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MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 233
a patch of stellate bristles along its basal half. Aedeagus slender,
shorter than in the last mentioned species.
Material examined: Luzon, Los Banos (Baker), 1 cf, holotype,
genit. slide 5774A; 1 cf, para type (USNM). Nearest to P. regale
Butler, from India.
Melittia Hubner, 1820
Key to the Philippine Species of Melittia
1. Forewing membrane yellowish; posterior tibia black with broad yellow bands.
M. gigantea
Forewing membrane almost colorless; posterior tibia not distinctly yellowbanded
2
2. Posterior tibia above black, mixed with white; abdomen, posterior half
without bands
M. eurytion
Posterior tibia above yellow mixed with white; abdomen throughout narrowly
banded with whitish
M. siamica
Melittia gigantea Moore, 1879
Figures 719, 721
Melittia gigantea Moore, 1879, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 413.— Waterhouse>
1882-90, Aid Identification Insects, vol. 2, p. 16, pi. 131, fig. 4.— Cotes and
Swinhoe, 1887, Cat. Moths India, p. 42, no. 198.—Hampson, 1892, [Moths
British India], vol. 1, p. 204.
Melittia humerosa Swinhoe, 1892, in Cat. Lep. Het. Mus. Oxon., vol. 1. p. 38.
Distribution: Japan, Korea, Central China, Punjab.
Material examined: Luzon, Manila, 23.VIII.1945 (H.E. Milliron),
1 9 (BMH). Tip of forewing rather suffused with light fuscous and
ochreous.
Posterior leg black, banded with yellow.
Melittia siamica Walker, 1864
Figures 722-723
Melittia siamica Walker, 1864, List Lepidopterous Insects British Mus., pt. 31,
p. 18 (Malacca).—Hampson, 1919, Novit. Zool., vol. 26, p. 88.
Melittia sumatrana Le Cerf, 1916, in Oberthiir, Etudes lepidoptferologie compar^c,
vol. 12, pt. 1, pi. 373, fig. 3113.
Distribution: Malaya, Siam, Sumatra.
Material examined: Luzon, Mt. Makiling (Baker), 1 9. The
hyaline area beyond cell is larger than in the type and probably
indicates a subspecific difference (USNM).
Melittia eurytion (Westwood, 1848)
Figures 726-727
Trochiliuni eurytion Westwood, 1848, Cabinet Oriental Ent., p. 62, pi. 30, fig. 5.
Melittia eurytion.—Hampson, 1892, [Moths British India], vol. 1, p. 203, fig.
131.—Le Cerf, 1916, in Oberthur, Etudes l^pidoptferologie compar6e, vol.