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63. iEGERIA TlPHIiEFORMIS. 



Nigra ; antenna ante apicem albce ; abdomen rufo bifasciatum ; 

 alee limpidce, anticce marginibus fasciaque nigris. 



Sphinx Culiciform is, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 549, 8 ; Sp. Ins. i. 156, 14. 

 Sesia Culiciform is, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 384, 19. Rossi, Faun. 



Etr. ii. 165, 1063; Ed. Illig. 265, 1063. 

 Sphinx Tipuliformis, var., Esp. Schmett. ii. 5, pi. 37, f. 7. 

 Sphinx Tiphiaeformis, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. ii. 174, 13, f. 4, 5. 



Hiibn. Sphing. 87, 4, pi. 7, f. 42. 

 Sesia Tiphiaeformis, Lasp. Ses. Eur. 25, 16, f. 13, 14. Ochs. 



Schmett. von Eur. ii. 163, 19. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 30 ; ed. 2, 



43, 342. 

 Setia Typhiaeformis, Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. ii. 117, 22> 



pi. 61, f. 12. 



France. Italy. 



North America. 

 Group PARANTHRENE. 



64. iEGERIA Bassiformis. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput postice rufo hirtum ; palpi rufo, pilis non- 

 nullis subtus nigris ; antennce rufce, subpectinatce ; thorax tes- 

 taceo P bivittatus ; abdomen maculis dorsalibus testaceis ; tibice 

 posteriores testaceo unifasciatce, anticce necnon tarsi anteriores 

 rufa ; tarsi postici testacei ; alee anticce purpurascentes, vitta 

 basali limpida, strigaque antica rufescente, posticce limpidce 

 subluridce. 



Male. Black. Head with red hairs behind. Palpi red, with 

 some black hairs beneath. Antennae red, minutely pectinated, very 

 slightly thickened towards the tips, very much longer than the tho- 

 rax. Thorax with two testaceous (?) stripes. Abdomen with testa- 

 ceous (?) dorsal spots, much narrower than that of P. vespiformis. 

 Posterior tibiae with a single testaceous band ; fore tibiae and ante- 

 rior tarsi red ; hind tibiae and hind tarsi much longer than those of 

 JE. vespiformis ; hind tarsi testaceous. Fore wings purplish, with 

 a limpid basal stripe, and with a reddish streak in front. Hind 

 wings limpid, with a lurid tinge ; ciliae cupreous. Length of the 

 body 6^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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