^GERIA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae fusciform ; palpi long, separate, co- 

 vered with long scales or porrected hair; wings 

 horizontal in repose; abdomen bearded at tip. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Fabricius formed this genus for the reception 

 of such species of the genus Sesia, as have the 

 palpi prominent, distinct, and covered by elon- 

 gated scales. As Sesia now stands, it differs from 

 the present, by the short palpi, which are covered 

 by short, close-set scales ; and their terminal joint 

 is very short, tuberculiform : Lamarck, however, 

 applies the name Sesia to the present genus. 



The wings in the various species of ^/Egeria 

 are chiefly transparent, and the body being 

 slender, with coloured bands in some of the 

 species, they have much the appearance of bees 

 and wasps; whence the names apiformis, vespi- 

 formis, crabroniformis, Sfc, which have been 



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