266 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



apical nervule. The apical branch beyond its middle sends off the 

 post-apical nervule, and near its tip an apical nervulet to the costa. 

 Median vein 4-branched. Hind wings about half as long as the 

 fore wings ; without costal vein; subcostal bifid from the origin of 

 the discal vein, which is very obliquely inclined towards the base 

 of the wing and abruptly curved above the median, where it re- 

 ceives the discal fold. Median vein bifid exterior to the disk, with 

 the lower branch furcate at the tip. 



Head moderate, smooth, neck not distinct; with ocelli. Face 

 smooth and vertical. Eyes moderately prominent. Antennae 

 rather more than half as long as the body, pectinated to the tips 

 in the ^ , less so in the ?. Palpi rather stout, curved, exceeding 

 the face, smooth, but hairy at the base ; basal and middle joints 

 nearly equal ; terminal small and conical. Tongue equal to the 

 thorax beneath. 



Body scarcely equal in length to the fore wings, rather slender, 

 nearly linear. Patagia small. Legs moderately stout, smooth ; 

 fore tibiae with a moderate, concealed spur from the base ; hind 

 tibiae with four rather small spurs. 



Clemens. 



1. G. omphale Eiibner. JEgeria omphale Say, Am. Ent. II, pi. 19, lower fig. 



Bright red. Antennae black, with white tips. Head blue. 

 Thorax most frequently striped with black. Abdomen with a 

 black dorsal stripe, and the tip black, varied with blue. Wings 

 margined with black and with black veins. 



Florida ; Mexico near Jalapa. 



Clemens. 



2. G. impar Walker. C. B. M. 169. 



Black. Head bright blue in front. Thorax luteous, which hue 

 extends over the basal part of the borders of the wings ; an inter- 

 rupted blue band in front of the thorax. Wings limpid ; a black 

 stripe extending along the borders, and very broad at the tips of 

 the fore wings; a large slightly curved black spot at the tip of the 

 disk. Abdomen luteous at the base, near which are two dorsal 

 blue spots ; three rows of blue spots at the tip. Legs dark tes- 

 taceous. Length of body 1 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Mexico. 



Walker. 



