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Legs red, partly yellow ; femora black ; tibia; with black stripes. 

 Wings purplish cupreous. Fore wings yellow and partly red in 

 the disk, which is interrupted by the usual band. Hind wings 

 slightly streaked with red, limpid toward the base. Length of 

 the body, 5 lines; of the wings, 10 lines. Female. Head yellow 

 in front and along the hind border. Palpi yellow, clothed be- 

 neath with reddish hairs. Antennse red, blackish toward the 

 tips. Apical tuft of the abdomen luteous, with a few black hairs 

 on each side. Tibiae wholly red. Fore wings with red disks. 

 Hind wings mostly red along the borders. 



" In this species and in AL. Odyneripennis the antennae of 

 the male are more deeply pectinated than in the European 

 species of the group Bevibecia. 



" United States. . E. Doubleday." 



"^GERIA HyLOTOMIFORMIS. 



" Female. Dark ferruginous. Head with yellowish white 

 hairs behind and in front, and about the eyes. Palpi pale yellow. 

 Antennae blackish at the tips. Thorax with a pale yellow tuft 

 at the base of each wing. Abdomen with a testaceous band on 

 each segment. Legs brown ; fore coxae testaceous beneath ;' 

 tibiae with a testaceous band ; spurs and tarsi testaceous. Wings 

 limpid, with purplish cupreous ciliae. Fore wings with the bor- 

 ders and the usual band of the same hue. Hind wings with a 

 purplish cupreous streak across the tip of the discal areolet, 

 which character distinguishes this species from ^. Odyneriformis. 

 Length of the body, 6 lines ; of the wings, 12 lines. 



" Nova Scotia. Lieut. Redman." 



" yEGERIA PyRALIDIFORMIS. 



" Female. Cupreous brown. Head with yellow hairs about 

 the eyes. Palpi yellow, slender. Antennae slender, subclavate, 

 very much longer than the thorax. Pectus with a yellow stripe 

 on each side. Abdomen with a yellow band at the middle of its 

 length. Hind tibiae mostly yellow ; hind tarsi whitish. Fore 

 wings cupreous brown, with a yellowish basal streak on the under 

 side. Hind wings limpid, with cupreous brown ciliae. Length 

 of the body, 4 lines ; of the wings, 8 lines. 



" United States. E. Doubleday." 



" ^GERIA Sapyg^fORMIS. (Group Conopia.) 



'^ Male. Bluish black. Head with red hairs behind. Palpi 

 red, black above toward the base. Antennae serrated and pubes- 

 cent beneath, very much shorter than those of the European 

 Conopiae. Abdomen with a slight red band at the base ; seg- 

 ments from the fifth to the eighth red ; apical tuft blue. An- 

 terior tibiae tawny ; hind tibiae with red tips ; tarsi mostly tes- 

 taceous. Wings with cupreous ciliae. Fore wings blue, purple 

 toward the tips, with a red discal streak, behind which there is a 

 limpid streak. Hind wings limpid. Length of the body, 4 lines ; 

 of the wings, 8 lines. 



