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second. Antennas bluish-black, simple, ferruginous beneath and 

 slightly thicker towards the tips, about twice the length of the 

 thorax. Abdomen red, black at the base ; apical tuft bluish- 

 black ; red towards the base. Fore wings bluish-black. Hind 

 wings limpid, with blackish tips and hind borders. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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SAIVNIX A Walker. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis almost obsolete. Palpi 

 slender, curved, acuminated, obliquely ascending, almost bare ; 

 third joint very slender, just half the length of the second. An- 

 tennas filiform, simple, rather slender, acuminated at the tips, nearly 

 twice the length of the thorax. Abdomen about twice the length 

 of the thorax. Legs slender ; hind tibiae long and stout, some- 

 what pilose, as is also the hind metatarsus. Wings narrow, 

 opaque, squamous. Hind wings limpid at the base. Female ? 

 Palpi a little stouter than those of the male ; third joint shorter 

 and stouter. Antennas like those of the male. Abdomen about 

 twice the length of the thorax. Hind tibias more slender and 

 much shorter than those of the male ; hind metatarsus slender, 

 not pilose. Fore wings opaque. Hind wings limpid, opaque at 

 the base. 



1. S. uroceriformis Walker. C. B. M. VIII. 64. 



Male. Bluish-black. Head reddish behind. Palpi reddish, 

 black towards the tips above. Thorax somewhat ferruginous. 

 Abdomen with a broad orange band on the fourth segment. 

 Wings metallic green, mingled with blue and purple ; cilias cupre- 

 ous. Hind wings limpid at the base. Length of the body 7 

 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Female ! Head and palpi black. 

 Antennas whitish at the base. Abdomen with a red band. 

 Wings with black cilias. Hind wings limpid, bluish-black at the 

 base. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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