen indigo-blue with golden red bands on each segment, white beneath with yellow rings. Hind tibiae 
and tarsi with black hair with some white scales above. Wings hyaline, veins and margins blackish-brown. 
The cross-vein of the fore wing is broad black, the apical area broader black than the rest, projecting 
inwards in the fork of veins 7 -f- 8. The inner margin of the hindwing with red-brown and yellow scales. 
32 mm. Borneo, Sumatra. 
M. flaviventris Hmps. Antennae black, red-brown beneath. Thorax blackish-brown, olive brown 
behind. Abdomen violettish-black with yellowish-white segmental margins, chrome-yellow beneath. Tibiae 
and tarsi black with red-brown, yellow and white places. Wings hyaline, veins and margins blackish-brown. 
The cross-vein of the forewing is broad, the apical area obliquely cuts off the hyaline area. Hindwing 
with silvery blue and white scales at the inner margin. 36 mm. Ceylon. 
M. eurytion Ww. (= strigipennis Wkr.) (95 f). The species is rather variable. Thorax olive green. 
Abdomen above olive green or also blackish, with 0—4 fine white segmental margins. Legs black-haired with 
white spots. Wings hyaline, veins and margins black. The cross-vein of the forewing broad black. The distal 
hyaline area above very narrow, its distal edge straight or obliquely bent. A few white scales in the marginal 
area. 28—38 mm. Assam, Sikkim, Burma, Java, Gilolo. Also in the palaearctic region: Tatsienlu, West 
China, Siaolu. The species dealt with as eurytion in Vol. II, p. 379 and pi. 51 c has been named japona 
by Hampson. It occurs also near Canton. — microfenestrata Strd. (95 f) is a specimen from Formosa, in 
which only the lower part of the hyaline area at the distal margin is left. 
M. proserpina Hmps. Thorax blackish-brown, with a silvery blue reflection. Abdomen black, also 
with a silvery blue reflection, bluish-black beneath, the anal tuft with a few white hairs. Legs black, hind 
tibiae with some white hairs above and bluish-white hair at the ends, tarsi with red-brown and white 
