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between the eyes. Antennas, purplish brown above, reddish be- 

 neath, especially at the base. Thorax purplish brown, with very 

 narrow lateral and basal lines of pale yellow. Abdomen purplish 

 brown, with a few scattered bluish scales, the first, second, third, 

 fourth and sixth segments very narrowly banded with pale yel- 

 low, the bands not extending beneath the abdomen. Caudal 

 tuft, purplish brown, a little yellow beneath. Palpi pale yellow, 

 terminal article, brownish. All portions of the legs pale yellow 

 beneath, purplish brown above, except at the joints, where they 

 are pale yellow. 



Exp. wings. 14 m.m. 



I $ . Texas. (Belfrage.) 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



yEGERiA Aureola, n. sp. 



Color and size of ^Eg. uroccriforuiis, to which species it is 

 closely allied. Forewings purplish brown, along two-thirds of 

 costal margin. Discal mark also purplish brown, as are also the 

 courses of the nervules. The rest of the wing, bright golden 

 orange. Margin of hind wing, purplish brown, with orange line 

 at base of the fringe. Fringes of both wings golden brov/n. 

 Under side, lemon yellow, except the discal mark and the ends of 

 the nervules, which are purple brown. Head and antenna black, 

 the latter with basal joint, golden yellow. Thorax with lateral 

 and basal lines golden yellow. Abdomen with second, fourth, 

 and sixth segments broadly yellow behind. First has very narrow 

 line, third without band, and fifth with scattered yellow scales. 

 Caudal tuft golden yellow, black in centre. Palpi, fore coxae, 

 pectus, and legs golden yellow, the tibiae banded at their joints 

 with purplish black. 



Exp. wings, 19 m.m. 



I?. Nevada. (Morrison.) 



Type. Coll. E. L. Graef. 



s^^Egeria Consimilis. n. sp. 



So closely allied to the European yEg. cepJiiforjiiis, Ochs. as 

 to be very difficult to distinguish them. The present species is 

 blackish brown, the posterior margins of forewings, with golden 

 reflection. The palpi are wholly golden yellow, except the ter- 

 minal joint, which is black. The base of the wings beneath, the 

 fore femora, the whole of the tibiae and tarsi inwardly are pale 

 golden yellow, as are also the abdomen beneath and the sides of 

 caudal tuft below. Outwardly, the middle and hind tarsi are 

 black, banded with golden yellow. The bands on abdomen are 

 five in number, very narrow, pale yellow. 



Exp. wings, 20 m.m. 



I $ Dorchester, Mass. (P. S. Sprague.) 



Type. Coll. Boston Soc. Natl. History, No. 1345. 



The chief difference between this species and y^g. cephifor- 



