82 NOVITATIS ZOOLOOIOAE XXVI. 1919. 



(4) Aegeria scribal. 

 Sphecia scribai Bartel, Seitz, Or. Schm. pal. ii. p. 379. pi. 50. m (1912). 

 Japan, Yokohama. 



(5) f Aegeria molybdoceps n. sp. 



?. Head dark leaden grey with some yellow hair behind, the antennae 

 dark bro'wn, yellow above towards base, the sides of frons and palpi yellow, the 

 latter with some fulvous and black hair in front of basal joint ; thorax dark 

 brown glossed with leaden grey, the outer edge of tegulae and upper edge of 

 patagia yellow, the metathorax vnth some yellow hair ; abdomen dark brown, 

 a yellow band on basal segment, diffused fiery-red bands on 2nd and 3rd 

 segments, and fvdvous-yellow bands on the four terminal segments ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen red-brown, the fore coxae and femora above 

 yellow, the tibiae and tarsi suffused with fulvous yellow, the hind tibiae fiery 

 rufous on outer side and black -brown on inner towards extremity, the ventral 

 surface of abdomen with broad fulvous-yellow bands on each segment. Forewing 

 hyaline yellow, the veins and margins rufous with a slight silvery gloss ; the 

 discoidal bar fiery orange ; a slight orange streak below postmedial part of 

 costa, the apical area rufous below costa, the interspaces of terminal area with 

 wedge-shaped rufous marks. Hindwing hyaline yellow, the veins and margins 

 narrowly red-brown. 



Japan, Yokohama (Pryer) 6 ? type. Exp. 42-46 mill. 



(6) t * Aegeria chrysoptera n. sp. 



?. Head black with some yellow behind and the frons yellow, the antennae 

 cupreous red, the palpi yellow, the 1st joint fringed with black scales in front ; 

 thorax bright rufous, the patagia at extremity black edged with yellow ; abdomen 

 with the 1st segment and the 2nd except at extremity bright rufous with 

 some black hair at base, the extremity of 2nd segment and the 3rd black, 

 the 4th segment fulvous yellow and the three terminal segments fulvous with 

 black segmental lines ; pectus and legs fulvous, the pectus with yellow patches 

 below base of forewings, the hind tibiae fringed with black scales below and 

 above towards extremity ; ventral surface of abdomen brown. Forewing 

 golden yellow with some black scales on the veins and margins, the costa and a 

 rounded apical patch black. Hindwing hyahne yellow, the terminal area suffused 

 with golden yellow from vein 3 to near tornus ; the veins and margins with some 

 black scales and the basal area below submedian fold black. 



Ceylon, Kandy, type ? in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 40 mill. The specimen 

 was received from Rolle of Berlin. 



Species auctorum. 

 Trochiliam cUenicum Strand, Arch. Naturg. Ixxviii. A. 12. p. 70 (1913) . . . CameiOOns 



Gen. Metasphecia. 



Trp«. 

 Mttaaphecia Le Cerf, Oberth. £(. Lip. Oomp. xiv. p. 335 (1917) .... vuiUtIi 



* Metasphecia vuilleti. 

 Metcuphecia vuilleti Le Cerf, Oberth. £t. Lep. Comp. xiv. p. 335. pi. 479 f, 3949 (1917). 

 Sentgal. 



