LENYRA; ECHIDGNATHIA. By M. Gaede. 
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outside rusty red. Forewing dark chocolate hindwing margined with dark chocolate. Besides on the forewing 
the same hyaline spot as in aenescens, hindwing at the inner margin with blue scales. 
M. occidental Le Gerf (77 g). Forewing purely black, not chocolate-brown. This will probably be occidental™. 
the case also in all the fresh specimens of natalensis. Above the small hyaline spot mostly a small hyaline dot 
besides. 36—38 mm. Togo, Congo District, Uganda, Rhodesia, East Africa, Delagoa Bay. 
M. ruficincta FI dr. Thorax and forewing blackish-brown, forewing with a red marginal line. Hindwing ruficincia. 
hyaline. Cross-vein and distal margin fine black. Abdomen red with light segmental margins and large black 
dorsal spots. The type is now without its abdomen and legs. 32 mm. Sudan. 
M. aurociliata Aur. Head yellow. Thorax and abdomen damaged. Forewing greenish-black with aurociliata. 
yellow scales, at the base of the costal margin a yellow spot. Hindwing with yellow and black margins. Fringes 
in both wings yellow. Hind tibiae and tarsi black, outside yellow, tarsi with white rings. 24 mm. South- 
West Africa. 
M. ectothyris Hmps. Head and tegulae orange. Thorax and abdomen brown. Behind the tegulae and ectothyris. 
at the patagia somewhat yellow, abdomen with an orange band on the 2nd segment and at the end. Fore wing 
golden green with golden yellow scales. Hindwing brown with a blue gloss, before the margin hyaline. Fringes 
of both wings greyish-brown. Hind legs blackish-brown, tibiae above excepting base and tarsi excepting ends 
orange. 40 mm. Transvaal. 
Mo aureosquamata Wllgr. (= houlberti Le Gerf ) (77 g). Head and thorax orange, abdomen black, aureosgua- 
Forewing black, strewn with light scales. Hindwing with a greenish-blue gloss, with dark fringe. Hind tibiae mata. 
and tarsi black, outside orange. 32—36 mm. Uganda, Central to South Africa. 
M. abyssiniensis Hmps. (77 g). Head, tegulae and patagia in front orange. Thorax and abdomen black, abyssinien- 
abdomen with a slight blue gloss. Wings black. Forewing with a green gloss, strewn with light scales. Hindwing SiS - 
more glossy blue, the marginal area may be hyaline, with black veins. Legs as in aureosquamata. 34—38 mm. 
Abyssinia. 
The two following species resemble those mentioned last by the densely scaled forewing, but they 
differ in other marks and are no genuine Melittia. 
Mo iridisquama Mob. Thorax olive brown, abdomen bluish-black with long black hair on the two last iridisguama. 
segments and white anal pencils. Hind tibiae reddish, outside somewhat white-haired like the end of the tarsi. 
Palpi and chest yellow. Fore wing black, before the distal margin a band of blue scales, behind the centre a 
small comma-shaped hyaline spot. Hindwing hyaline, distal margin reddish-black, inner margin with blue 
hair. West Africa. 
M. azrael Le Gerf (77 h). Body bronze black, with a blue gloss. Thorax in front orange-red. Hind azrael. 
tibiae black with some white scales, but the tarsi only with thorns, without the usual long hair. Forewing bluish- 
black with a few white scales. Hindwing the same and with a silvery white dot at the base of the wing. 
$ 26 mm. Congo District. 
29. Genus: lienyra Wkr. 
Proboscis absent, palpi porrect. Hind tibiae hairy as in Melittia. In the forewing vein 2 nearing vein 3, 
9 + 7 + 8 stalked, 10 and 11 near the angle. In the hindwing veins 3 and 4 from the same place, 5 from 
the centre of the cross-vein, 7 absent. Type: astaroth Westw. from India. 
L. heckmanniae Aur. (77 h). Antennae and palpi apparently somewhat longer than in the genotype, lieckman- 
Antennae reddish-brown. Body presumably bluish-black. Forewing with a slight steel-blue gloss, black, 
towards the apex especially beneath somewhat copper-red, at the cross-vein an intense black spot. Hindwing 
more intensely glossj^ blue. Hindlegs (absent now in the type) black-haired. $ 48 mm. Madagascar. 
30. Genus: l^cliidgiiathia Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted. Palpi shorter than usual, on the 2nd and 3rd joints with spinous hairs. Antennal 
end thickened. Middle and hind tibiae on the spurs and tarsi at the end of the 1st joint with tufts of scales. 
Abdomen with lateral tufts excepting the base. In the forewing veins 7 + 8 stalked, the others uniformly 
separated. In the hindwing vein 3 nearer to 5 than to 2, 4 absent, 6 above the centre of the cross-vein. 
E. vitrifasciata Hmps. Body dark brown, abdomen with yellowish-white segmental margins. Frons vitrifas- 
and palpi partly white, like the abdomen beneath excepting the end. Tibiae and tarsi with tufts of red-brown Cla! 
and black hair, tarsi with white rings. Forewing reddish and blackish-brown with white scales, especially in 
