N0VITATE8 ZOOLOCICAB XXVI. 1919. 81 



(5) Sphecia repanda. 



t Sphecia repanda Wlk., viii. 11 (1856) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 189. fig. 

 Fnnjab. 



(6) t Sphecia asamaensis n. sp. 



$. Head and tegulae ochreous yellow tinged with fulvous, the sides of frona 

 white, the antennae brown, rufous below ; thorax and abdomen dark brown 

 glossed with leaden grey, rufous streaks above extremities of patagia and some 

 rufous hair at sides of metathorax, the abdomen with narrow fulvous-yellow 

 band just behind the 2nd segment and diffused bands on two terminal 

 segments, the anal tuft fulvous yellow, legs mostly fulvous yellow, the fore coxae 

 rufous on outer side. Forewing hyaline yellow, the veins and margins reddish 

 brown glossed with leaden grey, the discoidal bar and a diffused fascia below 

 the costa beyond the cell rufous. Hindwing hyaline yellow, the veins and margins 

 narrowly reddish brown. 



Japan, Hondo, Oiwake (Pryer) 1 $ type. Exp. 36 mill. 



Gen. Aegeria. 



Type. 



Aegeria Fabr., III. Mag. vi. p. 288 (1807) apifurmia 



TrochUium Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat. p. 414 (1777) no type ; Oken, Lehrh. Naturg. p. 745 



(1815) apiformis 



(1) Aegeria ommatiaeformis. 

 t TrochUium ommatiaeformis Moore, Ind. Museum Notes, ii. p. 16 (1891) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. 

 p. 189. fig. 

 Balnchistan. 



(2) t Aegeria yezoensis n. sp. 



$. Head and tegulaefulvousyellow, some white at back of head, the antennae 

 red -brown, yellow above towards base, the palpi yellow, the hair fringing the 

 1st joint fulvous ; thorax and abdomen dark red-brown glossed with leaden grey, 

 the latter wth broad yellow band on 3rd segment and the three terminal seg- 

 ments suffused with yellow ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen red- 

 brown, the fore coxae rufous on outer side, the tibiae and tarsi fulvous yellow, 

 the hind tibiae fringed with red-brown hair on inner side except towards base, 

 the three terminal segments of abdomen suffused with fulvous yellow. Forewing 

 hyaline yellow, the veins and margins red-brown glossed with silvery grey, the 

 base darker brown ; a cupreous streak above inner margin ; a rather diffused 

 fulvous discoidal bar and some fulvous below costa towards apex. Hindwing 

 hyaUne yelkw, the veins and margins narrowly red-brown. 



Hah. Japan, Yezo (Pryer) 2 $ type. Exf. 48-50 mill. In a specimen from 

 Hakodate, Cell. Wileman, vein 4 on each forewing anastomoses with 5 for some 

 distance. 



(3) Aegeria rhynchioides. 

 t Sphecia rhynchioides Butl., Trav^, Ent. Soc. 1881. p. 389 ; Bartel, Seitz, Or, Schm. pal. ii. p. 378. 

 pi. 50. m. 



Japan, Tokio. 

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