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black, as also are the courses of the nervules on the posterior 

 margin. Palpi yellow above, with blackish hairs beneath. Fore 

 coxa; blackish, with the exterior edge pale yellow. The fore and 

 middle tibije are blackish above, pale yellow beneath. Hind 

 tibise, yellow, banded with black. All the tarsi yellow, speckled 

 with black. 



Exp. wings. 13 m.m. 



1 6. Texas. (J. Boll.) 

 Type. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 

 ^GERIA IMPROPRIA. n. sp. 



Forewings bronze black, with the internal margin rather 

 broad, and enclosing an orange line. The intronervular marks of 

 the posterior margin are also orange, as are the edges of the discal 

 mark. Fringes of both wings, bronze black. Antennae steel 

 blue. Head and thorax brownish black, with the collar and narrow 

 lateral stripes, pale yellow. Abdomen with second and fourth 

 segments edged posteriorly with pale yellow. Caudal tuft, black 

 above, orange at the sides, black beneath, except the tip, which is 

 orange. Palpi yellow above, black beneath, tip also black. Legs 

 as in ^-Eg. perplexa. 



Exp. wings. 15 m.m. 



2 $ Marin Co. and Sier. Nev. Cal. (H. E.) 1 ? . Washington 

 Ter. (Morrison,) 



Types Coll. Hy. Edwards. B. Neumoegen. 

 ,yiEGERiA Sexfasciata. n. sp. 



Forewings golden purple, darkest along the costa, the intro- 

 nervular spaces being bright gold. Fringes of both wings, golden 

 brown. Beneath, marked as on the upper side, but with the 

 costal and internal margins bright yellow. Head brownish, front 

 with silvery greenish scales. Antennae black. Thorax with col- 

 lar and rather broad lateral stripes, deep yellow. Abdomen with 

 all the segments except the fifth narrowly bordered posteriorly 

 with pale yellow. Caudal tuft, purplish black above, pale yellow 

 beneath, sides pale yellow. Palpi and anterior coxae pale yellow. 

 Tibiae, pale yellow, banded with purplish black. 



Exp. wings. 20 m.m. 



2 $ Texas. (J. Boll. Belfrage.) 



Types Coll. Hy. Edwards, B. Neumoegen. 



^GERIA CORUSCA. n. sp. 

 ^ Allied to ^g. sexfasciata, but smaller and much brighter in 

 color. The forewings are purplish along the costa, coppery along 

 the course of the nervules, bright golden in the intronervular 

 spaces, and along the internal margin. The discal mark is also 

 bright golden. Abdominal margin of hind wings pale yellow, 

 the rest golden brown. Fringes of both wings brown. Beneath, 

 the yellow is pale, the markings being repeated in a less promi- 

 nent degree. Head brownish, with shining blue metallic scales 



