8 ^GEEIID^. 



Genus MACKOGLOSSA, Ochs. 

 Macroglossa , Oclis. Eur. Sclimett. iv. p. 41. 



Macroglossa lepcha. 

 Macroglossa lepcha, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. pt. x. p. G35 (1876). 



Allied to M. ohscuriceps, from wliich it differs in having the head and thorax olive- 

 green, the black band across the abdomen feebly developed, the fore wings narrower, the 

 central greyish band, which is scarcely distinguishable in M. ohscurice])S, quite obsolete, the 

 subbasal lines bounding it internally converted into a black band, which is broad on the 

 inner margin and tapers towards the costa. Wings below with the transverse lines less 

 distinctly marked ; the internal orange area brighter. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



xlllied to M. avicida and M. bombylans, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. Sphinges, p. 334. 



Family .EGERIID^. 



Genus yEGERIA, Fabr. 

 Mgeria, Fabr., lUigcr's Mag. vi. p. 287 (1807). 



JUgeria flava, n. sp. 



Wings transparent : fore wing with narrow borders and discocellular band and veins at 

 apex cupreous-brown, base and apex yellowish ; cilia of hind wing brown. Antennae yel- 

 lowish, tip brown ; thorax and abdomen above brown, each segment with a yellow band ; 

 anal tuft yellow ; palpi, collar, streaks on vertex, and sides of thorax yellow ; legs yellow, 

 with brown bauds. 



Expanse -^ inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. vStaudinger. 



/Egeria tricincta, n sp. 



Male. Wings transparent : fore wings with purplish -brown borders and a band at end 

 of cell ; transparent parts with steel-blue reflections : hind wing with narrow purple-brown 

 borders and discocellular streak and cilia. Antennae greyish at base ; body and antennae 

 purple-brown ; palpi beneath, collar, streak on sides of thorax, a basal, medial, and anal 

 band on abdomen, and streak on side chrome-yellow ; legs purple-brown, fore tarsi white, 

 middle and hind tarsi and hind tibiiie fringed with white. 



Expanse f inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



