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North American Species of yEcERiD.F: described by 

 Francis Walker, F. L. S. Extracted from Catal. 

 Lepid. Heterocera, B. Museum. Ft. 8. 



*' ^GERIA PLECI/EFORMIS. 



" Male. Black. Head with whitish hairs behind. Palpi 

 pale yellow, somewhat .shorter than those of S. ^striforme. 

 Antennre bluish black, slightly pectinated. Thorax with a yel- 

 low stripe on each side. Hind borders of the abdominal seg- 

 ments yellow. Legs luteous ; femora black ; tibije with black 

 stripes. Wings limpid. Fore wings purplish black along the 

 costa and at the tips, and with the usual band of the same hue. 

 Length of the body 5 lines, of the wings 10 lines. 



" Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



"yF^GERiA Pyramidalis. Bamstou, M. S. S. 



'^ Male. Black. Head with yellow hairs about the eyes. 

 Palpi yellow beneath ; third joint elongate-conical, much less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae rather stout, almost fil- 

 iform, slightly pectinated, ferruginous beneath, very much longer 

 than the thorax. Thorax with two yellow spots on each side, 

 one at the base of the fore wing and one in front. Abdominal 

 segments with yellow bands, which are broadest and most dis- 

 tinct beneath. Legs with whitish stripes. Wings limpid, with 

 blackish cupreous ciliae. Fore wings blackish cupreous along the 

 costa and at the tips, and with a blackish cupreous band, which 

 is slightly bordered with red ; a red line along the hind border. 

 Length of the body, S^"^ lines; of the wings, 9-10 lines. 



" St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Dr. 

 Barnston." 



" yECERIA OdYNERIPENNIS. 



" Female. Dark brown, slightly cupreous. Head whitish 

 about the eyes. Palpi yellow, obliquely ascending, not long. 

 Antennae bluish black, simple, subfiliform, rather stout, very lit- 

 tle longer than the thorax. Thorax with three yellow spots on 

 each side. Abdomen with a yellow band on the hind border of 

 each segment. Legs yellow ; femora striped with brown. Wings 

 limpid, with cupreous cilice Fore wings cupreous along the 

 costa and at the tips, and with the usual band of the same hue. 

 Length of the body, 5)^-6^ lines; of the wings, 11-13 lines. 



" Nova Scotia. 4 examp. E. Doubleday and Lieut. Red- 

 man." 



" tEgeria Emphvtiformis. 



" Male. Purplish black. Head with white hairs in front. 

 Palpi thickly clothed beneath with rather long brown and tawny 

 hairs. Antennee ferruginous. Thorax with a yellow band in 

 front and with a yellow spot at the base of each fore wing, and 

 one at the tip of the scutellum. Abdomen with a yellow band 

 on each segment ; apical tuft black, with a few yellow hairs. 



