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MELITTIA. By M. Gaede. 
In the following species the inner margin of the hindwing is yellow-haired. 
endoxantha. M. endoxantha Hmps. Thorax olive brown, abdomen blackish brown, laterally at the base with orange 
hair, segmental margins white, under surface also white. Distal margin of the hyaline forewing broad, especially 
at the apex, where it shows reddish-yellow scales inside and bluish-white ones before the distal margin. Cross- 
vein inside and outside as well as the inner margin with reddish-yellow scales. Hindwing also at the cross-vein 
with yellow scales. Hind tibiae with reddish-yellow and black hair, with a white spot at the middle and end. 
Tarsi basally reddish-yellow and white, inside and at the end black. $ 34 mm. East Africa, Delagoa Bay. 
chrysobapta. M. chrysobapta Hmps. Thorax olive golden, behind with yellow tufts. Abdomen at base golden yellow, 
the other segments black with golden segmental margins and metallic glossy hair. Beneath yellowish-white 
with golden yellow lateral tufts. Wings hyaline yellow. Eorewing with yellow and reddish-yellow scales at the 
narrow margins, the cross-vein also narrow. Hind tibiae with yellow and black bands, in front with reddish- 
yellow hair. Tarsi black, on the basal joint somewhat yellow and reddish-yellow in front, at the end white. 
<3 40 mm. Rhodesia. 
ursipes. M. ursipes Wkr. Head somewhat white. Tegulae and patagia edged with white. Abdomen violettish- 
black with white segmental margins, beneath whitish. The black margins of the wings with reddish-yellow 
scales. Hind legs rusty red and black haired. Perhaps discernible by the white margins on the thorax according 
to this description. 24 mm. Natal, East Africa. 
victrix. M. vicfrix Le Cerf (77 g). body bronze brown, on the thorax darker, the segmental margins on the 
abdomen greyish-brown with black dorsal dots, under surface white. Forewing with a rather broad black 
distal margin and cross-vein. Margins scaled somewhat reddish, before the distal margin an angular pale blue 
line of scales. Hindwing with an entirely hyaline inner margin. Hind tibiae black-haired below before and 
behind the middle and inside, outside yellowish-brown, mixed a little with white above and at the end, behind 
the first pair of spurs a white spot. The inner spurs all black, the outer ones behind yellowish-white. Tarsi 
black-haired, on the basal joint below with a white spot. 9 abdomen black, on the first segment brown, the 
second in front somewhat black, then yellowish-white, under surface greyish-white. Eorewing with a relatively 
broad cross-vein, before the distal margin a twice bent bluish-white line of scales. Hindwing at the inner 
margin with reddish golden hair. Tibiae with reddish-yellow hair, laterally inside at the base yellow, at the 
end white. Tarsi black, outside reddish-yellow, the last joint yellow. 20—32 mm. Cameroon. 
acosmeies. M. acosmetes Hmps. Thorax blackish-brown, with a bronze gloss. Eorewing with blackish-brown 
margins, slightly dusted with white, cross-vein broad. Hind legs with black, reddish-yellow and white hairs, 
tibiae with broad white scales before and behind the middle. 34 mm. Uganda. 
rufodorsa. M. rufodorsa Hmps. Thorax red-brown, abdomen blackish-brown with yellowish-white segmental 
margins, under surface white. Palpi white, antennae at the ends red-brown. Forewing with blackish-brown 
margins. Wedge-shaped area and longitudinal area narrow and short, yellowish hyaline, the former at the end 
split. Distal hyaline area large. Hindwing yellowish-hyaline. Margins fine blackish-brown, at the inner margin 
somewhat yellow. Legs blackish-brown, red-brown and white. 32 mm. Cape Colony. 
Hindwing at the inner margin blue-white. 
amblyphaea. M. amblyphaea Hmps. Body red-brown with some white scales, vertex white, abdomen beneath 
yellowish-white. Forewing with small yellowish hyaline areas, similar to brevicornis. The margins red-brown, 
strewn with bluish-white scales, especially at the apex. Cross-vein almost triangular. Hindwing also yellowish 
hyaline. $ 28 mm. East Africa. 
Eorewing not or hardly hyaline. 
lentisiriaia. M. lentistriata Hmps. Head greyish-brown, thorax olive green, abdomen blackish-brown, beneath 
white. Eorewing blackish-brown. Below the centre of the cell a short hyaline area and behind the cell 4 tiny 
short hyaline areas. Hindwing narrowly blackish-brown. Hind tibiae with black hair inside and at the end, 
outside white with fiery red scales at the end. Tarsi black, the scales on the 1st joint outside fiery red, at 
the base black, with white tips. 22—30 mm. East Africa. 
xantho- M. xanthogaster Hmps. Body blackish-brown with a few white scales. Abdomen beneath yellow. 
(jester. Antennal shaft above yellow. Eorewing blacldsh-brown with some bluish-white scales. Distal hyaline area 
composed of 3 or 4 short areas. Hindwing at the inner margin with silvery blue scales. Legs blacldsh-brown. 
Hind tibiae and tarsi with somewhat reddish-brown hair, the tibiae also with white scales. 
aenescens. M. aenescens Btlr. Thorax golden yellow, with a green gloss, abdomen blackish-blue with golden 
yellow segmental margins. Antennae above bluish-black, below straw-coloured, in front rusty red. Eorewing 
blackish-blue with a small hyaline spot above vein 3. Hindwing hyaline. Hind legs black. Hind tibiae with 
black, red and white hair. Tarsi outside black, inside white. 37 mm. Central Africa. 
natalensis. M. natalensis Btlr. may be the same species as aenescens. Thorax greenish-brown, abdomen blackish- 
brown, the segmental margins with greyish-white scales. Legs as in aenescens. Antennae below and at the ends 
